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Ave fes ° e deep sunk the wine -E Avo g fac that ih ea as 4 Boom in Real Estate ee ies ts tae es In the spring will demand the use of Gor and, £ than ne Ledger.” Property List Book” ‘and lat The i of Loans aves tin 4, $ un 6. A m4 VEEN, Printer and Pullisuer, 1103-16 E aw + @ fish story, but it is a cold utely Pure Cullfornia To-Kalon WineCo.,614 14th: feo | builds up the euttre | | from its failing to recognize him in his go- | in his time as an observer of nature as | old swallow’s nest and had laid some eggs | through the little hole at her enemies. Then | PEIXOTO IN TERROR’ | Discovery of a Plot. Against His Life. Re UTEPEAT OF THE FRENCH IN AFRICA | ! | Wreck of a German Ship Off} Africa. i , GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS Special Dispatch from Buenos Ayres, Copyrighted, H 1894, by the Associated Press. BUENOS AYRES, Feb. 9.—Most sensa- tional news has been received here from Rio de Janeiro, and it is believed to have some | foundation in fact, at least according to | dispatches the decision of President Pelxoto | to issue a decree calling for a presidential | election, as well as for an election for mem- | bers of eongress on March i, was reached only after the president had been badly | frightened by the discovery of a plot to | murder him, There are several versions of the affair, | and, as they are contradictory, it seems suf- | ficient to say that the plot appears to have been widespread and to have counted a | number of influential people, including sev- | eral officers, among the conspirators. So soon as the plot was discovered the po- lce were instructed to arrest the ringlead- | ers, which was promptly done. The trial of | the arrested conspirators is said to have followed closely upon their arrest, and,there being, in the opinion of the court-martial, no doubt that they were guilty, the prison- ers were sentenced to death. Execution of the Conspirators. The next morning, according to the dis-! patches received here, the persons convicted were taken to an unfrequented spot outside the line of fortifications and were shot while | kneeling at the foot of the freshly dug) graves which were prepared to receive their | bodies. After the fatal volley the bodies were hastily placed in the graves, the earth shov- | eled upon them and the soldiers cautioned | not to say a word about the affair under the threat of being shot if they did so. The discovery of the plot against Presi- dent Pelxoto’s life, the arrest of the con- spirators, the court-martial and secret exe- cution all seem to have been kept from the ear of the general public, but their effect upon President Peixoto is said to have been so great that he signed the decree calling | for the election. {n addition to the conspirators executed | a number of other persons implicated were | Sentenced to long terms of imprisonment, jand those who had property were notified that it had been confiscated for the use of | the government. | Others, it is said, sought refuge in flight, | }and are now on their way to England and to the United States, Rebels Gain in the South, Advices from the south of Brazil go to show that the rebels are still successful | there. The insurgent army moving upon | Porto Allegre is rapidly approaching that | important place—the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, siffated 160 miles from Kio Grande. the south insurgents are sald to be | | receiving relaforcements daily and to be strengthening pesition on all sides. | The Approxebhing Election. Regarding tiie approaching elections in | Brazil, the belief is expressed here that if | { | government troops are not employed to |terrorize the people the government | candidates (Senhor Prudente Moraes for | president and Senhor Manoel Pereira for vice president) will be defeated, but the | government or “constitutional” party, ts certain to use all its machinery in the ef- fort to elect its candidates, and so the “popular” insurgents may be defeated. If this ix the case more troubie and bloodshed may be looked for. Gen. Isadoro Fernandez, who, with his staff of officers and a Castilhista brigade, bering about 1,000 men, were taken isoners by the insurgents near Bage, after 3) of them had been killed late in No- mber, is dyi he general was severely engagement which be- and which lasted all and was not de- in 1 N ber hy November until November the evening of November 2S the in-} surgent commander, Gen. Tavares, called upon Gen. Isadoro Fernandez, but the gov- ernment commander replied that he would only give in when his last cartridge had been fired. This actually took place and | the geilant general eventually fell into the hands of the insurgents. Rebels Refuxed Recognition. ROME, Feb. &—The Italian minister at Rio de Janeiro has cabled to the Italian government saying that Italy, the United States und Great britain, through their representatives at Rio de Janeiro, have re- | fused to recognize the insurgents of Brazil as belligerents. cided ENTRENCHIN aT TIMBUCTOO. The French Preparing for an Attack by the Natives. PARIS, Feb. 9—In an interview with Premier Casimir-Perier the latter has ad- mitted that it was true that the French column had been attacked and destroyed by the natives near Timbuctoo, in the Sou- dan. The premier added that it was also true that several officers had been killed. He declared, however, that the French would not evacuate Timbuctoo, and rein- forcements had been forwarded to the French commander at that place. The governor of the Soudan has tele- graphed that Col. Bonnier’s column left on December 1, from Timbuctoo, on a recon- noisarce, and that the column was sur- prised while asleep when about three days’ march from Timbuctoo. The Tuaregs at- | tacked the French and several officers, in- _cluding Col. Bonnier, two European ser- | geants and sixty-elght native soldiers were | killed. | The surviving French officers succeeded in rallying the native soldiers and man- aged to retreat with part of the column to Timbuctoo. The success of the Tuaregs | is said to have greatly encouraged the other native tribes, and the retreat of the French was most difficult, as they were continual- ty harassed in their retreat. Upon reach- ing Timbuctoo, the commander of the French forces decided that it was advisable to prepare for the worst, and steps were immediately taken to throw up entrench- ments in anticipation of an attack in force upen the part of the natives. The latter were said to be mustering their forces and to be preparing for a combined ouslaught upon the French. WRECKED OFF AFRICA. { ov. Zimmerie and His Staff Suffer Disaster. | SIERRA LEONE, Africa, Feb. 9.—The | steamship Adolph Woermann, from Ham- burg, has struck on the rocks off Nifou. Gov. Zimmerie, who was recently dismissed from his position by Emperor William, and who in doing so is said to have infringed upon the rights aad duties of Chanceilor von Caprivi, thereby causing a friction etween tnem,-Wwas om board the steamship y she went ashore. Gov. Zimmerie had with him his staff. AN were saved. The “Steamship, however, and her cargo will vve a total loss. ‘There was no loss of among the crew or among the passen- per ‘« Glorious Victory. Feb. 9.—The Chronicle express- t the loss of the old warship nd says with regard to its sink- { the Alabama that It was a glorious tory, and that the fight between the sels was one of the most thrilling which occurred during the civil i { | has a most pleasant | earsarge and remarks {| deserved to be honored tution. Banquet to Jules Simon. | 3 ‘, Feb. 9.—A dispatch to the Times trom Paris says: Forty foreign cor- | respondents tendered a banquet last night i to M. Jules Simon, the noted French states- | and are, of course, used for no | livery, on the oceasion of his eightieth birth- y. Since 1835 M. Simon has been known * a brilliant man in France and he has -n_ prominent an orator and a writer 11 the troublous times which have oc- ou since that time. He was elected a senator for life in 1875 and in 1876 he be- came premier, under Marshal MacMahon. Mr. Henry Haynie of the Chicago Herald proposed M. Simon’s health and it was re- sponded to with utmost heartiness. A French Author’s Death. PARIS, Feb. ¥.—Mairim Du Camp, member of the French Academy, is dead. m: i i M. Du Camp was born in Paris on Feb- ruary 2, 1822, and on leaving college trav- eled extenstvely in the east. In 1851 M. Du Camp was one of the five founders of the Revue De Paris. He was the author of a number of works on travel and history. He was elected a member of the French Acad- emy on February 26, 1880, in place of M. St. Rene Taillandicr, partly as a mark of appreciation on the part of the conserva- tives for his history of the commune, en- Utled “Les Convulsions de Paris. French Duties on Cereals. LONDON, Feb. 9.—The correspondent of the Dally News at Paris says: The tariff committee of the chamber of prs oad = In: e proposition to increase duties outa ceraieteay or prepared, such as macaroni and flour. Farther Drop in Rupee Paper. LONDON, Feb. 9.—Rupee paper has again declined below the lowest record, being quoted today at 57 against 57 1-2 yesterday. The Standard, in its financial article com- menting on the silver crisis, says: ‘he in- dian government must immediately reopen its mints. Halting between two courses may imperil its credit to the extent that both trade and government will be par- alyzed. Ambassador MacVeagh in London. LONDON, Feb. 9.—Wayne MacVeagh, the newly appointed United States ambassador to Italy, has arrived in London and visited the United States embassy today. Mr. MacVeagh will proceed to Paris tonignt, after which he will visit the Riviera. He will not take up his duties at Rome until about March 1. TRICK OF TWO TYPE THUMPERS. How the Girl in the Other Room Al- ways Knew What Was Going On. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. A prominent lawyer thought he had dis- covered a wonderful instance of thought transference the other day. He has two typewriter operators. One works in his private office and the other has a desk in the adjoining room. Of late he has been puzzled, upon giving instructions to his private stenographer, to be delivered to the , other typewriter, to find that she never quit the room, yet the girl in the next room would always execute the order, just as if she had been told explicitiy what was re- quired. The attorney for a long time has’ been trying to account for this. seeming telepathic communication between the two young ladies. Yesterday he thought he would make a test of the matter, and, calling his stenog- rapher, he said: “I want you to take down this article of agreement and give it to Miss Blank to uanseribe.’ He then dic- tated a lengthy and technical document, trying to make it as diMfcuit as possible. The stenographer took it down and then went to her machine and began operating it, ‘The attorney watched her closely, and y that she never stopped her work, He aited for half un hour, then he turned to his typewriter and said: “Miss So-and-So, I think you have for- gotten to give Miss Blank (hat dictation I gave you for her.” “Oh, no,” replied the young lady, “Miss Blank has it finished and walting tor you out there.” ‘This nonplussed the attorney. He was sure his private stenographer had not left the room, and did not see how it could be possible for such a complicated agreement to be transferred by telepathic communic tion. He went out to Miss Blank, who handed him the agreement completed. The attorney could not contain himself any longer, as he said: “Miss Blank, I have been noticing some- | thing strange for the past month. Will you tell me how you receive my instruc- tions from Miss So-and-So without her leaving my reom? Here you have tran- scribed a very difficult dictation, and I am ere you have had no communication with her.” ‘The ‘young lady began to smile and said: “Jee. you should not be so sure that we have had no communication. We can converse with each other when the door is open Just as weil as if we were in the same room. No, its nut thought transference, but plain telegraphy. You see, Miss So- and-So and 1 have learned telegraphy re- cently, and we practice in this way. We found the space bars of our typewriters make perfect telegraph keys, so that we can send messages just as well as with a regular telegraph instrument. So it’s not sv | mysterious after all.”” The young lady showed her employer the manner of sending a message, and he be- gan to think how easily some mysterious incidents could be explained if we only knew the truth. ———_— - ++ ‘THE REAL CORONETs. How and When They Are Used by Those Entitled to Use Them. Frou Vogue. English noblemen are the only ones in Europe who ever wear coronets on their heads, and the sole occasion whe they do so is at the coronation of the sovereign. They hold them in their hands turoughout the ceremony, and at the moment. when the Archbishop of Canterbury places the crown upon the monarch’s head every peer and peeress present dons his or ner coronet. Inasmuch as nearly half of the house of jords is composed of peers created by Queen Victoria, it 1s probable that none of them has taken the trouble to provile himself with the silver coronets lined with crimson velvet of their rank; and were the queen to die and the Prince of Wales to ascend the throne there would doubtless be a run on the court silversmiths for baubles of this character. The baron'’s coronet worn by the poet Lord Byron at the coronation ot George IV, and which was manufactur- ed for the occasion, is now in this country and in the possession of the proprietor of the Philadelpnia Ledger, who has converted it into a chafing dish for the humble vege- table known as the potato, having removed the velvet cap from the inside and turned it upside down, so that the four silver balls constitute the support of the chafing dish. The only coronets that are to be seen on the continent are those of certain media- tized princes—that Is to say, members of former reigning houses who now form part and parcel of the nobility. And then they are only used for funeral purposes, being borne on a crimson velvet cushion immedi- ately after the coffin, while during the serv- ice in church the cushion, with the coronet, usually rests at the head of the casket con- taining the remains. These coronets are made of, some base metal, plated or gilt, ther pur- pose. With these exceptions a coronet merely figures as a part and parcel of the heraldic device of its owner; and although on one or two occasions tiaras have been made to resemble coronets, yet they were | heraldically incorrect and worn by people | who had no right to assume any such her- aldic adornment. As a rule, the nobility are content to have their coronets figure on their notepaper, their plate, their carriage panels and the buttons of their servants’ and that is about all. It may be added that there are even monarchs now reigning who have not only never been crowned, but who do not even possess such an article. Thus, for instance, the Emper- or of Germany has never been crowned either as King of Prussia or as Emperor of Germany, and the imperial crown has yet to be made. The Kings of Italy, Spain, Bel- gium, Bavaria and Saxony have none of them been crowned, and it {s a curious fact that the sovereign who makes most fre- quent use of his crown {s that most simple, unaffected and democratic of all the rulers of the old world, King Oscar of Sweden, who Is obliged to don it each time he opens parliament at Stockholm. . puiidlsaeters “once And Sometimes Not Even Once. From Truth. “I must say our union men work like lightning,” said the jocose general man- ager. How, is that?” asked the proprietor. “They rarely strike twice in the same place. His From the Detroit Fr ‘The lady had given the small boy an see Opinion. Press to | apple, and he had said nothing in recogni- tion. “What does a little boy say when he gets anything?” asked the lady, insinuatingly. He hesitated a moment. “Some little boys,” he said, “says ‘thank | you,’ some says uch obliged,’ and some just keeps thinkin’ how much better an orange is than an apple.” ~|by Maj. THE OLD RESERVOIR) The Work of Reclaiming It Nearly Completed. TT WILL FORM A SETTLING BASIN And Contribute to Making Potomac Water Clear and Wholesome. REMOVING THE DANGERS Washington water is being purified. It has already the indorsement of many chem- ists as to its wholesome quality, but occa- sionally some statement is made concerning it which raises doubts in the public mind. If it is not the best now, it is claimed that it will be as good as any when the plans of Col. George H. Elliot, corps of engineers, U. 8. A., in charge of the Washington aque- duct, are realized. The principal one of these plans is the reclamation of the re- ceiving, or Dalecarlia, reservoir. The water which we now drink comes directly from Great Falls, but the water which we will | soon drink will have rested about four days falls to the spigot. This period of repose will result in clarification by sedimentation. Foreign matter, held in suspension, will be precipitated. When this has taken place, our nectar of the Alleghanies will, it is as- serted, be as bright and clear as liquid dia- mond, and as grateful as ease to the weary. Every time a Washingtonian holds a glass of redeemed Potomac water to his lips he will say: “Here's to Col. Elliot.” The first survey for the aqueduct was made in No- vember, 1852, under the direction of Lieu- tenant, afterward General, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, U. S. A. On the 224 of February, 1853, President Millard Fillmore sent to Congress the report of Lieut. Meigs containing the surveys, plans and estimates for the great work of watering Washington and Georgetown. At that time the twin cities depended on wells, springs and cis- terns for their temperance drink. Three plans were proposed for furnishing the cities with a modern water system. Plan No. 1 Was to construct a dam across Rock creek at a point about seven and one-half miles {above Washington and quench us by means [of a conduit. Plan No. 2 was to dam the valley of Little Falls branch at the point where it now empties into Dalecariia reser- voir, convey the water via canal to a point within two miles of Georgetown and there pump it to a height for proper pressure. Project No. 3 was the t Falls scheme, and.us all the town knows,and perhaps most of the country, too, this was the scheme udopted. It received the recommendation of Gen. Totten, corps of engineers, and the sanction of Secretary of War | Conrad. Wok was pushed with enthusiasm, and the water turned on December 5, 1863. ‘The Engineers Who Have Had Charge Capt. Meigs continued in charge of the work from November, 1852, to July 17, 1860. At the latter date Capt. H. W. Ben- | ham, corps of engineers, was assigned to | duty in comnection with the work. In Jee, lge2, the work was transferred from che | War Department, then occupied with the | serlous business of war, to the Department | of the Interior, and remained with this | branch of the government till April, 1867, | when it returned to its first love, and came ofice again under the dominion of the War Department. From 1862 tu 1867 the work j Was in charge of Civil Engineers William R. Hutton, Silas Seymour and Theodore B. Samo. The latter gentleman was relieved Nuthantel Michler. The officers Who have since successively been respon- sible for the conduct of the work are as follows: Maj. George H. Elliot, November, | 1870: Maj. Orville E. Babcock, October,1871 Lieut. Col. Thomas L. Casey, March, 1877 Garrett J. Lydecker, August, Lieut. Col. John M. Wilson, March, and Lieut. Col. (mow Colonel) George H! ElHot, July, 1889. Col. Elliot continues to hold ‘the fort. All his energies are devoted to the work. A bi-conduit was bufit in 1863 to convey the water directly from Great Falls to the distributing reservoir without entering the receiving reservoir. The occasion for its use did not often arise, but in 1885 the p@l- lution of Dalecarlia reservoir had become so dangerous by reason of the drainage in- to it of Little Falls branch, Mill creek and East creek that it was abandoned, and Ge that time the nine-foot bi-conduit, extending from the north connection across | the weir at the spillway to the south con- nection, hus been in constant use. ‘ Dalecarlia had to be relieved from the duty of treasuring up the drink of Wash- ingtonians, because of the rapid settlement of the country which drained into it. The| rim of the reservoir watershed followed the | Jittle Falls rozd from its junction with the | Conduit road to the Loughborougn road; | to the Brookville road; thence in a wide | westerly sweep across the Washington, Georgetown and Rockville road, over the Old River road and thence in a southerly j direction to the northern end of the reser- voir. This radius embraces what has been | for some years a well-populated region. A sewer was built from Chevy Chase to Little Falls branch, and the sewage of Tenley- town flowed down Mill creek. The area of this watershed, as computed by Col. Elliot, is 3,822 acres. Reclaiming the Reservoir. The reclamation of Dalecariia reservoir, although not quite an accomplished fact, | is an assured one. The object of the im- provement is to exclude the drainage water which now flows into it. It is proposed | to dam the contaminating streams where | they enter the reservoir. An open channel, | skirting the east side of the reservoir, will! carry the combined drainage of the water-| shed to the north end, thence down through | a drainage tunnel, out under aqueduct tun- nel No. 4, emptying the whole flow into Little Falls branch west of the reservoir, from which point it will drain into the old Potomac. The scheme is an elaborate and comprehensive one. Dalecarlia reservoir | so called from the name of the farm on which it is, has a capacity of about 170,- 000,000 gallqns. It is to be so deepened that | it will not be stirred to turbidity by the winds which sweep across it. The recom- mendation of $0,000 for the completion of |the reservoir has been allowed by Con- gress; $5,000 for repaving Griffith's Park jand Cabin John’s bridges, and $20,000 for the maintenance and repair of the aqueduct land the reservoirs, mains, roads, &c., con- nected therewith. One of the very interest- | ing processes in connection with the work | was the blasting of the drainage tunnel | where it crosses underneath aqueduct tun- | nel No. 4. 1t was feared that the explosion | of dynamite might break the aqueduct and totally cut off the city’s supply ‘or some time. At this point Col. Elliot had the! charges of explosive reduced to the lowest | quantity which would do the work. The! difficult and dangerous feat was accom- plished and no harm done to the tunnel above. The miners in the drainage tunnel, operating from opposite ends, bro«e through last week. The event was celebrated with appropriate rejoicing. Everything 's hum- ming toward completion and the time is.not far off when Washington will have water as fine as Croton, und as much of it as she can get away with. | Maj. | a COFFEE VERSUS ONIONS. It Will Effectually Dispel Objection- able Odor. A cup of black coffee taken after a Span- ish omelet, potato salad, cutlets, or any other dish prepared with onion or its cousin, gariic,will destroy the abhorrent fumes that cling to the bronchial tubes. A couple of wintergreen creams or clove candies, eaten before leaving the table, will remove the, taste of food from the mouth and neutral- ize the smell of wine. A few drops of cam- phor and myrrh in a glass of water is ex- cellent for a gargle and a tooth wash when there is the suspicion of a tainted breath. A bad taste in the mouth and a white tongue will always warrant the use of an antidote for bed breath. Cinnamon, ginger, cloves and orris root sweeten the mouth and will disguise unpleasant odors for the time being. Spruce and mastic gum are used for the same purpose. ——-—- eee The Retort Courteous. j y boy, | you go shooting 01 | Your immortal soul?” Boy—“Mister, don’t yuu know dat every minute I'm standin’ here listenin’ to you jm losin’ three woodpeckers?” jon’t you know that if vrday you will lose Johnston's library cards; page 5.—Advt. INDES “o ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. Page 11 AMUSEMENTS. oo 9 at BUSINESS CHANCES. 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