Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1894, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. —SS SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. eS es . ———— TE SEE APTER SPIRITUAL TRUTH WILL aes eae eae THIS EVENING at Lenten Discipline TT le, G . Rev. . FE. irebilds “al will addrees’ the mceting. Mr. Jules Wallace will aan nintas that you consume more eyet positively attend. Liod early for seats. “MOVED HIS DENTAL ce from cor. 12th st. and Pa. ave. nw. to Til 12th st. o.w., bet. G and H. fet THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EXISTING between Grounseil & Pinchbeck has been dis- solved by mutual consent business will be continued by GROUNSELL, who will as sume all abilities and collect ail bills, It? G. T. KEEN, TAILOR, tert 1312 B st. THE ANNUAL OF THE STOCK- boulders of the Glass Insurance Co the election of ts of the com- Ry order of the W 6 FRE Db. E. 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Ave. te8 and buying in. large quantities enables Us to TPF Headquarters also for | Twenty-five Cents Omnibus fare from Washington to Georgete a balf century ago, but your respected ancestors got to the old reliable se GEORGETOWN DYE WORKS Which has continued at the old stand, and js up with the times today. Work called for and deliv- ered. W. H. WHEATLE’ | 1068 Jefferson ave., | Tel. call 76-4. 17-Gm) Do You Know ‘That more and better work can be done with a | Hammond ‘than any other machine? Buy the Hammond Typewriter and convince yourself of ker, Stationer, G19 7th st. nw. LOST $12,000 WORTH OF DIAMONDS. An Expensive Visit to the Fre! by a Baltimore Lady. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—-Three private de- |tectives from a New York detective agency | Started out today to investigate the theft |of $12,000 worth of diamonds, the property of Miss Lavinia Niblo, as she was leaving |the French ball at 2 o'clock yesterday morn- ing. Miss Niblo is a member of a wealthy Bal- timore family and a niece of Wm. Nibio, the builder of the well-known theater which bears his name. She came to this city on Saturday morning last and visited acquaint- ances in the Manhattanville district. On Monday evening, in company with some friends, she attended the french bali at Madison Square Garden, wearing a nana- some diamond necklace and diamond brace- lets, which were afterward stolen. When she made preparations to leave the ball at 2 o’clock she placed the valuables in a ru: set leather satchel, summoned her carriage to the 4th avenue entrance and, with a lady friend, entered the vehicle, holding the litue bag in her hand. As the carriage was about to depart she remembered having left a card case tn the cafe of the garden. The carriage returned to the 4th avenue entrance to the garden, | and Miss Niblo and her friend alighted and | hurried to the cafe, where she recovered the | card case. { When the young ladies left the carriage the satchel was under one of the seats, and when they returned to the vehicle they were driven to the friend’s home. No more thought was then given to the diamonds, and it was not until yesterday afternoon, when Miss Niblo made search for the satchel and discovered her loss. The earriage was searched and the coach- man, who had been in the service of Miss Niblo’s friend for several years, was closely stioned, but no trace of the jewelry was h Ball | | | | of the valuables to her cousin, Frederick Niblo, chief clerk of the St. George Hotel, Brooklyn, and she offered a reward of $5,- Ovo, but no letters have yet been received. Mr. Niblo said toda: ly cousin hi turned to Baltimore, lieves that she will recover the diamonds. We believe that a pi ional thief saw them placed in the age, and became possessor of them when the girls went back to the garden for the card case. No sus- | Picion can be cast upon the coachman, for he is thoroughly honest. I do not care to | give the name of the friends whom my cousin stopped with. We will thoroughly investigate the matter, and have not called in the services of the municipal police force, as that would give too much publicity to the nvatter.” This is the second time Miss Niblo has lost the diamond necklace in question. Two years ago, when returning from Liverpool on the steamer Umbria, this article was | stolen, and returned upon payment of a $2,- ve reward. — >. Too Many Idle for a Strike. MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. 7.—Eugene | Debbs, president of the American Railway | Union, and which is stronger on the Union Pacific than on any other system, left last | night for Omaha, where a conference of offi- | cers of the order will be held in regard to the Union Pacific new wage schedule. Debbs says probably there will be a convention at Ogden of delegates from different points on | the system. He does not look for a strike | on the Unton Pacific or on the Northern Pa- cific, chiefly because so many men are out | of work. He places the number of idle fire- | men who belong to the brotherhood at 3,000. | This would indicate more than 5,000 out of work, including non-brotherhood firemen. eeeeeecs Suing for $42,000 Damages. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—The Examiner says Dr. William S. Ross has commenced suit against W. O. B. McDonough, owner of the famous stallion Ormonde, to recover $42,000 damages alleged to have been sus- tained by the failure of McDonough to keep the terms of agreement involved in the pur- chase by Ross of the great horse. Ross al- legeS that he and McDonough entered into a verbal agreement by the terms of which he (Ross) shall for three years superintend and manage Ormonde for McDonough; that the latter agreed to pay his expenses for three years, also $500 per month, give him a house to live in and allow him to breed two mares to Ormonde, the produce of which should be shared equeally by the two men. ——>— Fought for a Girl. CHICAGO, Feb. 7—A smali glove fight took place early this morning in a barn on North Market street between John Joyce and Dick O’Brien. The fight was terrific | Frederick of Germany, LATE FOREIGN NEW Queen Victoria Will Soon Go to Italy. DROP IN TGE PRICE OF SILVER Three Killed in a French Rail- way Wreck. COUNTRY HOUSE BURNED LONDON, Feb. 7.—Queen Victoria, who is temporarily sojourning at Osborne House, her residence on the Isie of Wight, is en- joying good health. Yesterday evening she went out driving with Princess Beatrice and looked well. Last evening she gave a large dinner party, at which were present Empress the Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters, Princesses Victoria and Maud, and Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg. Dur- ing the dinner a band stationed in the gal- lery of the dining room played various airs. No doctor has been seen in atten- dance upon the queen for some time, ex- cept her household physician, Dr. James Reid, who was present at the dinner last night. Extensive preparations are being made at Florence, Italy, for the visit of Queen Vic- toria, who is expected to arrive there on March 24. One hundred workmen are en- gaged in renovating the Villa Fabbricotti, in the suburbs of Florence, where her ma- jesty will reside during her visit to Italy. The queen will be met by the Duke of Aosta, nephew of King Humbert, who ae receive her majesty on behalf of the - LORD SALISBURY’S RETREAT. Comment of London Papers on His ext Action. LONDON, Feb. 7.—Commenting upon the refusal of the Duke of Devonshire, leader of the lberal unionists in the house of lords, to support Lord Salisbury in amend- ment favoring the interests of the landlords tn the parish councils bill, which refusal led to the withdrawal of the amendment, and to a declaration by Lord Salisbury that it was useless to persist in the face of op- position of the Duke of Devonshire, the Daily News says: “The sturdy independence of the Duke of Devonshire perhaps saved the bill, and it will increase his reputation for prudence, sense and sagacity.” Lord Salisbury, it says, has no political courage. The Chronicle ‘says: “Lord Sallsbury’s conduct has deprived him of the smallest title to statesmanship.”” THE FALL OF SILVER. Tone of the Financial Articles of Lon- don Papers. LONDON, Feb. 7—The morning papers | comment upon the fact of silver touching the record price. The Times regards the matter seriously, and in its financial artl- cle says that it attracts the pained atten- tion of many interests. The Daily News says: The increased gold production in South Africa is alone a fa- vorable augury for the maintenance of the advance of silver values, and, indeed, of prices generally. It is to such influences rather than to governmemt interference that increased stability is to be sought. The Standard’s financial article mentions | a report that the Argentine government meditates the placing of its currency on a asis, and says that it considers this will be the best way ef-restoring her finan- cial position The Telegraph doubts whether the low- ness in the price of silver will stop over- production, as it is asserted that the mines could be worked at a profit even if the price fell to 18. There is no prospect, it says, of a renewal of the monetary conference. STRONG WORDS BY THE KAISER. Adoption of the Ru: Treaty Neces- sary to Prevent War. BERLIN, Feb. 7.—The Associated Press learns from a leading national liberal, who was present at Chancellor von Caprivi’s re- |cent soiree, that the emperor's language in urging the necessity for the Russian treaty was too strong to be reproduced in the Ber- lin papers. According to the correspondent’s informant, the emperor said that if the treaty was not adopted Germany would have war with Russia before three months had passed. Russia, the emperor continued, was bent upon the treaty and the czar was identified with ft, and they would not stand its rejection now that they regarded it an inimical step upon the part of Ger- | many. Experience of a Promoter. LONDON, Feb. 7.—The public examina- tion of Wm. Dorney, an American financial agent, against whom bankruptcy proceed- ings have been taken, ment being made today by Mr. Dorney. The financial agent says he came to Eng- jand in 1802, in order to float the West Vir- nia Fre old Land, Mining and Railway Company. The capital was to be $1,500,000, but Mr.Dorney did not succeed in his under- | taking. He estimates his Mabilities at i4,- S44 and his assets at But Mr. Dorney claims to have proper' in Kansas, Ten- nessee, Alabama, Georgia and West Vir- ginia, on which, however, only part of the purchase money, he says, has been paid. A Line to Swansea Proposed. LONDON, Feb. 7.—At a meeting of influ-} ential gentlemen engaged In trade at Swan- sea a committee was appointed to consider the advisability of forming a direct line of steamers to carry the trade between Swan- sea and America. HAD TO RUN FOR SAFETY. Burning of the Country Seat of the Earl of Feversham. LONDON, Feb. 7.—The country seat of the Earl of Feversham, Duncombe Park, Helms- ley, Yorkshire, has been destroyed by fire. ‘The countess was the first to discover the fire, which broke out in her own bed room, and she tmmediately gave the alarm. The | young Duke of Leinster, his brothers and the Lady Ulrica Duncombe were all asleep at Duncombe house at the time the fire broke out, but they were all hurriedly re- moved from the building, being snatched from their beds by servants and others who went to their rescue. Only a few valuables of the stores of art treasures which the Duncombe house contained were saved. NOT COMING TO AMERICA. It is Asserted That Princess Colonna is Simply in Hiding. LONDON, Feb. 7.—Mrs. John W. Mackay has returned to London from Paris. An intimate friend of the Mackay family Say that the Princess Colonna, daughter of Mrs. John W. Mackay, has not gone to the United States, as at first supposed. The friend referred to says that the princess is in France with her children, and adds that Goh grepens Hopped iy taro is not re- veal is that she fears may be abducted. seats aah Finally it is asserted that the princess is not likely to go to the United States until the decision of the French courts is an- nounced. RAILWAY DISASTER IN FRANCE, A Crate From a Freight Wrecks the Following Train. PARIS, Feb. 7.—A railroad accident is reported from Compiegne, department of Olse, about fifty miles from this city. The train to which the accident has occurred was bound from this city to Brussels, with a number of passengers, yesterday evening, and was thrown off the rails not far from the town mentioned. Three people were killed. The accident is reported to have been due to the fact that the train for Brussels collided with a crate of glass which had fallen upon the railroad track from a freight train which had gone ahead. The engine of the Brusseis train ere off the rails, and before the passengers could be rescued a second freight train dashed into the wreckage. Inquiring Into French Naval Admin- istration, PARIS. Feb. 7.—M. Lockrov’s proposal to resulted in a state-| divide the naval ‘committee into four sec- tions has béen adopted. According to this plan separate subcommittees or sections will inquire respectively into the adminis- tra gn of the navy, its organization, the state of the accounts and the condition of the construction departments. It is believed that six months will elapse before the work of the naval committee will be finished. DECLINE OF THE ALLIANCE. Admissions Made at the National Con- vention at Topeka. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 7.—The representa- tives of the National Farmers’ Alliance in session here admit that the order is weaker in every state in the Union than it was a year ago. While professing to be non-par- tisan, it has become a political organiza- tion in every state where it has a member- ship. As in Kansas, it has been the fore- runner of the people's party, and nearly every delegate to the national meeting is a populist. They explain this away by say- ing that the populist party comes nearest representing alliance principles. The big fight of the meeting will be over U. L. Upson’s proposition to change the constitution. Upson resides at Buffalo, N. Y., and is strongly supported by I. E. Dean, | also of New York state, who believes the plan advocated by Upson should be adopt- ed by the national association. The change contemplates some sweeping modifications in the present constitution. Under the present laws state jurisdictions and their subordinate alliances are per- mitted, so long as they do not contravene certain weli-known principles, to work un- der constitutions of their own. Upson’s fight is to change the constitution so as to | give every state and local alliance the same ‘organic law. He has been working on this for the last ten months. He says it would give the organization a government sim- ilar to that of the Masons and Odd Fel- \iows, which is necessary for the perpetua- tion and future growth of the order. Upson says the organization in New York is non-political, and is confined to twenty counties in the western part of the state. He admitted that the members were most- {ly populists, he being a member of that party, but a high protectionist. So far the alliance has taken no part in the politics of that state. Mann Page of Virginia is the only eastern representative who is fighting Upson’s scheme. He says it would not strengthen the counci] and would change the entire policy, making it a kingdom instead of a republic, which it is now. The source of power, he says, now is in the peopie. By | the Upson constitution it would be in one | man. In Virginia the alliance has lost | membership because the members went | into the populist movement and tried to make it the beneficiary of the alliance or- ganization, This drove men out of the order who were either democrats or repub- leans, and who would not tolerate a se- cret society that tried to control their pol- ities. | Representatives from the southern and western states confirm Page's statement. | They say the membership has fallen off | nearly one-half and that interest in the order is dying out. For the purpose of arousing renewed in- terest In the alliance throughout the state a secret address has been issued to the president of each county alliance admonish- ing him to begin at once the work of re- organizing and building up the order, sug- gesting that the month of February be Ge- voted to a general revival in all the sub- alliances, to the end that the members may be induced to come back and take up the | great work before the order. 1 ————EE HOWLAND REAPPEARS, Boston’s Missing Civil Engineer Con- fers With His Former Partners, HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 7.—W. F. Ellis and A. H. Howland, Boston's missing civil engineer, were in this city early this morn- ing and had a conference. As a result of the conference, Howland took the 5:50 train back to New York. It is thought that he was advised that it was scarcely safe for | him to come to Boston yet. Howland left New York at 11:30 last night. He was accompanied by an insur- ance detective and a newspaper reporter, | | who found him in New Jersey. He was met in the depot at Hartford by W. F. Ellis, who drove him to a hotel, and a conference of several hours’ duration ensued. It was decided that Mr. Howland should issue a statement which will clear Miss Jones, the stenographer, whose connection with the case has created such a commo- Se ser ar oe ment contained, but said that it would be | issued in New York and wired to Boston for publication there. Mr. Ellis did not| know when Howland would come to Bos- ton. The Mysterious Disappearance. The mystery attending the disappearance on December 29 of Arthur H. Howland of | Boston was somewhat cleared yesterday by | positive information that Mr. Howland was alive. W. F. Elils, formerly Mr. Howland’s partner, admitted that he had received a | telegram from the supposed dead man with- in a few hours. It was sent from a town in New Jersey, and was signed “A. D. Vance.” Mr. Ellis declined to make a disclosure of | its contents beyond saying that they indi- | cated that Mr. Howland had left the place | where he had been for some time, and was now traveling. He would not reveal his, destination. Mr. Ellis assumed that Mr. Howland’s wife had also heard from him by this time. A. H. Howland disappeared on the night | of December 2). He was supposed to have | Jumped from the steamboat Pilgrim while | on his way from Boston to New York city. | A man who answered his description regis- tered himself as A. H. Hading at the Put- | nam House the next morning. He was suf- fering from influenza, and a physician and nurse were procured for him. A few days later he went with his nurse to the Murray Hill Hotel, where he registered as A. H. Hathaway. At the end of a week he went away, saying that he was going to look for cheaper quarters. He employed a young woman typewriter while at the Murray Hill Hotel, and a strange man called on him several times at both hotels. After he had gone away the young woman met the strange man on the street and he told her that Hathaway was dead. It was said that Howland’s life hgd been insured for $50,000 and the disappearance was a trick to secure the amount of his policies ——__. NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION. Wrecked the Home the INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 7.—An explo- sion of natural gas in the cellar of the saloon and home of Louis Kuchler wrought sad havoc a few minutes before 1 o'clock this morning. The building was located at 485 Madison avenue. The family, consisting of the father, mother and four children, were in bed when the explosion, which was caused by an escape in the supply Pipe, occurred. The building was reduced to a mass of debris and particles were scattered ue Nesey ss of yards about the neighbor- ocd. Rosa Kuchler, aged 13, was instantly killed, her neck being broken. Charles, two years younger, was also seriously jured, Louis, Julius and Lottie were also slightly injured. Julius, a son, was thought to have been lost, uot was Zescont after digging way partly out of the wreckage. Th monetary loss is small. as ———__. MOORE DISCHARGED. “PONY” Justice Grady Believes That He Acted im Self Defense. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—“Pony Moore, father-in-law of Charlie Mitchell, appeared in the court of special sessions today to answer to the charge of assault on Con- ductor Cohen of the Broadway cable line last Thursday evening. He appeared nerv- ous during the proceedings. Conductor Cohen took the stand and told his story and was followed by Edward Byrnes and Daniel J. O'Reilly. Moore then took the stand and in rel the story said that he did not use bad lan- | facturing iron and steel, B. Bayliss; rock | Party of Distinguished Officials Will Make a Trip to Indian Head.* One of the most important tests of ord- mance ever held in this country will take Place at the Indian Head proving grounds next Monday, if the necessary arrange- ments can be perfected in time. It will be the trial of one of the twelve thirteen-inch guns manufactured at the Washington gua factory for the three battle ships, Massa- chusetts,Oregon and Indiana. These are the largest guns ever built in this country, and the coming trial will be watched with Special interest by naval officers and ord- mance experts generally. The rifle selected for trial first has been in readiness for some time, and would have been tested before, but for the lack of the necessary powder. It is expected that the powder will be on hand by next Monday. The manufacturers have notified the department that it has been ready for shipment for some time, but that the transportation company does not seem disposed to act hastily in the matter. Railroad companies are strongly opposed to the handling of explosives, and will never take any risks in its transportation. Such articles are taken subject to delay and are transferred from place to place by the easiest sort of stages. It is this uncertainty in regard to the ammunition that prevents the completion of the arrangements for the trial on Mon- day. Further delay in the receipt of the rowder wili necessarily cause a postpone- ment of the test. It is confidently asserted, however, that the trial will certainly take Place next week, even if it shall be delayed until Saturday, the 17th. A number of prominent officials will attend the trial, including Secretaries Herbert 4 Lamont, | Gen. Flagler, chief of the ordnance depart- ment of the army; Commodore Sampson, chief of the ordnance bureau of the navy members of the naval committees of Con- gress, and the military and naval attaches of the various foreign embassies and lega- tions in Washington. An effort will be made to induce the President to be present, but it is not likely to succeed in the pres- ent pressure of public business. ‘The following figures give a slight idea of the size, power and other characteristics of the big gun and its ammunition: Weight, 135,500 pounds (about sixty tons); total length, 40 feet; greatest diameter, 40 | inches; length of bore, 454.46 inches; length of chamber, 80.88 inches; capacity of cham- ber, 15,059 cubic inches; weight of charge of powder, 550 pounds; weight of projectile, 1,100 pounds; muzzle velocity of projectile (service), 2,100 foot seconds; muzzle energy of projectile, 33,627 foot tons. A service pro- jectile fired from the gun is calculated to penetrate twenty inches of steel at a dis- tance of 1,000 yards. It is not at all probable that any more thirteen-inch guns will be built for the! United States navy. The present tendency | 1s to reduce the diameter of the bore to} twelve inches and the weight of the gun | to about forty-five tons. The twelve thir- | teen-inch guns will be equally divided | among the three battle ships already | named. The battle ship Iowa, of greater displacement than they, will have four big guns of the twelve-inch type. ———s) MEN FOR THE NAVY. Satlors Needed to Man the Ships to Go Into Commission. The need of more men for the navy is becoming urgent, in view of the large num- ber of new vessels shortly to be put in com- | mission, with others that are to be restored to active service, after the completion of repairs now in progress. The Navy Depart- ment is having no little difficulty in provid- ing the necessary number of sailors and marines for the vessels being made ready for active service. The vessels expected to go in commis- sion before the first of May include the famous fiyers Columbia and Olympia, each of which will need about 450 men; the2,000- ton ships, Marblehead and Montgomery; the Roach ships, Atlanta and Boston; the cruisers Raleigh and Cincinnati, and the old-timers, Alert and Marion. About 1,500 additional men will be re- quired for these ships, and there are less than half that number available. It is ex- pected that Secretary Herbert will appeal to Congregs to allow an increase in the number of enlisted men, as otherwise it will be impossible to properly man the ships. There are few men collected on the re- ceiving ships waiting for these vessels, and very few more can be enlisted without overrunning the legal maximum. The problem before the Navy Department can be settled only with the assistance of Con- gress. ———_— + 2+ —_____ Free Trade in Argentine. Minister Zeballos of the Argentine Re- public has received a telegram announcing the triumph of the radical or opposition party at Buenos Ayres in the congressional elections which took place Monday. Min-j ister Zeballos believes, however, that the government or national party elected a majority of the new congressmen in the interior states, and that it will have con- trol of the next congress. The issue between the parties, the minis- ter says, is something like that between the two parties of the United States. At the recent session of congress the national | party increased the duty upon a number of articles for the purpose of obtaining reve- nue; the radicals made their campaign in favor of a reduction of duties. o-+—_____ Important Patents Expired. Some of the important patents to expire yesterday were as follows: Ventilator for car windows, A. Brandon; typewriter, J. T. Anderson; furnace and process of manu- drilling engine, P. S. Buckminster; machine | for rolling metals of irregular shapes, S. Duff; feed mechanism for sewing machine: H. Fecht; machine for twisting and spoo! ing barbed fence wire, J. F. Gladden; | steam boiler furnace, B. Hershey; grain binder, E. Horton; gas regulator, E. O. Martin; automatic car, J. R. MeNetlle; seed planter, attachment for hoes, J. R.’ Rey- nolds; ‘compound telegraph wire, W. Rice; hydraulic engine, J. D. Richardso: telegraph insulator, P. Seiler; electro-mag- netic attachment for time locks, W. W. | Sherer. ——+-2+_____ Confirmations. ‘The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: Thos. Moonlight of Kansas, to be minister to Bolivia; Harrison H.Wheeler, | to be pension agent at Detroit, Mich. Postmasters—Edgar N. Nash, at Newton Highlands, Mass.; Mary M. Force, at Sel- ma, Ala.; Charles E. Chamblin, at Mason aos Il, and Ida L. Tumer, at Fort Worth, ‘ex. Gen. Greely to Speak. Gen. A. W. Greely, the distinguished arctic explorer, has accepted the invita- tion of the Pennsylvania Society, Sons of | the American Revolution, to speak at their annual banquet, to be held at the Duquesne Club, Pittsburg, on Washington's birthday. Jurors Accepted. In Criminal Court, Division 1, Justice Mc- Comas accepted the following this morn- ing, thus completing the jury: John L. Webster, J. E. Minnix, Samuel M. Frazier, James G. Bates, John King, Owens Daw- son, Howard Ratcliff, Walter A. Marshall, Pare 10 Pare 9 ‘Pace 11 Page 12 he - Pare 10 BUSINESS CHANCES, Pare 10 CRIROPODIST, Pave 10 CITY ITEMS. a Pace 8 COAL AND Woop. Page 11 Pare 10 Pace 5 ‘Page 11 Page 9 Pare 9 Page 2 a Pare 10 FOR RENT (Fiat... cone Pare 10 FOR RENT (House< Pages 10 an4 11 FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) Page 10 FOR RENT (Officsa). Pace 10 FOR RENT (Pianos) Pace 10 FOR RFS are 10 FOR RENT (Stables) --Pare 10 FOR RENT (Stores). Page 10 FOR RENT ( Warehouse). Page 10 FOR SALE (Houses)... are 1) FOR SALE (Lets)... Page 11 FOR SALE (Miscellan Pare 10 FOR SALE (Pianos) ‘ Page 11 HORSES AND VEHICLES. Pace 10 BOTELS, i --Page 10 z Pace A RAILROADS |... SPECIAL NOTICES.___ SUBURBAN PROPERTY. UNDERTAKERS --..Paxe 10 ——— AN INQUEST TO BE HELD. quire Into the Cause of Thos. C. Jones’ Death. Yesterday morning it was discovered that Thomas C. Jones, aged sixty er employed under the District governn t had died during the night at his lodging | house, 110 H street southwest, the unfor- tunate having passed away in bed unk: to the other people in the house. bruises on the head were discovered believed that the man had died from n tural causes. Then the matter was reported to Coroner Woodward, and the body was removed to the morgue, where Dr. § fer, assistant to the coroner, made topsy this morning. A fracture of th was discovered, and the coroner thereupon decided to hold an inquest at the morgue at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The day p his death, Jones had $30 or $40 with him. ing he is understood to have son, who lives at 110% 7th stree! The deceased was then appar health and left son's fectly sober. Where he went a ing his son is not fully known, but night he is said to have reached hi ing house and to have stun to his room in a manner that c: impression that he was in an intoxic condition, He went to bed and nothing more was seen or heard of from him until he was discovered dead in his bed yesterday morning. The police think it more than pro that the dead man died from e injuries received during an attemp' him after he left his son's house, — A VALUABL t to rob ANIMAL Is the Occasion of a Case in the Police Court. “William Johnson,” said Clerk Potts In the Police Court this morning to an old colored man, “you are charged with steal- ing one horse worth $i, the property of James H. Pruett. Guilty or not guilty?” “Guess I done tuk de horse, boss.” “In justice to the defendant, your honor, exclaimed Prosecutor Mullowny, “I desire to say that the value is wrongly placed at $4, whereas the animal, I learn, is worth but $3. In fact, I understand he was will- ing to take $1.50 for it. “How about this valuable animal, Pruett.” inquired Judge Miller. “Well, judge,” explained Mr. Pruett, sent Willlam with the horse bazaar for what he could ge sold it for $3.50 and then went off with the money and got drunk.” Mr. “Well, that isn’t stealing,” remarked the court. “Withdraw the plea of guilty, and swear Mr. Pru ¥ That was dot and after Mr. Pruett had again made his statement, Judge Miller plained that the charge had not been made out and told the old man to go. Phonograph Qearters. The building 919 Pennsylvania avenue hes undergone a transformation. Phonograph Company, which has for a number of years been located on E stree sion of the bullding. The y rooms on the ground flo rated and ij 8 ctric lights. An in- teresting exhibition of graphophones has been arranged on this floor, and more than a score of graphophones, provided music cylinders, are The Columbia P! raph Compan occupy the whole building. The music partment, where the band plays and mv is recorded on cylinders, is on the top floor. The administrative office is on the s ond floor and the exhibition rooms, where graph: phones, phonographs and 1 typ writers can be seen, are on the ground floor. The music-producing sraphophones, whic are right at the entrance, are proving to be a great attraction to the public. The room was crowded last night. sei The use. will About 8:30 last evening as Mr. Jonn Dow- ney, anemploye of the Eckington and Sol- diers’ Home Railway Company, was driving in from the power house with a young iaay he was seriously injured. At the corner of 4th and T streets his horse became tright- ened at the whistle of an engine on the Baltimore and Ohio railrioad and Mr. Dow- ney lost control of the animal, and he dash- ed into a trolley pole and both occupants were thrown out. They were both injured, Mr. Downey in the spine and hips and the lady slightly bruised. It is feared Mr. Downey’s injuries are serious. They were taken to Mr. Downey’s mother’s, 1125 4th street northwest. A Kain Failed to Appear. About ten days ago John A. Kain, who kept a saloon at 215 Virginia a jue south- west, was arrested for selling liquor on Sunday. He gave bonds of $250 for his ap- pearance, Moses Sinsheimer as surety. The case was set for trial this morning. He failed to appear, however, and the bonds George E, Denham, W. H. Garges and Thos. A. Cannon. In Criminal Court, Division No. 2, Justice Cole completed the jury by accepting the following: John Hessel, . Tarawner, Benoni Millstead, Michael J. Sauter and Philip W. Busch. In Circuit Court, Division No. 1, Justice Bradley accepted the following: Z. 'T. Kote- ler, O. L. White, John L. Schaffirt and W. H. Cooper. In Circuit Court, Division No. 2, Chief Justice Bingham accepted the following: Wm. J. Collins, P. R. Harvey, Chas. P. Hughes, Dwight B. Washburn, George H. Lee, Jas. J. Frawley, W. F. Bergman and James W. Davenport. —>__ What a “Tidal Wave” is. London Correspondence New York Tribune. The report that the Normannia was struck by a “tidal wave” which swept her decks revives the question whether there be such a thing as a tidal wave. I once asked the captain of an Atlantic liner. “Oh, Panther answered, eB a a tidal wave tor the passengers an‘ newspapers. If you want to know what it really is, I will tell you. It is when a powerful is driven through a head speed that before she can one big wave she is into a first together were forfeited and an attachment issued for Geo, H. Roberts, a young colored man, plead guilty this morning to keeping an un- licensed bar, and» was sent to the work house for ninety days in default of a fine of —_——— Capt. Mahan Relieved. Capt. F. A. Mahan, engineer corps, U. 8. A., bas been relieved from duty in this city as engineer secretary of the light house board, and ordered to duty at Montgomery, Ala., in charge of river and harbor works in that district, relieving Capt. P. N. Price, who is ordered to this city for duty as en- gineer secretary of the light house board. i ——_ Marshal Wilson Makes Changes. Marshal Wilson, ha mass of applications for positions those whom he intends to appoint, this morning notified nine of the employes of the office that he desired their resignations by the a RE For Violating the Policy Law. it was | The Columbia | with | ving selected from the | ef on the exchanges of FINANCTAL | Good Equities In Valuable City Properties EX ror For full particulars call on or address W. E. 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