Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1894, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894-SIXTEEN PAGES. a aR IA New Departure Our Friday dds & Ends SALE. ARENT VE PM MA | Every Friday.—commencing tomorrow.— | tRere will be found at our MAIN HOUSE, 980 and 92 SEVENTH on sepa- Fate tables, the weekly accumulation of Odds and Ends of ot DoE a our three stores, con- Soiled Shoes— Imperfect Shoes— Single Pairs of Discontinued Lines, &ce., &c., &c., TSE TT A SSAA caNase aa sale, right at the i} Reels, of the heaviest ness of our | — contain some inter | dargains. | want of space we can only annex ® partial list of the cheapest goods, — there are also goods contained im this sale. COME EA ie} RLY IF YOU WANT WHA’ IS ADVERTISED. - 4 20 pairs Infants’ 25e. Soft- sole Button Shoes, black, white and blue. Sizes 0 to 2. Brown Canvas $1 Hand-sewed Laced Slippers, without heels. Ladies’ and Misses’ sizes. Calld’s Goat heel B Tk Bnet gt || Stres 2 and 3. 1] | Hy 1 ‘| | | a ae | Misses’ $1.50 and $2 Heeled Batton. s B. C and D sizes 13, &1. Giles $1.25 Cloth-top Botton: TD sizes 9 and 10. z Boys’ $1.: Double-soled But-= on. 4 E sizes 4, 5 and 5! 50¢. Eadies $250" "Sense: | Button. | Ladies’ $1.50 and $2 Kid Newport Ties and Low Button Sizes C 2%, 3 and 4, Hl z 2 3 3 3 At 5 2 8 Ties. Sizes 2%, 4, 5, 5%. 6. Men's Seamless Creole Size 6. Ing-heel | Shoes. wt Misses’ Dongola Sprit Plain Button Dix's $1.50 Ett ine ts, 13%. 11, 115" 13, 13 Men's Calf $2.50 Prince Albert 2) yw Shoes. Sizes 5, 11. 2 Men's $2.50 Tan Low Shoes. Sizes 8. 9, 11 Ladies” Kangaroo and s2 Bette Sho et ‘and 25. | At $1.00 Sizes 2 Ladies’ $4 Turn-sole and | Extension-sole Hutton Boots. Sizes A 1, 135, 2 and 2g. B 1, 1% ‘and 2. € and D1 and 1% Ladies’ $5 Light-color top Pine Button A size 2—B size 5. ize 4D sizes 3! foots. C7 THESE GOODS ONLY AT OUR MAIN HOUSE. WH. HAR & 00.S RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES: 980 AND 932 TTH ST. BRANCHES: 1914 AND 1916 PA. AVE., 31 PA. AVE. 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Manu- fectured by Dr. J. G. B. Sicgert & Sous. Ask your druggist. ROCKVILLE. In the circuit court yesterday the follow- ing cases were considered: State agt. Wm. Somerville, larceny; guilty and sentenced to Maryland penitentiary for two years. State against Wm. Hammond, larceny, guilty, sentenced to penitentiary for three years. State agt. Wm. Somerville, statutory breaking, guilty; sentenced to penitentiary for two years. State against Wm. Ham- mond, statutory breaking, guilty, three years in penitentiary. State against Sam- uel J.Cockereil, Harry Cockerell and others, uplawful destruction of property; not guil- ty. State against Harry ttussell, seiling whisky; jury failed to agree. Wm. Hill, convicted of assault with intent to kill, was sentenced to the penitentiary for three years. A closely contested game of base ball was Played at Dawsonville on Saturday between the Dawsonville nine and a picked nine from Dickerson, Clarksburg and Boyd's, re- sulting in a score of 5 to 3 in favor of Daw- sonville. The home battery was composed of White and Allnutt; the opposing battery of Hilton aud Hartman of Clarksburg. A feature of the game was the brilliant pitch- ing of White, striking out twenty-two men to eight struck out by Hilton. Nine in- nings were played, and the game was close from start to finish. For the first five in- mings the score stood 1 to 1. The town hall at Poolesville was the scene of a delightful dance on Wednesday night, music for the same being furnished by an orchestra from Frederick city. The com- mittee of arrangements was composed of | the following gentlemen: Benjamin White, Walter Williams, Elijah White and Eugene Jones. Among those present were Dr. and Mrs. Edw. Wooton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield White, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Poole, Misses Wise and Osborne of Leesburg, Va.; Miss Mar- chant of Saluda, Va.; Misses Ella Thomas and Jennie White, Adamstown; Miss Hattie Nicholls, Tuscarora; Miss Annie Griffith, Olney; Miss Blanche Crawford, Laytons- ville; Misses Laura and Amanda Waters, Goshe: Misses Mamie and Anna Poole, Bettie, Carrie and Mary Williams, Beckie and Dora Halli, Eletse Wooton, Mollie El- gin, Aletha and Lutie Brewer, Kate Pyles, Margaret Allnutt, Hattie Hershberger,Sadie Hempstone, Linda Jones,Anna Sullivan and Miss Pyrd; Messrs. Chas. Nalley and War- ren Norris, Washington; Messrs. Giddings and Clopman, Leesburg, Va.; Messrs. Hen- ry and Benjamin Chiswell, Duvall Cham- bers, McGill Belt, Adamstown; Mc- Cubbin Waters, Goshen; Wallace Jones, Rockville; Mr. Shoemaker, Georgetown Messrs. Lawrence Allnutt, Joseph Dyson, Nathan Allnutt, Wm. and Samuel Hersh: berger,Oliver Sellman, John and Wm.Jones, Wallace and Glen Poole, Lewis Allnutt, Carrol Shreves, Lawrence and Edward Chis- well. An election for mayor and four council- men_will be heid at this place on Monday, the 7th of May.. A number of names are mentioned for these positions. Friday, the 13th instant, having been des- ignated by Gov. Brown as “Arbor day” in this state, the same will be observed by the public schools of this county in planting trees and appropriate literary and musical exercises. Prof. E. B. Prettyman of the state board of education has issued a circu- lar letter to the teachers of the state re- commending that the same day be utilized as “Library day,” and that a united effort be made to increase the public school libra- ries. It is earnestly desired that all friends of the schoois attend the exercises on that day and make liberal contributions for this Purpose. It ts expected that the exercises of the day this year will be of unusual in- terest and that they will be largely attend- ed. S.A. M. —.- LAUREL, The city council held a special meeting last night to receive the returns of the election held on Tuesday. After the pi - dent had stated the purpose of the meet- ing Mr. J. T. Cull, the defeated candidate for mayor, filed a petition for a recount of the vote, which was denied, and, on motion, the president of the council de- clared G. B. Timanus duly elected mayor, with James T. Federline, H. H. W. Thies, M. F. Schooley, P. P. Castle and R. W. Kerr as councilmen, and, by a vote of 6 to 2, certificates of election were ordered issued to the parties above named. The change in the weather has put new life into building operations, and to- day the ground was laid off for the erec- tion of the new post office. Operations were also begun upon the site of the new Phelps and Shaffer store. The foundation of Mr. J. A. Brown's new store and dwell- ing ts progressing rapidly, and will be com- leted in a few days. Other houses are ing contracted for, so that quite a build- ing boom is expected this season. Bids are being received for the erection of the new Masonic hall, and from the plans drawn this building will be an ornament to the town. A movement to replace some of the worn out plank sidewalks with brick has been inaugurated, and Mr. A. M. Bond has con- tracted to lay nearly three hundred run- ning feet for Messrs. John Long and Wil- Mam Snowden. Our people are all sorry that the free de- livery of mail will cease here June 30, as the | experiment has proven a great success, as | the following report of Postmaster Flannery | for the month of March will attest: Regis- tered letters delivered, 17; ordinary letters delivered, 5,396; postal cards delivered, 542; second, third and fourth-class matter de- livered, 5,247; local letters collected, 208; mail letters collected, 1,506; local postal cards collected, 17; mail postal cards col- lected, 25); second, third and fourth-class matter coilected, 35. Total number of pieces Local pos- tage, $4.01. Sheriff Geo. S. Dove was one of Laurel's visitors today, on business connected with the court now in session. Mr. M. Db. Gambrill, the new manager of the Laurel Mill Company, Ras entered upon his duties and seems to be the right man for the place. The Foyer Club of Baltimore gave a fine performance at the Academy on Monday night, for the benefit of the night school. — Red Rose Club. The Red Rore Pleasure Club of Hast INDIANS RETALIATED Cattlemen Used Their Lands for Grazing Without Pay. The Reds Promptly Stole the Cattle of the Whites and Fierce Fight- ing Followed. EL RENO, Okla., April 5.—The military authorities at Fort Reno have received in- formation of an Indian outbreak in G county in Oklahoma. The battle was between the Indians and the whites who hold possession of the vacant lands on the old Cheyenne reserva- tion. The cattlemen have persisted in put- ting their cattle to graze on the Indian al- lotments, which have never been fenced or otherwise shut off from the common. The Indians would not have objected to the oc- cupation of the land if the white men paid them the tribute which was demanded. When the Indians did not get their tribute they stole cattle. A party of cowboys caught the Indians in the act last Sunday and fired on them. A battle ensued, which lasted fur into the night. The Indians who were camp- ed in the locality came to the assistance of their friends, and the white settlers consid- ered {t their duty to kill off a few more In- dians for the good of the community. The number of killed wounded in the first encounter is given as two whites and one Indian killed and one Ind: wound d. Information from other and reliable sources does not agree with the above and is at least twelve hours later. Wm. Delesde- nier, a trader at Sager, a point thirty-five miles from the origin of the trouble, came in today to purchase ammunition to take to the settlers. He states that the first reports came to his place by the Indians on Sunday night, and then they purchased 3,000 rounds of ammunition and took to the band in the fight. The settlers, Delesdenier says, are collecting and they have now a company of about 175 under arms, and several bands of settlers have gone to the scene of the trouble. The Indians engaged are not of the band of Whirlwind, as at first believed, but are fol- lowers of Red Moon. The location of the fight is on the Wash- ita river, about 115 miles west of El Reno. Delesdenier and a party of settlers went to the scene of the fighting on Monday night and found that fifteen of the Indians and about as many whites had been killed. It is impossible to get the names of those killed. The Indians are all armed with Winchesters and have plenty of ammuni- tion. The Indians from other parts of the res- ervation have hastered to join Red Moon in his trouble and he now has a band of about 150 bucks in the fighting crowd that is moving up the Washita river. A small skirmish occurred between a band of In- dians and some white men at a point about thirty miles from the cantonment, the In- dians being on the move to join Red Mogn. Two white men were brought into the cantonment that were killed in the en- counter, but the number of Indians killed or wounded was not known. This information was brought in by Clar- ence Trent, a horseman who has just ar- rived from that point, having ridden 95 miles to bring the information. The cantonment was not burned, as re- perted, and it is strongly guarded by the people who have gone there for safety. All the Cheyennes from that locality have joined Red Moon's band. The settlers are nearly all ex-cowmen and cowboys and between them and the Indians no chance is lost to make trouble. | | The Indian Trouble. Adjutant General Ruggles has received a | dispatch from the department of Missouri | contirming the report of the killing of an | indian chief and a white man near Wau- ‘hita, Oklehomea. lest Sunday, in a dispute over a horse. The dispatch states, however, | tat everyining 1s quiet, and it does not mention the battle which is reported to have occurred between the Indiuns and whites. a THE PARIS EXPLOSION, General Belief That the Police Are Without Clues. PARIS, April 5.—The explosion of a bomb in the Restaurant Foyot, near the senate chamber, late yesterday evening has caused @ great sensation in Paris, and the opinion is generally expressed that in spite of the extraordinary precautions taken by the au- thorities in order to prevent such outrages the poiice are really powerless in the mat- ter. Several persons have been arrested upon suspicion. It is now said that there Were but three persons dining in the restau- Fant at the time of the explosion. This morning it was seen that the build- ing was completely wrecked and that the damage done to adjoining buildings is much greater than at first supposed. ‘The waiter In the cate who was wounded is believed to be dying,but the other wound- ed persons are doing well. The report of M. Gierard, chief of the municipal labora- tory, says that the bomb was chiefly charg- ed with nitro-benzine, although there was also a quantity of dynamite used with it. Suspected Dynamiter Arrested. LONDON, April 5.—An anarchist and an- archy form the chief subject for conversa- tion in public places here today. The news flashed from Paris of iast night’s latest outrage is being discussed on all sides. Interest in the event is increased by the arrest, last night, at Victoria railroad Station, this city, of Charles Meunier, a notorious anarchist., Meunier is said to have been the accomplice of Francois, who was instrumental in causing the explosion in the Cate Very, Paris, out of revenge for the part taken by the proprietor and an employe of that establishment in the ar- rest of the still more notorious Ravachol. Munier and a companion named John Picken, who was arrested by Inspector Mel- ville at the same time and place, were | formally charged, at the Bow street police court this morning. The first named pris- oner was charged with being connected di- rectly or indirectly with the explosion at the Cafe Very, by which the proprietor of that establishment lost his life. Picken was charged with being a suspicious char- acter, possibly connected with an anarchist conspiracy. Inspector Melville described the desperate struggle which he had on the platform of the railroad station with the two prisoners before he succceded, with the assistance of some railroad employes, in subduing them. The case against Meunier was postponed until this afternoon, in order to enable the police to furnish further evidence against the prisoner. Picken was remanded for a week, in or- der that inquiries may be made regarding him. During the afternoon Meunier was again brought up at Bow street police court, and was remanded for further examination. > EX-PRIEST SLATTERY’S PERIL. Attempt to Mob the Lecturer at San Francisco Prevente SAN FRANCISCO, April 5.—For a while last night it looked as if ex-Priest Slattery and his wife would be the central figures of a battle of religious factions. Slattery was billed to lecture In Odd Fellows’ Hall, on Washingtcn give a masquerade surprise | party te Mr. William Duvall, one of its members, list evering. The party met at Miss Maggie Padgett’s house, 1004 I street southeast, and tien proceeded to the above- named party. ‘The characters taken were very fine in- decd. Among the characters were the following: Miss F. Talcott as ‘apanese, 4s Nurse, Miss N. Cooper as merica, Miss M. orman as Japan- r of the Evening, J . Miss Hogan as . Garcia as queen, Miss % 4 as chambermaid, Miss A. Coffey as queen and Miss D. Reinburg as Japan- es A G he gentlemen took the following char- acters: L. Hogan as dancing coon, J. Goss as wash woman, naman, e > of the arrange- Padgett and Mel- A State's Claim, Ex-Gov. Wilson of West Virginia has ask- ed the first controller oi the treasury to re- open the claim of the site of West Vir- ia refund of direc: tax. The state for By in addita s paymen to the in full $27 i already alle Safe and rellable, Dr. Bull's Congh Syrup. | .Fowler and Murray. | “Why Priests Do Not Wed.” The hall was crowded, and on the o fully 2,000 people gathered. Cries of him,” “hang him,” and “kill itm, uy D. During the lecture Slattery reczived a note, stating that a mob was waiting for him outside, but he said he was not afraid. ‘When the lecture was over, mem»>rs of the | A. P. A. formed a guard about the ex- priest's carriage. When the iecturer and his wife appeared they were hootel and jeered by the crowd. Guarded by the A. P. A. men they entered the carriage and were driven at a gallop through the crowd. The mob attempted to follow, but was dis- tanced. —_———>___ WHISKY TRUST LOSES. Its Plea Insufficient in the Quo War- ranto Proceedings. CHICAGO, April 5.—Judge Gibbons today sustained the demurrers filed by Attorney General Maloney to the pleas of the whisky trust to the quo warranto proceedings. The plea set up generally that there was no unlawful combination, as charged in| the information, and asked that the quo warranto be dismissed. To this the attor- | ney general demurr raising the {ssue that the pleas | ! defendant a | pelled to ans me Judge Gib- | bons sustained the demu holding the pleas insufficient, and will ‘give the de- fendant further time to plead again. a The International Medical Congress at | Rome closed its sessions today. The next congress will meet in Russia. 1 ‘vestment Company was held Tuesday even- | Appoir-tment: | | ss Reviewing the Inauguration of the New Liquor License Law. ‘The first annual report of the excise board was submitted to Congress today. It says: “Shortly after passage of the act, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, deeming that the law was operative from | that date and finding that licensed dealers were not inclined to comply with its pro- visions in filing the applications required, caused a liquor dealer to be arrested in order that the matter might be judicially tested. The case was tried in the Police Court, and a decision was rendered sustaining the posi- tion taken—that the new law repealed the old one, and all licenses issued under the act of the legislative assembly of August 23, 1871, were annulled. The case was taken on @ writ of error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by the defendant and transferred to the Court of Appeals. This court, on June 6, 1898, rendered an opinion, the chief justice dissenting, in effect that all licenses issued under the old law were valid until November 1, 1898. Pending the appeal on May 2%, 1893, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, acting as the executive officers thereof, sent to each licensed liquor dealer in the District of Columbia a circular letter calling upon him, in view of the posi- tion taken by the Commissioners and in ac- cord with the decision of the Police Court, to file their applications under the new law under penalty of prosecution for non-compli- ance, giving them twenty days within which to comply. This letter met with a ready re- sponse, for within sald period there wei filed with the excise board 540 applications for bar-room licenses and 102 applications for wholesale liquor liaenses. Of the 540 bar-room licenses applied for, 119 were al- lowed and forty-six were rejected. Fifteen wholesale liquor licenses were granted and nine disallowed. A great many of these ap- plications were acted upon prior to the de- cision of the Court of Appeals. The cour EXCISE BOARD'S WORK. licenses caused the refundment under the new law to some few new places. “Since November 1, 1893, when the new license went into effect, to March 3, 38M, 561 applications for bar-room licenses have been granted, thirty-six rejected and one lcense revoked; 107 applications for whole- sale liquor licenses ve been favorably acted upon and five have been disallowed; 64 persons bave been convicted of violation of the new law. The total amount of fines im- posed was $14,136.25, of which $4,009.31 has been collected, leaving $10,126.94 of said amount uncollected by reason of the large number of persons who serve out the work house sentence instead of paying the fine imposed.” ——__. A SLIM CHANCE, Probable That Thomas Crumpton Will Answer for His Crime. The prospects of executive clemency are not encouraging in the case of Thomas Crumpton, the negro murderer at the Dis- trict jail, sentenced to be hanged on the 27th instant, His counsel recently filed a Petition for a commutation of his sentence to imprisonment for life. The main ground of the appeal was that there was an ab- sence of premeditation in the homicide, and | that, if the laws of the District graded de- grees of murder, Crumpton would not have been convicted of murder in the first de- gree. Following the usual course in such cases, Pardon Clerk Endicott referred the peti-| tion to Judge McComas, who tried the case, _ and District Attorney Birney, who prose- | cuted it, for an expression of their view on the subject. They have returned the petition to the department, with an adverse | 'S | cavi the winter residences, small wood- opinion sustaining the validity of the old) ute penn | are all by barter, money not being used as report in the case of each officer. They regarded the crime as a clear case of mur- | der, without extenuating circumstances,and therefor did not favor any modification of the sentence of death. The President has established a rule against the consideration of criminal cases where the trial judge and the district at- tcrney report adversely. He has informed the pardon clerk that it is useless to sub- mit such cases to him. Therefore Crump- ton’s petition will not even reach the Presi- dent, unless his personal attention is drawn | to the case and he sends for the papers. It is safe to assume, however, that the con- viet's friends will see that’ this is done. Representative Rayner of Maryland, who has interested himself in the case, may be depended on to see that the President shall have ample opportunity to spare the man’s {fe. —— Pleasant Entertainment. The proposed new parish hall of Trinity P. E. Church was the beneficiary of a de- lightful entertainment given last night at McCauley’s Hall, Pennsylvania avenue be- tween 2d and 3d streets. Miss Bach, with a bevy of pretty girls as assistants, had the affair in charge and arranged a most excellent program for the enjcyment of the | large assemblage present. The feature of the evening was the singing of Miss Eleanore U. Simonds, whose rich and cul- tivated contralto voice has been heard fre- quently in the musical circles of Washing- ton and which won that young lady many additional laurels last night. The plano solo by Miss Bates, Miss Annie Evans’ fancy dancing, Miss Squires’ and Mr. lsin- ger’s solos, together with the scarf drill of eight or more young ladies, led by Mr. R. A. W. McKeldin, also provoked hearty ap- piause and were contributive to the success of the evening. Refreshments were served. —___—_—_ District Awards. The following District men and corpora- tions received awards at the world’s fai c. V. Riley, Charles R. Dodge, F. J. V. Skiff, B. E. Furnow, W. E. Curtis, George Motts, Arthur B. Cassidy, Lieutenant W. M. Little, Mrs. E. J. Stevens, Mary and Emily Healy, Mrs. J. Sherritt, Miss Eliza- beth Basselman, G. L. Spencer, Surgeon General George M. Stemberg, J. R. Dodge, W. S. Harris, Sheldon, Jackson, Sister Baptist_ Lenton, Major Dunwoody, Kate Field, E. E. Howell, W. F. Gardner, Her- mann Hollirith, Dr. Thomas Taylor, Prof. H. W. Wiley, C. F. Marvin, H. Hollirith, General A. W. Greeley, Captain Charles E. Kilbourne, Dr. George Marz, C. Hart Merriam, kdwin Willetts, Dr. C. W. Stiles, Dr. D. L. Laknon, Dr. Smith of Agricul- tural Department, Henry E. Alvord, Mi Nellie 8. Kebsie, R. M. Pindell, jr, A. True, E. W, Allen, Mrs. A. W. Greeley, A. B. Sheppardran, Joseph D. McGuire, Mary A. Henry, Major J. W. Powell, M. J. Par- tello, Antonio Apache, Drs. Billings and Bowditch, Frank H. Cushing, Miss Eliza- beth Jackson, August G. Heaton, Cora K. Curtis, Francis Colton, Lieutenant Roger Welles, jr., Lieutenant R. EB. Peary, Ma>- cus Benjamin, A. R. Spofford, Frances La Flesch and G. Brown Good ——.——_—. In Memory of Mr. Matthews. Yesterday afternoon a very well attended meeting of the members of the bar was held at the court house to take action on | the death of Chas. M. Matthews. Mr. N. | Wilson presided and Blair Lee was the secretary. After the object of the meeting had been stated Messrs. W. J. Miller, Reg- inald Fendali, W. A. Maury, J. G. Payne and W. A. Gordon were appointed a com- mittee and reported resolutions of respect to the memory of the deceased. After re- marks by Messrs. N. Wilson, J. G. Payn W. A. Maury and S. R. Bond the resolu- tions were adopted. a Officers Elected. The “W. D. Y. D.” Dancing Circle held their regular meeting Wednesday night at Mr. Lewis Espey’s, 902 3d street northwest, and elected officers for the ensuing term. The members are as follows: Messrs. Hai vey Thomas, Geo. Casper, Fred. R. Walker, Guy Badgett, Geo. Betts, Thomas Johnson, H.'B. White, Elmer Yount, Wm. Smith and Morgan Lewis Espe: Wm. Harm Brock. ‘i The annuel meeting of the Clerks’ In- n, ing at the office of the secretary, 1226 F street nofthwest, the following officers be- ing elected for one year: President, T. R. Brooks; vice president, P. Metzger; secre- tary, R. F. Bolton; treasurer, C. E. Lati- | of worship of the peculiar tribes. | Song was also rendered in the native tongue mer; board of directors—T. R. Brooks, R. F. Bolton, W. H. Butler, J. T. Gibbs, P. Metzger, C. E. Latimer, C. G, Ringwalt, J. c, Ringwalt, C. H. Franzoni; trustees—’ Brooks, Wm. Craig; auditing committee H. H. Cole, W. B. Pettus, Jno. Sis, Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Departirent of the Interior: Office of the assistant attorney general— Irvine Dungan of Jackson, law clerk, 4), vice Richard Brod- resigned. Patent — office—Appoint- Martin J. Nelan of Pennsylvania, st, E Mr. Dungan was et one time a member of Congress from the buckeye state. ee Obi he ment cop: Arrives Tonight. Rollo Tefft, the alleged diamond robber, who is under indictment here for stealing diamonds from the house of Mr. Haves, will arrive here tonight from Alleghany City, Pa., where he has been under arrest | E. Edwards, employed in the several days. MEXICAN CAVE DWELLERS A Strange Race of People Graphically Described. Natives Who Do Not Gossip or Pay Visits and Yet, Strange to Say, Are Honest. At a special meeting of the Geographical Society held last night in Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club Mr. Carl Lumholtz de- livered an interesting and instructive stere- opticon lecture on “The Cliff Dwellers of | Mexico.” Mr, Lumhiltz is a Norwegian who has spent the last three years among the South Sea Islanders and the savages of Mexico, studying their ethics and customs. In a few appropriate words Dr. Magee presented the speaker, who, by way of in- troduction, classified the savages of Mexico into three tribes, the Tarahumari, the Tepe- bruane and the Pimas, the first of which were dwelt upon especially. These natives, he said, are mostly Chris- tlans, but during the last few years there has been a great decline toward barbarism, there being now, out of the whole 30,000, ag many as 3,000 pagans. It is the opinion of most people, he said, | who are not familiar with these people, that their caves are burrowed out of the cliffs by their own hands, but nature has provided them with abodes in the sandstone, which are their homes in winter, the only artificial addition to these holes being stone walls which they make themselves, build- ing them across the openings as barriers against invasion by their neighbors. These en huts being used outside in summer. Not Gadders, A strange custom of these people, Mr. Lumholtz said, is their reluctance to visit and their lack of hospitality. It is con- sidered a criminal offense, he said, for a man to enter another's house, even on a friendly errand or visit, and an insult for one to take particular notice of another's abode, their conversations being carried on ata distance from their doorways. He went on to describe the industry of the race, stating that corn, pepper and tobacco are their principal vegetable products. Their method of fishing consists of poisoning the waters of their rivers with a bark, which stuns the fish, but does not make them un- fit to eat. As is the custom of the North American Indian, the women are the toil- ers, while the men merely have the execu- tive cares of the family upon their shoul- ders, and even this responsibility does not appear to be of any great weight, since the parents never correct their children, who would consider any punishment a declara- tion of a family revolution. ‘They Are Honest. However, Mr. T-umholtz said, honesty 1s | the motto of everyone of these strange peo- | ple, there being no stealing or cheating , among them. Their business transactions a medium of exchange. The men are models of physical develop- ment, often making trips of 800 miles in | five days, carrying messages io different | cities. The average life of a native is one hundred years or over, there being no wear upon their physical systems, or worriment | on their minds. The women always pro- pose matrimony, because they are the real bone and sinew of the family. | About fifty handsome slides were thrown | upon the screen, illustrating the caves, their inhabitants, and the various dances A love and accent, The next meeting of the society will be held at the Cosmos Club, on Friday right of this week, when Mr. Henry Gannett of the geological survey will lecture en “The Statistics of Our Industry.” | A committee composed of Mr. G. K. Gil- bert and Dr. David T. Day have arranged an excursion to the Dismal Swa) of Vir- ginia, on the 20th and 2Ist of April, for the members and friends of the society, which | will be largely attended. —— Stolen Property. The visit of “Jack the Slasher” to Fort Myer last fali was followed this spring by a_ visit on the part of another thief. Washing- ton’s birthday was the time selected by the last intruder, and when the government reservation was reached the robber dis- covered that Maj. Hughes and his family) had gone out for the day. In the house he went and there he found a handsome dia- mond pin worth $300, a lady’s gold watch worth $30 and a gold ring worth $12. These were taken and the police sent a description of the stolen property to the police authori- ties of other cities. Yesterday a young col- ored man named William Scott was found with the diamond breastpin in a pawn shop, endeavoring to raise $25. He was arrested by Officer Tayman. When taken to the. police station he claimed that he got the breastpin from a colored woman in the “Di-| vision.” The woman denied the truth of} what the prisoner said. Scott is held until) the affair can be further investigated. ——_ Testimonial to Neil Dumont. The friends of Mr Neil Dumont, late as- sistant district attorney, have arranged a complimentary testimonial to be given on his behalf on Saturday evening, April 14, in Metzerott Hall, when Rev. Dr. Hamma will give an illustrated stereopticon lecture on “The Land of the Midnight Sun,” em- bracing 100 views of Denmark, Sweden, the winter trading posts, the Laplanders and herds of reindeer, the sights of a whaling station and other beautiful scenery to the North Cape. The entire net proceeds of the lecture will be devoted to Mr. Du- mont, who is now an inmate of the Home for Incurables in this city. Mr. Dumont; has spent his savings in fighting disease without success; is weil known in Masonic circles, in the Grand Army, in the churches and for his activity in every good work when he was able. He now needs practical help. The testimonial is in charge of the a committee: Rev, W. E. Parson, J. E. Hutchinson, Donald G. Stuart and Joseph Harper. ————__—_ Pensions Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the following: District of Columbia—Original, James Ry- an, United States Soldiers’ Home, Washing. ton; original, James F. Manly, Washington; original, Robert M. Jameson, Washington; | original, Hugh Mitchell, Washington; origi- nal, Alpha Beall, Washington; additional, Eugene Fugitt, Washingto! reissue, Geo. W. Francis, jr., Washington; original wid- ows’, ete., Caroline Coe (mother), Washing- ton; original supplemental, Elizabeth 8. Lowden, Washington. Maryland—Original, John H. Copes, Bal- timore; increase, George Lane, Baltimore; Andrew French, Baltimore; original etc, Mary Brooks, Baltimore; Mexican war Survivors, increase,William C. Boswell, Baltimore. Virginla—Original, Dantel Lattimore, Nor- folk; original, Barnett Ashton, Owens,King George; renewal, Wilson Willis, Nationai Military Home,Fitzabeth City; Mexican war. survivors, increase, Andrew S. Leitch, Staf- Or ——_+e.___ Postmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was 49. Of this. number 82 were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignation, and the remainder by removals. The Virginia appointments were: Battery Park, Helen G. Weston, vice J. K. Todd, re- signed; North, H. ¢.' Jones, vice J.” W. Down, resigned. The Maryland appoint: | ments were: Corbett, J. V. Slade, vice Dan-| fel Alder, resigned; Edna W. L. Hoffman, vice Mrs. Lida J. Armacost, resigned. -o— Ri road Passes. A circular letter addressed to “all, offi- cers of the Treasury Department” has ‘been issued by Assistant Secretary Hamtin di- recting those whose duties require them to travel on official business and who may receive passes or similar privileges from | transpoftation companies to report the facts to the department, with the names of the companies granting such passes cr privileges and the places and periods be- tween which travel may be authorized thereby. It is suspected that some of the officials | of the department have been charging the | government with railroad fare while trav-| eling on railroad passes. ee Messengers Dismisned. Messengers George W. Meredith and Jas. xth auditor's office, were dismissed yesterday. The first named has served ureter four auditors and Mr. Edwards has dene duty for twenty years. Both are making efforts to be re- instated. , | the street. | petition brought the case on a | curred has been about paid off, and the BISHOP HURST OBJECTS. He Doesn’t Want R: chusetts Ave Street. The Washington Traction Railway Com- pany is having a hard time, and petitions and letters against the route of the pro- posed road are piling up at the District building. ‘Poday Bishop Hurst of the Ameri- can University and the members of the ex- ecutive committee of the board of trustees of the university entered a vigorous pro- test against the road. This is what Bishop Hurst says on the subject: “Permit me to add my petition to many others, requesting you mot to recommend the incorporation of the Washington Trac- tion Company, whose proposition is to build @ trolley (underground) road on Massachu- setts avenue extended. The American Uni- versity has important interests at stake just west of the Loughborough road, and we do not desire a railroad on Massachusetts ave- nue up to the university site (Loughborough road), or to go through our grounds, con- sisting of eighty-seven acres. “Three years ago I recommended in per- son to the honorable Commissioners the readiness of the trustees of the American University to dedicate the right of way for the extension of Massachusetts avenue through our site. No railroad was, at that time, thought of, and the dedication was based upon the farther extension of the ave- nue as @ drive. Should a railroad be char- tered to run along Massachusetts avenue, this dedication of right of way through the university grounds would, naturally, be | withdrawn. The present facilities furnished by the Tenleytown line are ample for us, and will be for a long time to come, and we desire most respectfully to ask that Massa- chusetts avenue be preserved intact from railroads, so that it may constitute a safe and beautiful driveway for the citizens of ‘Washington for all the future. The univer- sity is prepared to dedicate, in writing, ground for the extension of the avenue through our site, provided there be no rail- road on the avenue. We would like to see one avenue, the finest we have, extending to the bounds of the District free from all railroads and safe for all vehicles It can be made the finest in America. “I suppose the Washington Traction Com- pany does not intend soon to build a road on Massachusetts avenue extended, but rather to obtain the franchise and to hold it for the future. As I understand, the avenue is not yet extended beyond the Tenleytown road, and will not be unless additional ap- propriations are made; and that there is not likelihood of the avenue being graded be- yond that point for some time to come. I see no object, therefore, in granting a char- ter to a company with no early prospect of making use of it in the first part of the route named, viz.: Massachusetts avenue extended. “Four years ago, when Congress was pe- titioned to extend Massachusetts avenue to the site of the university, it was understood that a distance of 1,000 feet from the in- struments of the naval observatory would be necessary to keep them from disturbance from passing vehicles. I question very much whether an underground trolley would not render this distance,necessarily, greater. “I beg leave to inclose herewith a commu nication to your honorable body, represent- ing a majority of the executive committee of the American University, asking you not to permit the proposed road on Massachu- setts avenue. We consider it deleterious to our interests and to the locality of fine residences on both sides of Massachusetts avenue extended.” Farther Objectton. Bishop Hurst, also in his prtvate capacity, objects to the railroad on 17th street. In his letter he says: “My home would not have been located at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and 17th street if I had serious suspicion that effort would be made to run a street rail- road along I7th street. This street is only thirty-two feet wide, and to lay a double track, which is involved in the charter, would necessitate taking away our reserva- tion and the fine shade trees which now line There are two schools on the street, and a third (the Force) is near 17th street. This street, certain times of the day, is literally crowded with children.” i BY NEARLY 5,000, Republica: Make a Clean Sweep in Rhode Island. The election in Rhode Island was a clean Sweep for the republicans throughout the State; the gains were notable. In Provi- dence the victory was celebrated at 1:15. o'clock this morning by firing a salute from’ the cove. At 1:30 a street parade was start- ed and Governor-elect Brown escorted to his home. Democratic papers concede Brown's elec. tion by a plurality of 4,914, and say tne gen- eral assembly is also the enemy's. Returns from all but five towns give Brown 23,001; Baker, 18,380. The repubii- cans are celebrating the victory all over the state. The vote of the city of Providence was: Baker (dem.), 9,309; Brown (rep.), 10,430. ene Army Orders. A board of survey to consist of Lieuten- ant Colonel Charlts G. Sawtelle, deputy quartermaster general; Major John Simp- son, quartermaster, and Captain Frederick, Von Schrader, assistant quartermaster, will assemble at Philadelphia, Pa., for the pur- Pose of ascertaining and fixing the respon- sivility for any damages to property re- ceived at the depot. Major Peter J. A. Cleary, surgeon, will. be relieved from duty at Fort McPherson, Ga., and will report atFort Custer, Mont., for duty. First Lieutenant Henry D. Snyder, as- stant surgeon, will be relieved from duty Reno, Oklahoma Territory, and will report at Fort Du Chesne, Utah Terri- tory, ior duty, to relieve Captain Samuel | Q. “Robinson, assistant surgeon, who will report at Davids Island, N. Y., for duty. The leave of absence granted Captain Luigi Lomia, fifth artillery, is extended two months. First Lieuterant George B. Duncan. fourth infantry, will be relieved from further duty with the ninth infantry at Madison Barracks, New York, and will join his proper company. Major Isaac Arnold, jr., ordnance depart- ment, will proceed to Plainfield, N. official business pertaining to the manufac- ture of machine tools for the ordnance de- partment. —- Massachusetts Oleomargarine Cases. At the conclusion of the arguments in the Texas railroad case today, the Supreme Court called up that of Benjamin A. Plum- ley, plaintiff in error, vs. the commonwealth of Massachusetts. This case arises under a Massachusetts statcte “entitled an act to prevent deception in the manufactur and sale of imitation butter.” Under t, law Plumley was conv’ cipal court of Boston of rine, and was sentenc $100, and in default to Jail. The supreme judicial court of Massachu- setts subsequently, by a majority opinion, sustained the constitutionality of the state statute, and the petitioner, why had been released on a writ of habeas corpus, was remanded to jail. But a mivyority of the ecurt dissented from this decision, and the writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United Statey, ais icted in the mani- f selling oleom arga- ed to pay a fme of hereof was com mitted For St. Mark’s Charch. The vestry of St. Mavk’s P. E. parish is taking steps to enlarge the church edifice at the corner of 3d amd A streets southeast by building over the ground owend by the parish, and now partly occuplea by the old | wooden church building, or parish hall, in the rear of the new church. The plans made for the new charch originally con- templated a structure cowering all the ground owned by the parish, but at first only a portian was enected. ‘The debt in- par- ish will soon becin the work of completing the structure according to the original plan. This will afford a much enlarged audite. rium, and, in addition, a Sunday school room and parish hall. In aid of the bul ing fund the ladies of the parish gave a tes in the parish hall last evening, which was largely attended. The hall was tastefully decorated and the tables presented a pretty appearance. An Alumni Panguet. The Society of the Alumni of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania will hold ther annual banquet at Welcker’s, April 10. Mr. Provost, Dr. Wm. Pepper, with several members of versity faculty, have accepted invi- s to be present. aduates of all de- ts of Pennsylvania are invited to be present and to send thelr names to the chairman _of the committee, Dr. Wm. H. Hawkes, 734 17th street northwest. The carpenters’ council at Indianapolis last night voted unanimously to go on a strike today. Twelve hundred union carpenters will lay down their tools. NE A cream of tartar baking pow- H der. Highest of all in leavening | strength.—Latest United States Government Food Report, Royal Baking Powder Oa, 106 Wall &., ¥.Y, REPUBLICANS MADE GAIN: Results Municipal Elections in the Went. Township elections were held throuchout IBinols on Tuesday. The contests in all cases Were without political significance, being made purely on local lines. Where party lines were drawn at all the republicans show | Substantial gains. Chicago went republican by from 7,000 to 10,000, Republicans gain- | ed five aldermen. The principal interest involved in the mu- nicipal elections throughout Kansas on Tues- day was in the special effort made by the equal suffragists to call out a heavy woman Vote, because of the influence it would have on the vote for the equal suffrage amend- ment to the constitution at the November | election. In comparatively few towns were | party lines closely drawn, local issues pre- dominating. Returns from points where | Straight party fights were made show | heavy republican gains without a single ex- ception. The result was a light vote, al- | though there was an unusually large per- centage of woman votes cast. Returns from a large portion of the prin- cipal cities in Nebraska show that the fight this spring was not on party lines, but was confined largely to the question of prohibi- tion and high license. Towns that have hitherto been for license have decided to try @ new policy, end others which have been equally strong for prohibition flopped as far the other way. Muntcipal elections were heldon Tuesday lin Minmesota at a few points. At St. Cloud,, W. D. Burckhardt, republican, was elected( | mayor, but the council is democratic. Po- j litical lines were not drawn closely at any | point. Local option was the principal issue. Returns from the cities and towns throughout Ohio show that the republicans have elected their tickets universally. In Canton, the home of Gov. McKinley, the democratic rule was set aside. Among the | cities where the republicans won were the | following: Alliance, Hamilton, Wooster, Dennison,, London, Waverly,Washington Court House, Fostoria, Mansfield, Piqua, Wapekoneta,. |Lima, Dayton, Crestline, Akroa, Cleveland! and Toledo. On Long Island on Tuesday the republicarm won at Babylon, Flushing, Wempsteaa, Roslyn, Newtown, Riverhead, Islip, Jamat- ca and Northport, and at Gravesend the citizens’ league defeated the democrats. “The republicans won in a majority of towns throughout Wisconsin, carying Milwaukee. see EYE POWER DETE! \ RIORATINGT | It Seems So to an Oculist, Who Giver Some Instances to Prove It, From the New York Herald. : “I-think the eye power of the present generation of civilized men must have de- | teriorated a good deal,” said un oculist to me the other day. “I am called upon | to examine so many young persons no days whose eyes show no symptoms of dis- ease or strabismus, but are simply unable: to do the ordinary amount of work requir- €4 of school boys, school girls, college stu- dents or moderate readers without showing: symptoms of overwork. “This weakness seems to be constitution- and glasses are required which lexsen the muscular strain on the eyes only. In spite of the invention of the typewriter, which has relieved the ere of so much | work, the state of things is almost equally as prevalent in business circles as among students, “That this is a deterioration from the ‘|}men of old is evidenced, I think, by the vast amount of work some of them are: known to have done without any trouble: from their eyes. Take Dickens’ voluminous: works, for instance. He wrote them all. with his own hand, volume after volume, and composing is a far greater strain on the eyes than mere copying or reading, sipce composing or studying involves mental ¢f- tort as well as physical. “Dickens wrote a great deal of the tim: with blue ink upon blue paper, and his era- sures and interlineations were lone in +o fine a hand that it used to be the despa of the printer. “Scott wrote all his numerous works and! poems without the aid of an amanuensis:. Johnson did the vast amount of work in-- volved in his dictionary in the same way, and Thackeray, who wrote his long-drawn- out stories in an almost microscopic han, used te say laughingly, but truthfully, t) at if he failed to make a living as @ novd? jst he could earn money by exhibiting his ‘apil- ities to write the Lord’s er 9, his thumb nail.” MIRACLES WITH ELECTR ;cITY. Some of the Marvelous Tht .gs Which Nikola Tesla Can’. From the Spriagfield Reputlseap It is not an extravagamt statement to say that never before in the P istory of the world hes there home sfie discovery about which centered such w agnificent dreams as are being built up @, certain recently dis- covered electrical. 7 rinciples. Among these jthe foremost p'@_e must be given to the | astounding dire yories of the young Servian | genius, Nike ‘Testa, which are so aovel | and So extrey rdinary that the most imagi- |mative of iy.ventors are unable to foresees what fora this development will take. Just the experimenters were beginning to thi that they knew all that could be jlearn'ed about electricity, and that further improvement must be in the line of more Per fect mechanical application, Mr. 1 sb oxvs us the electric fluid under "4 which it differs from ordinary | a, much as light differs from heat. A cu Tent of 2,000 volts will kill @ man in the { twinkting of an eye, but this modera wizard fets currents pour through his hands with a {potential of 200,000 volts, vibrating a mil- | Hon times a second and showering from him lin dazzling streams of tight. For some time |after the experiment ceases his body and clotting emit streams and halos of splin- | tered light The wildest dream of the invenzor could not have foreseen that while curreats of low frequency are deadly, these are harmless, "Mr. Tesla says that he soon be ale te | wrap himself in a compiete sheet of electric: j fire that will keep a man warm at the north pole without harming him. Neither Merlin | nor Michael Scott nor a’ of the wizards of |old ever wrought a more potent miracle, even in fancy. The meaning of this ts too | far beyond us to be realized at presen:. We |can no more grasp its significance th: Franklin could discern the electriz motor in his captured thunderbo!*. Equally astounding, and with more tble usefulness, is Mr. ‘esla’s dixeo and frequency can be transmitted w.-nout |the use of wires. A room can be filled with | electricity from cooper plates im celling and | floor, so that electric lamps will burn with- j out any connecting wire us soon as they are brought in. In the sa intelligenc and power may be transmitted without a circuit, doing away with the necessity £ trolleys, storage ami When it is considered that such startlt changes as this are alrealy theoretica possible, it will he seen that in the inve |tions upon which we so complacently eon. |gratulate ourselves we have only timialy paddled along the shore of the great sea yet to be explored. ses pected by Secretary Herbert. Thoroughly tired out after a long dap spent in inspecting armor plates at Bethie-. |nem, Pa., Secretary Herbert returned to Washington last night. He was accompa- nied by Commodore Sampson. Early yes. terday morning th 4 the ordnance department of the pany. After a work under way they wit- f a hollow ferged shaft propeller for the 1 saw a diagonal plate forged | under |They expressed themselves highly Pléase? with the progress of the w Lieut, [arSr"atborase y sed, among other things, the tempering jo i ton hammer, for the Iowa ed the di a Jaques entertained the distinguished gueaw dinner last night.