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| THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DEC EMBER 28, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. s —————and in order YALE ——————= —-we have grown, and we will grow, greatly increased volume of business we have enlarged our facilities. = We have always made a great _—_———= specialty of laundering Collars & Cuffs ———————and guarantee the best work in ‘America. We want the little bundles. |————— A toc. laundry order receives just as E much attention as a $5 order. |=“ over a new leaf for the New Year— have usiaunder your clothes. Youwill never regret it. Drop a postal or telephone 1092 and our wagons will call for and deliver ————— your laundry promptly. Steam Laundry, F. H. Walker & Co., Main Branch, 514 10th St. *Phone 1092. Plant, 43 G St. N. W-. to take care of our Turn Sieicaiainenttl A RUNAWAY STAR. It Moves at the Rate of 200 Miles a Second. Brom All the Year Around. ‘The greatest velocity that has been recognized among the stars is found in the motion of a star known as 1830 Groom- bridge, or the “runaway star,” as it is « sometimes called, which is believed to be rushing through space at the rate of 200 miles per second. This star appears to be moving in a perfectly straight line through the sky, and it may be visiting our star system for the first time, but whence it came or whither it is going no one can tell, and it is a great enigma to astronomers. Its wonderful velocity cannot be ex- plained, as it is far greater than could be produced by the influence of all known orbs in the universe, and, on the other hand, the combined attraction of all the stars cannot stop this wanderer in its soll- tary flight through space, until it has rushed on to the remoter distances, be- yond which the largest telescopes have never penetrated. It has been mathematically demonstrated that a body approaching the center of our system from an infinite distance cannot move with a greater velocity than twenty- five miles a second, !f influenced by the at- traction of the masses in our universe alone, but here we have been considering @ star moving with eight times that ve- locity, and still, notwithstanding the fact that it has the greatest motion known among stars, it would require 185,000 years for this remarkable star to complete an entire circuit around the heavens. Selene ee si Profit in Cigar Smoking. Brom the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Since Sir Walter Raleigh introduced the use of tobacco to the Caucasian race, “My Lady Nicotine” has been raising havoc with the finances of her devotees, and now comes W. A. Fay with a Utopian scheme whereby investing money in cigars be- comes like putting it in a savings bank. Mr. Fay proposes to organize a club of 500 men, who are to daily invest 50 cents in cigars. This means $250 per day, and it is argued that if this number of smokers can be induced to work on a united plan of action the profits at the end of a year would be something like $40,000. ‘This sum well invested would yield a revenue which, with subsequent yearly profits, would soon rove a highly profitable investment. Aided y the reverle-producing azure haze of a good cigar the sanguine believers in the Plan can see not many years off a mag- Rificent sky-scraper of an office building owned by the members of the “Smoke: Investment Company.” There is one strong point In favor of the scheme, and that is the fact that those who go Into it are not taking any chances to lose and they may win. If a man ts going to spend 50 cents a day for cigars, and there are hundreds of men in this olty who do, he might as well buy them at some place where he has a chance to se- cure a benefit from the profits on his daily expenditure. Of course a gilt-edged, tron- clad financial committee would be part of the concern. The only thing that can be urged against Mr. Fay at the present time is that he describes himself as a “cigarist.” —— soe Two Souls With Not a Single Thought From the Detroit Free Press. Just in front of the man and his wife at the theater sat a couple of fledglings billing and cooing in a most loving manner. They would have whispered little conferences, and then the girl would blush and giggle and gaze at the young man, and he would look off toward the stage in a fit of emo- tional abstraction that was positively de- lictous, as if he had never said a word to her in his life. Then he would turn sud- denly and gaze upon her with a tenderness that would melt in the mouth of a stone statue. They had come to see the play, no doubt, but they had evidently forgotten what they were there for, and they didn’t show any signs, as the time wore on, that they would recollect it. The man had been dividing attention between the performance on the stage and that before him, and finally his wife bent over and whispered to him, as she nodded toward the couple: “Two souls with but a single thought.” “Bosh,” he responded, in a tone of strong @isapproval; “they haven't got half that many.” EXPENSIVE STAMPS. One is on Sale in London Now at the Modest Price of $12,500. Frem Black and White. The philatelic world has been fluttered by a recent important event, for it is an- nounced that the vice president of the Lon- don Philatelic Society has sold all his stamps. The affair certainly becomes in- teresting when we learn the price com- manded by the few thousand little bits of paper. A firm which deals jn these light and airy trifles secured the vice president's entire collection, and gave no less than $30,000 for it. This, we understand, is the largest price ever paid for a collection of stamps, though it is said that the treasures in this sort recently bequeathed by a member of parliament to the British museum would have fetched a higher figure if put up to public auction. A London establishment is just now ad- vertising a single stamp, valued at $12,500, but whether any intending purchaser will be found willing to receive it in exchange for that sum remains to be seen. The Duke of York, already known as a keen connoisseur, is said to be anxious to pur- chase this great stamp. Experts declare that there is no better investment for money nowadays than stamps. If that be so they will become an object of fascination to many who at pres- ent take little delight in them. soe Catarrh and Deafness. From the Popular Health Magazine. In this season of colds and coughs, at- tention te and protection of the throat should not be forgotten. By protection ts not meant bundling up the throat with silk mufflers, but protection of the whole body, and if possible an exposure and hardening of the neck to the cold. This last ia im- portant not only on account of the throat itself, but because of so many cases of catarrh which affect the ear and cause deafness. Indeed, some physicians say that the fact has been demonstrated beyond a question that aside from rupture of the ear- drum, there is scarcely a symptom of de- fective hearing which is not traceable to the condition of the nose and throat. Also it has been said that the use of smelling salts is one of the most prolific causes of deafness, operating by weakening the ol- factory nerves, and through them the au- ditory system. All strong or pungent odors should be avoided as far as possible, es- pecially those which act upea the secretory processes. Any signs of chronic colds, catarrhs or lasting sore throat should never be allowed to run on without treatment for fear of the complicating deafness. oe Pensioners Leaving the Invalides. From the London Standard. Before very long it is expected that the Hotel des Invalides—the gilt dome of which forms such a conspicuous landmark in Paris—will have ceased to exist, at all events as what may be called the home of the French Chelsea pensioners. By de- gress the number of pensioners lodged there has diminished, until they are a mere handful. It seems that old soldiers do not care to continue to live in barracks after their retirement, but that they prefer a pension outside, be it ever so small. Owing to the decrease in the number of pension- ers, a public sale has been held at the place of furniture and other superfluous articles. Some old clothing belonging to deatl and gone pensioners was also disposed of. Among the kitchen utensils brought to the hammer was a copper saucepan, no longer needed, which was so large that it took six men to carry !t to the cart on which it was taken away. A facetious bid- der, who asked the auctioneer whether he would put up the pensioner’s “wooden head,” of which French legend speaks, was informed that unfortunately that interest- ing object was not included in the cata- logue. Negotiations for the transfer of coal mines Rock Springs, Wyo., to Chicago capitalists have culminated in the acquire- ment by B. F. Lawrence, representing a syndicate, of 940 acres of coal iand and its other property from the Rock Springs Coal Company, for $150,000, HISTORICAL PAPERS Important Points Touched on by _ “Olde Writers.” AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Rhode Island and Pennsylvania the Main Subjects. CANADIAN ARMY POSTS The last of the daily sessions of the American Historical Association was held this morning in the lecture hail of the National Museum. There will be a session this evening at 8 o'clock at the Columbian University, and the tenth annual meeting will then have ended. ‘There were eight papers on this morn- ing’s program, beginning with one by Prof. Harold D. Hazeitine of Brown University on “Appeals From Rhode Island Courts to the King in Council.” He said the English privy council was the predecessor of our Supreme Court. The general appeal regula- ticns of the council apply to Rhode Isiand. In 1683 the appellant was required to give security for prosecution. In 1u89 governors Were directed not to allow an appeal unless the amount involved was £500 or more. In 1726 the colonies were instructed to sus- pend execution until the final decision of the king In council. About 1680 appeals were demanded in several of the colonies, especially in New Hampshire and Connec- ticut, and although at first refused by the colonial officials, were finally granted. This denial of the right of appeal was one of the chief causes of hostile British senti- ment toward the charter colonies. In 1701 and again in the beginning of the reign of George I parliament seriously contemplated annulling the charter. in Rhode Isiand, under the charter of 1647 and for many years under the instru- ment of 1663, the general court. was the supreme colonial tribunal. Special courts were erected in 1666, with an appeal to the king in council. In 1729 county courts were established, with an appeal to, the superior court, and thence to the king in council, in some cases through the general assembly. The act of 1747 provided that the decision of the superior court was to be final, save an appeal to England. From the first, however, the general sembly exercised appellate powers, granting or refusing, also, appeals to the king in council. in 1712 it erected a court of chancery to hear appeals, but continued its own former ap- pellate jurisdiction by means of petition. ‘The paper went through the history of the judicial system of the colony with interes: ing particularity. Import of 1781. Professor Frank Greene Bates of Cornell read the next papcr,-on “Rhode Island and the Impost of 1781." He said that in the straits to which Congress was reduced in 1780 and '81 that body recommended that power be given to it to levy a 5 per cent impest duty. All the states but Georgia and Rhode Island responded readily. Rhode Island, which throughout the revolution had been foremost in resistance to oppres- sion, for the first time now departed from hearty co-operation. Congress had hereto- fore simply had charge of the war and for- eign relations ard now proposed to exert a civil power in the states. This was an intrusion upon the Rhode Island idea of state rights. Through the efforts of the opposition the question was kept out of the gereral assembly until the autumn of 1782. In the meantime David Howell, one of the Rhode Island delegates, had appeared be- fore a congressional committee and stated the grounds of his state's inaction. These were, first, that the system tended to raise a revenue in the state for the use of the general government; second, the state should retain this power to compen- sate for her losses in the war; third, to permit officers not under her control to collect duties in the state would be deroga- tory to her sovereignty; fourth, the grant was too ¥ ie assembly being called on to decide the question November 1, 1782, rejected it unanimously. Antic- ipating this result, steps were tuken to de- stroy Howell's influence at home, prepar- atory to winning over the state to the im- post. Certain writings of his, wepresenting @ favorable condition to foreign loans, were declared reprehensible, and an inve: tigation was ordered. He acknowledged their authorship and pleaded the truth in justification. His motion, with a state- ment of the foreign loans, was ordered to be sent to Rhode Island to prove his false- hood, The general assembly in 1783 passed reso- lutions approving the action of her dele- gates in regard to the impost. The true reasons for Rhode Island's opposition to the impost may be said to have been three in number, thus: First, a misunderstanding of the effects of an impost duty; second, anxiety respecting the disposal of western lands; third, jealousy of yielding to out- side authority any power over her internal affairs. These ideas arose from the pecu- liar economic conditions of the state and the experience of the first century of her existence, which had been a constant strug- gle against encroachment, from without. Rhode Island Again. Prof. Arthur May Mowry of Harvard read a paper on the constitutional contro- versy in Rhode Island in 1541. He said that the Rhode Island civil war, which broke out in May, 1842, had its origin in @ revolutionary attempt to replace the an- tiquated charter by a more modern and democratic constitution. The limitation of the suffrage to land owners and their eid- est sons and the inequalities of the repre- sentation in the general assembly were the principal objectionable features of the government, wbich had grown up under the charter. The agitation for reform be- gan soon after the presidential election of 1840, and the modern campaign features, progessions, assemblages and mass con- ventions, were employed by the suffragists during the first half of the year 1Sil, The legislature responded to the agitation by summoning a convention, which framed a constitution and submitted it to the peo- ple for ratification, The suffrage leaders criticised this action because the non- freeholders were excluded from participa- tion in the deliberations of the convention. Ignoring the legal authorities, the suffra- gists summoned an “extra legal” conven- tion, previous to the regular convention, admitted to its membership all classes of residents, and framed @ constitution. This was submitted to “the people,” in Decem- ber, 1841, and declared ratified by a ma- jority, both of the freemen and non-free- men of the state. The legislature, spurred on by these actions, passed a law permit- ting those who would be qualified voters by the provisions of the “land holders” constitution to vote on its ratification. ‘This constitution was rejected in March, 1842, the radicals and extreme conserva- tives outnumbering the “law and order party.” Rival governments were elected, the Dorr rebellion followed and the char- ter authorities, victorious over the so-called “people's party,” prepared a new constl- tution, which went into operation in 1843. The revolution, though it must be called a rebellion, might have been successful. Its failure was due to the following facts, among others: First, as subsequent events proved, the change of government could have been obtained by legal means; sec- ondly, the people did not put real confi- dence in the leaders of the movement; thirdly, the revolutionary vote contained elements of doubt; fourthly, the suffragists acted unwiscly in the attempted establish- ment of the new government. The right step to take in March, 1842, was to aban- don the constitution and ratify that which the landholders had prepared. Though not quite as liberal a document, it was vastly superior to the charter which it would have superseded. The rebellion would have been escaped, all doubtful constitutional questions avoided and the whole agitation would have been crowned with success. The entire incident furnished the precedent that the existing government must, in the words of President Tyler, be altered and amended “only by legal and peaceable proceedings, adopted and pursued by the authorities and people of the state.” Pennsylvania Constitution. After three papers on Rhode Island his- tory had thus been given in turn, Penn- sylvania came in for two dircourses. The first of these was by Prof. Samuel B. Hard- ing of Harvard on “Party Struggles Over the Pennsylvania Constitution, 1775-1700.” He showed that the extreme opposition to the new federal, ce#stitution was much more in the state factions than to the sys- tem proposed by the convention. At the beginning of the revolution came the con- flict ketween the aristocratic and the dem- ocratic _whigs over the form of govern- ment to b3 presftved in the province. In the ccnstitution of 1776 the latter secured a frame of government to their liking, and control of which) It placed in their hands. The result was the crystallization of the discordant elements into two bitterly an- tagenistic political parties, called, respec- tively, constitutionalists and republicans. The former, the democratic party, found its strength in GA alled back counties, among the poor id #¥norant settlers; the latter prevailed exclusively in the richer and more dens2l¥ populated region in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. The excesses of the popular party gave the control of the government in 1786 to their opponents, thus it was that this party, which Laturally was more federal in temper than its rival, and which more- ever expected aid from the new federal constitution in their effort to redeem their state politics from ccrruption, was able to force through the federal constitution in that state agatust the vehement opposition of the other party. The triumph of the federal cause, in turn, enabled the repub- licans at last to succeed in their efforts to secure a revision of the state constitution, and in 1780-%) a convention was held which removed from the form of government the main features which had given such of- fense to the aristocratic element. Pennsylvania Germans. S.M.Sener of Lancaster,Pa.,had written on “The Language, Manners and History of the Pennsylvania Germans.” It was an ex- haustive treatise on the growth of the Ger- man colony in the Keystone state, showing under what difficulties the early settlers from the north of the European continent secured their homes. After . tracing the growth of this community the writer gave some interesting facts concerning the vig- orous part taken by the Germans in behalf of the states in the two wars for independ- ence, and for the Union in the civil war. The ‘paper closed with a mention of the peculiar customs of this colony. The Ger- mans of Pennsylvania, the writer said, are, as a rule, wholly without regard for Eu- repean ties, except, perhaps, such who have recently immigrated. ‘These people have always been honest and thrifty, their first ambition being to own their homes. It was a great compliment for a guest to ask his host: “Do you own this house?” The motto of the earlier members of the colony was: “fo spin, to weave, to ready make his clothes, And keep them clean the frugal farmer know They were very superstitious, and many odd, quaint customs have been preserved until today. Township Government. Prof. James A. Wilgus of the Ohio State University at Columbus contributed a paper under the titie “The Evolution of Township Government in Ohio.” He said that the first quarter of the present century was an im- portant pesiod of evolution in the township government of Ohio, when great changes were going on in the entire country and Ohio was having her most rapid develop- ment and her largest accession of popula- tion, There were three stages of develop- ment: First, the system of appointed offi- cers, under the territorial government, until 1902; second, the system of “town meeting,” so called, from 1402 to 1820; third, the pres- ent system of government by officers elected by the people. In the first period the township was governed by ofticers aj pointed by the coynty courts in accordance with general laws, Attempts were made to change this system, but Goy. St. Clair vetoed all such bills., However, in 1795 a law was passed firoviding for the election of an assesSor by ‘the people; and in 1802, when “town meetings” were established, the people had the privilege of electing all their officers. These meetings were not deliberative like those of New England. The only pow- ers conferred upon the meeting by law were to elect officers, ‘to fix the place for the next meeting for two years, and to levy taxes for six years, This same law establishing the “town meeting” provided als» for an officers’ meeting once a year to settle certain accounts. By succeeding acts to 1820 the work of the town meeting had been transferred ‘to the trustees and in the law of this date no provision is made for choosing a cnairman, but the electors upon reassembling are directed to choose officers. The law of 1804, prescribing the warrant for anal election, requires the trustees to insert in it, upon the application of two or mote freeholders, any matter, business or thing that may be proposed to be submitted to the meeting. This was continued in 1840 and remains today. It does not contemplate a deliberative assem- bly, however, but only gives an opportunt- ty for an expression of opinion, by ballot, upon matters that may require it. By 1820 the essential features of the system of township government of today were pretty well established; the functions of the town- ship remain the same, and the principal differences consist In a few minor changes in the officers and their duties. The town- ship today is a corporate division of the county for the purposes of local govern- ment. The people, each year, elect their officers and these manage the local affairs of the township in accordance with the general laws of the state. Western Posts, Prot. A. C. McLaughlin of the University of Michigan next read a paper on “The Retention of th Western Posts by the British After ’ ‘The purposes of the paper were to report the results of an in- vestigation prosecuted for determining two questions: First, why the British retained the western posts? Second, did they from this vantage ground instigate the indians to war against the Americans? The ex- cuses for the retention were that we in various ways had violated the treaty on our part. But that does not account for the desire to retain. ‘The real reason was, first, the desire to control the fur trade, and, second, the necessity of controlling the Indians and reclaiming their alliance. The second question is a complicated one. The English government can be cleared of the accusation of desiring to foment war. But the Canadian authorities in 1794 did give aid and encouragement. The deten- tion of the posts and the desire of the Brit- ish to keep the Indians allied accounted for the continuation of the war. The American historians have unjustly charged the English government with direct in- stigation, but the Canadian authors are as far wrong in denying any _ responsi- bility for the continuation of the Indian hostilities, which devastated the northwest and checked western expansion. Christopher Columbus. The last paper of the day was by Will- jam E. Curtis of this city on “Existing Au- tographs of Christopher Columbus.” Five papers are on the list for tonight’ session, as follows: ‘Mountains and His- tory,” by Professor Edmund K. Alden of Parker Institute, Brooklyn; “Causes and Consequences of the Party Revolution of 1800," by Professor Anson D. Morse of Amherst; “The Tennis Court Oath,” by Professor James H. Robinson of University of Pennsylvania; “The Royal Society of Canada and Its ‘Associated Historical So- cieties,” by J. G. Bourinot, clerk of the Canadian house of commons, and “What the United States Government Has Done for Hister, by A. Howard Clark,National Museum, Last Night's Se: Several papers of interest were read at the session of the association held last evening at the Columbian University. Prof. Emerton of Harvard chose as his topic the papal and imperial electoral colleges, and showed how the former preceded the lat- ter in all ways. Prof. Edward Bourne read a paper for his brother, Prof. Henry E. Bourne, of the Woman's College of Cleve- land, on the first committee of public safety. Other papers were as follows: “The Quebec Bill and the American Revolution,” by Assistant Prof, Victor Coffin of the Unt- versity of Wisconsin; “The Historical Archives of the State Department,” by A. H. Allen, chief of the bureau of roils and library, State Department; “The German Emperor,” by Prof. Richard Hudson of Ann Arbor. ‘Some business was transacted during the evening. The report of the treasurer, Charles W. Bowen, showed cash and se- curities on hand amounting to $6,330. The following committees were then announced: Nominations, Charles A. Peabody, New York; Prof. E. B. Bourne, Cleveland; Prof. Henry Ferguson, Hartford. Program ter next year—Senatér George F, Hoar, Prof. H. P, Judson, Chicago; Professor Charles Gross, Harvard; Professor George L, Burr, Cornell; Prof. H. B. Adams, Johrs Hopkins. Time and.place of next meeting —Gen. James Grant Wilson, New York; A. Howard Clark, «National Museum; Prof. McLaughlin, University of Michigan. Reso- lutions—Dr.’ Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, Lafayette College, and George B, Win- ship of Harvard. CHURCH HISTORY. Closing Session of the Society Held ‘Today. The American Society of Church History held its closing session today at Columbian University. The president, Bishop Hurst, called the meeting to order. He read a letter from Prof. George P. Fisher of Yale Divinity School, which left the society in doubt as to whether the professor would be present, according to program. There being no papers to read, the society fell in- to an informal discussion of the literature of church history. The works of Prof. Schaff, Dr. Sheldon and others were dis- cussed at length. One member suggested that in Prof. Ramses’ Christianity of the Roman mpire it appeared that ‘Trajan’s rescript to Pliny was rather tolerative of Christianity than otherwise. It was also discussed whether the sin of Sabbath- breaking was alluded to in the Christian literature of the first three centuries. No one could recall that it was. The literature of the Pilgrims was conversed on, and Ainsworth’s Psalms came in for a share of discussion. At a late hour in the day Rev. Prof. Dr. Geo. Park Fisher arrived and proceeded with the reading of his es- say on Philip Schaff. It was a masterly piece of brainwork, and threw new lights _ colors on the life of the writer.in ques- tion. Mr. Ferree of New York gave a brief nar- rative of his visits to the shrines of Notre Dame in southern France. The report of the auditing committee was adopted, and the committee on time and place of next meeting asked that that duty be committed to the council, which was done. Various places were suggested, among them being Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Carlisle. ‘This matter will be de- cided later. ‘The officers of the society are: President, Rey. bishop Dr. John Fletcher Hurst; vice presidents, Rev. Prof. Dr. Henry Martyn Baird, Rev. Prof. Dr. George Park Fisher, Rey. Prof. Dr. Henry Eyster Jacobs, Rev. Dr. Chas. mfort Tiffany; secretary, Rev. Samuel Macauley Jackson; treasurer, Mr. Barr Ferree; councillors, Rev. Dr. ‘Talbot Wilson Chambers, Rey. Dr. James Monroe Buckley, Mr. Henry C. Vedder, Rev. Chan- celior Dr. Henry Mitchell MacCracken. The honorary members of the society are: ‘Theodor, Brieger, Ph. D., professor of church history, Leipzig, Germany; Emilio Comba, D. D., professor of historical theol- ogy in the Waldensian College, Florence, Italy; Rt. Rev. Mandell Creighton, LL. D., bishop of Peterborough, England; Adolph Harnack, Ph. D., professor of church histo- ry, Berlin, Germany; Rev. Alexander Fer- rier Mitchell, D. D., professor of ecclesi- astical history, St. Andrews, Scotland; Friedrich Nippold, D. D., professor of chureh history, Jena, Germany; Baron Fer- nand de Schickler, president of the Societe de I'Histoire du_Protestantisme Francais, Paris, France; Rev. Henry Wace, D. D., principal of Kings College, London, Eng- land; Rev. Carl Heinrich von Weizsacker, Ph. D., professor of church, history, bingen, Germany. co ILLEGAL TO BOYCOTT. Decision in the Case of the Fight Against the Newark, N. J., Times. Vice Chancellor Green of New Jersey yes- terday filed a decision that will be of in- terest to trades organizations, according to the New York Sun, It is in the application of Thomas C. Bars, late proprietor of the Newark Times, seeking an ¢njunction re- straining the Essex Trades Council from carrying on a boycott against his paper. A permanent injunction ts granted, with- out costs. It restrains the Essex Trades Council, which is composed of representa- tives of different trade organizations, from distributing or circulating any circulars, printed resolutions or other publications containing appeals or threats against the ‘Times with the design of interfering with its business, and from making threats or using intimidation toward the dealers or advertisers in the paper tending to cause a withirawal of their patronage. The Newark Times suspended publication a few weeks ago. Its death was caused in part by the action of the trades council, acting in conjunction with Newark’s typo- graphical union, which attempted to pre- vent Mr. Barr from using plate matter in his newspaper. Mr. Barr persisting, the union printers quit work and non-union men were employed. The trades council took up the fight for the union, urged its members to boycott the paper, and attempted to persuade busl- ness men from advertising in it. So ee THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Edwards agt. Washington Beneficial En- dowment Association; consolidation with No. 15007 ordered. Scott agt. Buchley; dis- missal of cause ordered. Glenn agt. Soth- cron; motion to dismiss bill overruled. Walter agt. Knox and Walter agt. Bieber; partition of real estate ordered, Farnham agt. Miller; E. H. Miller substituted trustee and cause reférred to auditor. Wheeler agt. Fidelity B. I. and £, Co.; Caroline and Solo. mon Pollard allowed to intervene. a Cireuit Court No, 1—Judge Bradley. in re will of Maria Cole; motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment filed. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. United States agt. Henry W. Howgat embezzlement; defendant arraigned and files plea in abatement; demurrer to plea by United States attorney tiled and argument on same. Same agt. same, embezzlement; do, Same agt. same, forgery; do. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Ann M. Cling; petition for pro- bate of will filed, and commisrion to take deposition ordered. Estate of Chas. Gess- ford; administrator authorized to surren- der notes, and report of additional debt of $200 filed. Estate of Mary E. Yates; will admitted to probate and letters testamen- tary issued to Jno. W. Yates; bond, $500. In re Jas. P. Daly; Frank Daly appointed guardian of the person, bond, $0, and Washington Loan and Trust Company ap- pointed guardian of the estate. Estate of Lucy E, Norman Daly; will filed and ad- mitted to probate and letters testamentary issued to Fred’k F. Daly; bond, $100. Estate of Ashel P. Dunlap; first account of administratrix approved. Estate of Vir- ginia Deal; final account approved. In re Washington Loan and Trust Company, guardian of J. H. Heizer, do. In re Cor- nelia G. Jones, guardian; fifteenth account approved. Estate cf Henry Beard; will and two codicils filed and proved. Estate of John Lynch; petition and account of administrator filed. Estate of John M. Browne; order of puolication, Estate of Martin Kilfoyle; petition for probate of will filed and order of publication. Estate of Andrew A. Henry; renunciation of Jas. M. Craig, executor, filed. Estate of Bertha L. Hutchinson; letters of administration granted to Jas. C, Hutchinson; bond, $2,000. Estate of Wm. Veveers; Wm. Bennett pointed administrator; bond, $1,200. Estate of Saml. W. Wise; order allowing widow to keep her personal property. eee Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: James E. M>Kahan et ux. to Maggie E. Wilson, lots 37 and 38,block 13,East Deans $200. Same to Jno. H. Robinson, lots 26 and 27, block 15, East Deanewood; $200. Same to Chas. -C. Dugan, lot 25, block 14, East Deanewood; $100. Theodore A. Harding, et ux. to Harry T, Harding, lets 27, 28 and 20, sq. 237; $100. John Rid- out, trustee, to Allen C. Clark, all square n, of 1053; $1,050. Samuel K. George to Jas. E. McKahan, lots 7 and 8, block 3; lot 12, block 4; lots 15 and 16, block 11; lots 32, 33, 37 and 38, block 13; lot 25, block 14; lots 8 and 9, block 15; lots 26 and 27, block 15; lots 1 and 2, block 16; lots 11 and 12, block 17, East Deanewood; $25. Eva 8. Johnston et vir. Henry A. to Chas. H. Gladden, part lot 2, sq. 921; $10. Joni than K. Gray to Clinton D. Roosa, lots 25 and 26, sq. 211; $10. Minnie L: Soper to H. Clough, part lot 8 of Talbert estat $10. 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