Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1895, Page 9

— THE £ZVENING STAR, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. HE PLAYED POLICY Axihur Bradley ould Not Keep on This Side of the River. Other Prisonei1s in the Police Court Who Were Attended to by Judge Kimball. Judge Kimball's court did not convene on time this morning, and the prisoners had to remain on exhibition quite a while before their cases were called. The leader of the procession was an old colored man trom west of Rock creek, whose name was given as Arthur Bradley. It was suspected that the old man was a policy player, and when he was arrested several weeks ago the suspicions of the officer proved to be well founded, but the judge released him upon a promise that he would not again go across the river. But the old man did not keep his promise. and yesterday Policeman Bradley arrested him. In his pocket the officer found a paper, on which a number of policy rows were written. “You are.charged with being a vagrant nd a suspicious person,” read the clerk. “Are you guilty or not guilty?” Not guilty,” the old man answered. “I t play no policy.” ‘How frequently do you see him gvuing over the bridge?” the judge asked. “Every day,” answered the officer. Judge Kimball told Bradley he thought his former experience ought to be lesson enough for him, and stop him from play- IME ort play no mo’ polley,” sald the old man, “and I ain’t played none since I was here befo’.”” “What's this?” the judge asked, showing the policy slip. “Dem's rows.” He explained that he set down the num- bers at home and figured on them to see what it would take to play them. FAnd what would it take?” *welve cents.” When asked why he went over the river so often, he said to earn money, but the judge told him that that was a place to lose money. A sentence of thirty days was impcsed. z A Picture Dealer’s Trouble. * John Ellington, a colored man who is in the picture business and whose residence was given as 1735 H street, was in trouble because of his peculiar business methods. Jacob Fisher, a colored man, engaged him to make a crayon portrait of himself and the crayon was delivered. H. C. Sanders, a friend of Fisher's, was called: in as an art critic and in his testimony he described the crayon as being “‘a little shady on the. forehead.” Although he was not satisfied the picture was accepted, but there was trouble about the money consideration, and Ellington’s foot went through both the glass and picture. Judge Kimball did not approve of this method of doing business, and Ellington had to pay the court $ and $2 to Fisher before he could get released. “I don’t indulge my boy in anything wrong,” said a colored man who was talk- ing about his son, Theodore Fairfax. The boy is fourteen years old, but his mother and father are separated, and the father’s work keeps him from home. “I would rather see my boy in the reform school,” said his father, “than have him run the streets at all hours.” Theodore had been arrested for participating in a crap game, and at the request of his father the court sent him to the reform school. John Watson and William Holmes, the latter a colored man, were tried for vagrancy. Watson appearing to be de- mented and being without a home was sent down. Holmes just got out of the workhouse yesterday, and he told the court that he had no home. He was given thirty days. The Old Soldier Got On. Destroying private property was the charge against Michael Moran, an old sol- dier, inmate of the Soldiers’ Home. Complaint was made last night that a man had broke into Bauer's grocery store, and when Officer Barry went to the store he found Moran lying on the floor asleep. In getting him out he broke the window. “How did he get in the store?’ the court wanted to know. “Smashed in the door,” officer. “Why did he go in there?” “He evidently thought he was home.” “I have always been a protector of prop- erty rather than a destroyer of it,” said Mofan, “as I have been a soldier for twen- ty-six years.” He said he came to the city yesterday and he thought he got drunk, as he had no recollection of what happened last night. He satisfied the sentence of the court and was permitted to depart. Nathan Morrison and Mary Lee, colored, appeared, said guilty to a charge of disor- cane and went back. They were fined % each. “Guilty,” responded James Brown, a col- ored boy, who brought up the rear of the procession. “This is a game of crap,” interrupted the officer. “Ten dollars.” He went down. answered the —_——>_—_ STOOD BY THE CONSTITUTION. Lieut. Gov. Nye Wouldn't Change His Ruling. Lieut. Gov. Nye of Indiana ruled yester- day -that the Senate could not pass any bills, as it was the last day of this session. Speaker Adams of the house making un opposite ruling allowing bills to be passed, there was an animated scene in the lieu- tenant governor’s room at noon after the senate adjourned. Mr. Nye was signing bills when Gov. Matthews came in. He was visibly excited and said he had three bills before the senate which ought to be acted upon. One was against prize fight- ing. “Under your ruling,” declared Gov. Mat- thews, ‘‘these bills cannot be pass You should not have made such a ruling. “My ruling was according to the consti- tution,” and the lieutenant gevernor reach- ed for a book and read the section. “I am willing to waive my rights under the constitution,” began Gov. Matthews. “Weill, I am not. What is the constitu- tion made for if it is to be disobeyed? Is it made for the whole people or just for the governor of Indiana?” “Well, if those bills are lost I will hold you responsible for them.” “I don’t care a d—n for your bills. They have been before the senate for some time. Why were they not brought up and passed before this?" “I don’t know.” “I don't either. I know I did not inter- fere with them and I will not change my rule.”” +06 CUT OFF BY FIRE. A Number of Miners Imprisoned in a Mine. The shaft house at the famous Sultana gold mine, fourteen miles from Rat Port- age, Manitoba, caught fire early last ev: ing and before the flames were discovered they completely enveloped the building. This, of course, shut off the air supply to the mine, in which were working twenty or twenty-five miners. A messenger who arrived at Rat Portage from the mine at 8 o'clock said that when he left at 4 o'clock only four men had been brought up. A number of doctors were working over these in the hope of resuscitating them, but with small chance of success. The other men Were certa’ suffocated and practically given up for lost. The shafting shaft machinery being destroyed hindered the work of rescue. The families of the men live at Rat Port- age and there was great excitement. Their only communication with the mine was by a circuitous and somewhat dangerous wagon trail. ——_—+e- Not Mincral Lands. In 1866 a grant of 200,000 acres of land ‘was made by the government to the state of Michigan for the benefit of the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal Co. Some time back a petition was filed with the Secretary of the Interior, asking that he recommend to the Attorney General to bring suit to set aside the certification of 68,000 acres of this grant on the ground that they are mineral lands. The same — was decided by ex-Secretary of e Interior Browning against the petition- ers, and in_a decision rendered yesterday afternoon Secretary Smith holds that the lands in question are not mineral lands. THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. DeVaughn agt. De Vaughn; Mary R. Porter allowed to sue receivers. Anderson agt. Anderson; purchase of property hy trustee allowed. Taylor agt. Taylor; sales confirmed nisi. Scherger agt. Goetzinger; pro confesso against defendant, Kaufman, granted. Brooks agt. Brooks; sale decreed, with E. N. Waters, trustee, to sell. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Knowles agt. Edwards; Mamie E. Nor- ment appointed guardian ad litem. Cabell agt. Zion Baptist Church; order remanding cause to examiner. Tyler agt. Tyler; order sustaining exceptions to auditor’s report. Lyon agt. Ryon; decree quashing fierl fa- cias, with costs. Dutton agt. Dutton; up- pearance of absent defendant ordered. Taylor agt. Taylor; divorce a vin- mat. granted. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com- pany agt. Vaughn; judgment by default. Johnson agt. Gibbs; judgment by confes- sion and judgment of condemnation. Peter R. Scutt agt. Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company; on hearing. Goodyear Rubber Belting and Packing Company ast. Corbett; leave to plaintiff to amend notice to plead. Howard’s Son & Co. agt. Fonda & Ci do. Bergey agt. same; do. Court No. 2—Chief Justice Bingham. SEES agt. Connor; verdict for plaintiff for $2,000 and interest. Eckloff agt. Wash- ington Gas Light Company; on hearing. Groff agt. District of Columbia; judgment in certiorari. ‘riminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. United States agt. Chas. D. Hudson, false pretenses; verdict of guilty on first count; sentenced to Albany for two years. In re Geo. R. Tolman, habeas corpus; writ dis- missed and prisoner remanded. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. Jas. L. Travers, mur- der; order to summon witnesses at cost of government. United States agt. Walter Hurdle and Geo. Malley, housebreaking; de- fendants arraigned; plea, not guilty. United States agt. Dennis Smith, second offense petit larceny; do. United States agt. Rich- ard Banks, do.; plea, guilty; sentenced to one year and one day. United States agt. Edw. Massey; pleads guilty; sentence, three years. United States agt. Solomon Green, larceny from the person; on trial. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate of Columba Spatz; will filed. Es- tate of Michael Eichmann; do. In re orphans of Horace A. Whitney; petition for appointment of guardian filed. Estate of Susan J. Weaden; order to bring in notes. Estate of Allan McLane; order on executor filed. é SS Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: Geo. W. Harrison to Percival M. Brown, part original lots 20 ang 21, sq. 378, and part of sq. 483; $10. Percival M. Brown to Ida R. Harrison, same property; $10. Jas. F. Manning et ux. to Edgar C. Walford, Jot 119, sq. 153; $11,000. Martin F. Morris to Mary J. Mays, lot 166, sq. 237, and lot 88, sq. 364; $10. Odell S. Smith et ux. to Jno, A. Schultz, lot 53, sq. 748; $1,750. Ed- gar C. Walford to Jas. F. Manning, lot 22, sq. 899; $3,500. Joseph A. Goldstein to Isaac L. Blout and* Samuel Bieber, part lot 11, sq. 281; $2,500. Thos. J. Hughes to Wm. Duffy, lot 23, bik. 10, Le Droit Park; $10, Julius N. Keck et ux. to Chas. N. Fairfax, part lot 70, sq. 620; $10. Chas. W. Fairfax to Mary M. Keck, same property; $10. Mary Stirling et al. to Jno. M. Cor- bin, lot sq. 512; $1. Samuel M. Taylor et ux. to Louis Gundling, lot 50, sq. 520; lot 52, sq. 44; lot 138, sq. 70; $10. —_ ‘The Manassas Industrial School. The following subscriptions have been received for rebuilding the Manassas In- dustrial School building, burned February 8, 1895: Heretofore acknowledged, $676.50; collections through Mrs. Burton Harrison in New York city, $204.25; collections through Mrs. M. C. Whitman, Boston, $88; Helen A. Cook, $10; Miss S. Wall, $5; a friend, $1; Mrs. Messer, $1; Mrs. H. C. Bruce, $1; Mrs. J. H. Meriwether, $1; Mr. J. H. Meriwether, 310; A. M. P., $1; Dr. J. R. Francis, $25; F. J. Grimke, $5; Andrew F. Hillyer, $5; William V. Tunnell, $2; Mrs. J. Dana, $; E. T. W: cash, Mrs. Annie S, Lynch, Bailey, $5; J. R. Tillett, $1; John las, Middletown, Conn., one force pump with hose, $30. The committee says contributions of money, horses, wagons, farming imple- ments and anything that can be used on a jarm can be utilized. ——.__. The Academy of Forty. The Wimodaughsis Academy held its second session Monday evening at the Wo- man’s building, with Mrs. Havens as tem- porary chairman. The election of officers was postponed, and the conversation open- ed with “Conversaticn” as the topic. Every one present contributed to the interchange of thought. Mrs. Bolway spoke of the ef- fect of example upon the language of chil- dren, and told some quaint anecdotes in illustration, Miss Morris and Miss Garst Presented the humorous side of the subject, Miss Huddleson the scholarly side, Miss Williams and Mrs. Rohrer the ethical side. Mrs. Goodwin and Mrs. Egleston remarked on the lack of directness in conversation and the ill-judged choice of language, the use of one word—as “elegant” or “grand”— to express something which was neither. It was generally urged that self-forgetfulness and desire to bring out the best thought of others was the highest essential of so- ciety. The April topic will be “Mistakes,” with Miss Huddleson as director. —_——>___ Fire in a Flat. Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock No. 4 engine company responded to a local call from the Concord Flats at New Hampshire and Oregon avenues northwest, where there was fire in a room on the fourth floor. The room was occupied by Mrs. C. W. Dabney, and the fire was caused by some clothing being left too near the gas jet. The-loss amounted to about $100. —.__ The Mutual Real Estate Company. At the annual stcckholders’ meeting of the Mutual Real Estate Company, held last evening, the fellowing were elected for the ensuing year: Directors—William Mayse, W. H. Owen, Charles W. Schneider, James F. Hood and Joseph Batchelder; president, William Mayse; vice president, Ww. |. Owen; secretary, Charles W. Schneider; truste2s, James F. Hood and Joseph F. Batchelder; auditing committee, William Hart, J. W. Davis and E. J. Boor- aem. ————— Found With a Scalp Wound. Yesterday afternoon a colored man nam- ed Anthony Banks, who lives in an alley near 6th and S streets, was found near loth and B streets suffering from a pain- ful scalp wound. It was thought that the wound had been inflicted by a saloon keep- er. The wounded man was sent to the Emergency Hospital. ——— Fined for Assault. Frank Roy, a colored man, was fined $10 or thirty days by Judge Miller today on a charge of having assaulted Henry Jackson in South Washington several weeks ago. Se Cloaks ans Well as Fars. One of the most interesting stores in town is the Hudson Bay Fur Company's, on lith street, No. 515, now calling atten- tion to its spring opening. The season for active dealing in furs having passed Mr. Wolf, the manager, has added a new line in a large and artistic assortment of cloaks, wraps and silk waists, skirts, etc. Both ready-made and garments to order are the speciaity, and the success of the establishment in the line of furs speaks conclusively for the high character and aoany: of the goods offered in the new ine. —_——_ Tax om Burnt Spirits. The Secretary of the Treasury has abated the internat” revenue tax amounting to $640, 79 711,994 gallons of spirits de- stroyed by fire April 5, 1893, while stored in a bonded distillery warehouse at Louis- ville, Ky. The spirits were owned by Wil- liam E. Bradley, Allen-Bradley Company and John McKim. —-e+____ Mr. Colonna Has Resigned. B, A. Colonna of Virginia, assistant in-| charge of the coast and geodetic survey, has resigned. Mr. Colonna has been con- nected with the survey during the last twenty-five years, and his resignation is understood to be the result of differences existing with his superior officers as to the conduct of the service. THE MEAT INSPECTION LAW of Other Countries. The Recent Amendment—Whnt is Said at the Department of Agriculture. An amendment to the meat inspection law was passed in the closing hours of the last Congress, which is intended, it is said at the Department of Agriculture, to draw closer restrictions around the already strict inspection service maintained by this gov- ernment upon meat and cattle intended for export. As amended the law provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause to be made a careful inspection of all live cattle, the meat of which is intended for exporta- tation to any foreign country, with a view to ascertaining whether such cattle are free from disease and their meat sound and wholesome, and may appoint inspectors, who shall be authorized to give an official certificate, clearly stating the condition in which the cattle and meat are found. No clearance shall be given to any vessel hav- ing on board any fresh or prepared beef for exportation to any foreign country until the shipper shall obtain from an inspector a certificate that the cattle are free from disease, and that their meat is sound and wholesome. The cattle thus inspected are required to be stamped or labeled, and a heavy penalty is fixed for counterfeiting the labels. The “Secretary of Agriculture is also authorized to require the destruction of aH cattle found by inspection to be diseased, and a penalty is fixed for violation of the depart- ment regulations by packers and owners of slaughter houses. Stricter Than Elsewhere. It is said at the Agricultural Department that the United States now has the strict- est and most thorough system of meat in- spection operated by any country in the world. The system is not only more ex- tensive, but it is made to apply more closely than the inspection of other coun- tries. Every pound of meat that is to be ex- ported from the United States from the great packing houses of Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City is thoroughly inspected by competent officials and given a Dill of health, certifying that the animal which furnished the meat was sound and free from disease. The men who perform the inspection are selected on account of their “teresa for the duties and are governed by civil service laws. Microscopical exam- inations are made in necessary cases, and wee gsccaulon 18 taken to pre- king or shipping of diseased meat. It is stated that in many of the foreign countries meat is passed and put on the market which the American inspection would condemn. It is said that cattle which are diseased or unsound wil! be passed by the foreign inspection laws up to a certain limit, the line being drawn against diseases which can be communi- cated to the human beings who eat the meat. * In the United States, however, the meat coming under the jurisdiction of the in- spection law must be absolutely sound and free from even a suspicion of disease of any kind. Would Welcome Them. There has been some talk abroad of a committee of foreign experts’ visiting the United States to examine and investigate the American system of inspection, and it is said that the American packers and the Department of Agriculture would be only too glad to have them come, confident that the result of the investigation would be highly favorable to Americaa meat pro- ducts, and would demonstrate the superior- ity of the American inspection service. cabs ee re es ema THE PRESIDENT’S SPRAINED KNEE. It Didn’t Interfere With His Duck Shooting Yesterday The New York World correspondent at Washington, N. C., handed :o Chief In- spector Lamberton of the Violet on Sunday a telegram of inquiry concerning a rumor- ed accident to the President, and after reading it Mr. Lamberton declared that there was absolutely no foundation for the rumor. This, however, dozs not agree with the captain's reply to some gentlemen who inquired of him as to the President's health. The President was well, he said, except that he was suffering from a sprain- ed knee. The rumor was then mentioned to the captain, and he hastened to say that the knee was only slightly swollen, and would answer no more questions. The President had good success in yes- terday morning's hunt, and carried a quan- tity of game aboard ‘the Violet. A light rain prevented his going out in the after- noon. The weather is now threatening. If it does not clear up the steamer will leave today ——_——-see. ERAL NEWS G NOTES. Chicago has over thirty elevators, which handle 140,000,000 bushels of grain every year. The Union stock yards cover 350 acres and cost $3,000,000. They have eight miles of streets and receive 8,000,000 head of stock every year. The meat exports ex- ceed $100,000,000. One of the savings banks in Portland, Me., had a book presented for settlement recently, which was opened in 1863, with a deposit of $200, foliowed by $200 in 1804 and $800 in 18) total deposits $700, of which 23 was thdrawn in 1878. There is now 3%: due the depositor a balance of $2,02 Susan B. Anthony has not slept at for four years. There is great indignation in Hanover, N. C., over the departure for Utah of eight residents of the county who have been converted to the Mormon faith. The delegation was accompanied by two or three elders, who have been doing mission- ary work abovt there for two or three years. The southern united synod of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church, the supreme leg- islative body of that denomination in this section, will convene in Christ Lutheran Church, Staunton, in the latter part of September. ome The cruiser Marblehead sailed from New- port yesterday for duty on the European station. Her first stopping place will be the Azores, after which she will cruise in the Mediterranean. She and the flagship San Francisco are under orders to be at Kiel in June, at the opening of the Baltic canal. . ras The Trolley on Country Roads. From the New York Evening Post. Mr. A. J. Cassatt, who has been acting as road supervisor in Lower Merion town- ship, Montgomery county, Pa., for several years, has laid the people of other local- itles under a debt to himself by requiring a trolley company, which had obtained a franchise in the township, to widen the roadways at its own expense before laying the tracks. Mr. Cassatt has always in- sisted that these companies shall not oc- cupy the roads within his jurisdiction, un- less they are wide enough to accommodate carriage traffic also. The Philadelphia Press thinke that Mr. Cassatt has set an example which road supervisors everywhere should follow. “The trolley,” it says, “has taken possession of the city streets, but in so do- ing it has only displaced the horses cars. istricts it is paralleling the railroads and seeking every populous dis- trict by the public roads heretofore free from track incumbrances. Turnpike com- panies succumb readily to the overtures of trolley companies, but what i# worse, local authorities are almost eager to give up the public reads unconditionally to trolley com- panies to occupy, possess and use them as they please. Just as the state was nearly ripe for country road improvement, the trolley companies intervene and spoil what roads there are and discourage permanent road improvement.” ——__ + e+ —_____ No Chznge in the Status. It has been decided at the Treasury De- partment that the change made in the title of the officer at the head of the immigra- tion bureau makes no material change in the staius of the office. The appropriation for Mr. Stump’s salary is made in the pro- vision “for the superintendent of immigra- tion, who shall hereafter be designated as commissioner general of immigration.” @ @ @ @ @ 2 @ 3 d te joa Se ———ABOUT THE MAJESTIC STEEL AND MA 1SOSD ole GING Ge © : ARE TALKING NOW. — Lend an Ear to What They Have to Say 1S GSS O83 smakes. ular in all the large cities. Broilers and Complete Hotel Outfits. ATTENTION NOW. This Range has a National Reputation; sold and used in every State; most pop- A special feature is HOTEL RANGES, STEAM TABLES, Prices are lower than any other first-class LE RANGE Ladies, call at our store and see the latest in cooking, baking, boiling and broiling. Ladiea, we save you half the fuel—half the tim if the labor on we r- ful Rang». * COME, Carefully Examine T! 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Save in temper, save ir food, save in repairs, save in labor and save in health. , EVERY DAY OF THIS EXHIBIT WILL BE SPECIAL LADIES’ DAY, but the hus- ‘band may come; the prospective husband with his sweetheart may come; in fact, -ALL ARE INVITED to come, and come prepared to gi ~ great and only “MAJESTIC” RANGE ON EARTH set up. ive their order and have the Ladies, you waste enough with stove every year to buy two ‘That you can easily save. Special inducements to purchasers are made during this exhibit, which is done ‘ with a view to placing quickly the number-we propose to sell on this plan, and the first purchasers will receive the reward. Hotel Ranges and Steam Tables a Specialty. Pr. GUY & SOSSSSSS SSS SSS SO 1005 PA. AVE., Washington, D.C.: ay LS e @ & @ 6 © © & @ @ @ & ® a) 3] ® © 6 @ ® @ @ © © 8 6 6 @ 8 2] 8 @ © 6 6 2) ] S] S 6 © © S 2 BOS@ re] SSS. 0essos ceesesesenes THE STAMP COLLECTING FAD. Philately Has More Votaries Than Ever and Prices Are Higher. From the Boston Transcript. In Europe the interest in collecting stamps has been steadily increasing since 1840, when the first issue wes made. Ger- many is the country of all in the world most interested in it, and there is hardly a town or village there but has its stamp society and its stamp enthusiasts. England comes next, and the interest there is also strong. The largest collection in the world is owned by Count Ferrari, an Italian noble, and it would be impossible properly to estimate its value. Some of the largest collectors in the world are Indian princes, and in connection with this fact It may be mentioned that a short time ago a na- tive prince of Afghanistan paid a dealer in London the large sum of $42,000 for a collection of Afghanistan stamps. The ex- planation is that from their form of is- sue it is a most difficult thing to get a complete collection of Afghanistan stamps, and the price paid represented the great labor involved in making the collection rather than the value of the stamps them- selves. ‘To show how great the interest in stamp collecting in this country is it is oniy necessary to state that one of the London dealers who recently came to this coun- try had In two weeks from the time of his landing sold $35,000 worth of stamps. This shows that it is rapidly becoming a most {mportapt branch of business. Across the street from the Transcript office is a stock company, the whole business of which, and a large business it is, too, is buying and selling stamps. The collect- ing here is done by the best classes in the community—men of education and refine- ment and necessarily of means. They are largely professional men—doctors, lawyers and clergymen, who turn to stamp collect- ing as a relaxation from their work. By many persons !t is regarded as a fad, but it is a fad which has been steadily Increas- ing the number of its devotees since the first stamp was issued, and to which these devotees are always true, for there is no single known case of a regular collector losing his interest entirdly. That the in- terest fs increasing is shown by the fact that while rare stamps can “be disposed of with the greatest ease, at good prices, it is difficult to secure jthem. In Boston many of the oldest and most aristocratic families are making collections of stamps, and there are half a #ozén collections here that are worth $30,000 at the lowest esti- mate, while three ate worth more than $50,000. A society hag been formed, which numbers among its members many of the people who stand highest in Boston so- ciety. Some High Prices. ‘The highest priced postege stamps in the world are those of a gertqin issue of Mauri- tius. There are only about twelve of these in existence, and two are held by a London dealer at $2,000 each. They were bought by him for §%, for the two. The stamps rext in value are some Hawaiian stamps, one of which was recently sold to a Boston collector for $1,500, this being the approxi- mate price, as the sale was made in con- nection with other stamps. Some of the United States, war and internal revenue stamps are extremely valuable, two of them specially so. These are two stamps of the unusual denomination of $5,000 each, which it was necessary to place on bonds of the Union Pacific railroad during the civil war. One of them is known to be in the possession of a Boston collector, and if placed on sale would probably bring be- tween $3,000 and $4,000. Perhaps the most interesting stamp of all to Boston people is the famous “‘tea stamp,” which was the cause of “the Bos- ton tea party.” It ds of a dull slate color, about the size of an ordinary postage stamp and bearing a coat of arms, above which is stamped the word “America.” It is worth about $50. What are called postmasters’ stamps are also worth a good deal of money. These are stamps which were is- sued by the towns or cities before the gen- eral issue of stamps took place. They bear the name of the postmaster and sometimes the coat of arms of the city or town from which they came. A stamp of this kind from Madison, Fla., was recently sold in Boston for $600 by a gentleman of high ju- dicial standing, who had secured it in a collection which he bought from a Boston letter carrier without knowing that it con- tained the stamp. Baltimore stamps of this kind are worth $300, and those of Mil- bury $800, The first general issue of stamps by the United States was in 1547, and about one hundred different varieties have been issued, a good many of which are worth more than $100. A Valuable Specimen. One very singular case is that of the 2- cent stamp of 1884. A test was made of the die, as originally turned out, but it was not satisfactory, and in July of that year an order was issued changing the color of the stamp and the form of the die. A number of stamps had been struck off as a test, but it was supposed that none of these were issued, although it is now known that\three of them got outside of the office. In May, 1893, instructions were sent to the postmaster at Hartford, Conn., to clear up all the odds and ends at the of-_ fice there, and in some way, which is not clearly understood to this day, a broken package of these stamps found their way into the Boston post office. One of them was given out in the regular routine of the office to a man who happened to be a stamp collector, and who knew the value ot the stamp. Of course, there was im- mediately a rush for them, and the com- peny before mentioned securéd sixteen out of the twenty-two that were given out. They are worth $45 each. Of the other stamps on this side of the water, not is- sued by the United States, the 12-cent Canada is worth $300, and the shilling Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and New Brunswick are valued at $100 each. The largest price ever paid for a collection of stamps in Boston was $10,000, and this col- lection, if sold today, would probably bring at_least $25,000. Great Britain was the first nation to is- sue stamps, the first stamp being printed in 1840. It is in the shape of a wrapper, about a foot square, with the postage reg- ulations and rates of postage printed around the edge and on the back. The stamp itself is in the center, and represents Britannia sitting on her little island, with a lion crouching at her feet. She has her arms extended, in the act of letting loose the letters, which, represented by winged figures, are flying away to all the nations of the world, the representatives of which are grouped round the edge of fhe stamp. Below are two sets of figures—one a wife with her children, reading a letter from the husband and father, and the other a nurse, reading to her patient tidings from seme absent dear one. —_—_-e+—___ ‘Wants Divorce From Aubrey. Paulire C., daughter of Chief Justice Fuller, has filed a bill for divorce at Chi- cago from her husband, James M. Aubrey. Mrs. Aubrey had not lived with her hus- band for some time. The divorce Dill is the sequel to gn elopement. The complain- ant ran away to Milwaukee with Aubrey and was married to him six years ago. pres ees Peruvian Insurgents Victorious. Advices from Lima are to the effect that an engagement has been fought at Caba- nillas, Peru, between the government troops and the insurgents. The govern- ment forces were defeated with a loss of 300 killed. The Majestic Steel Range people leave for North Carolina Saturday evening. You will then $7.00 more for the same range. Make no misti B. F. Guy & Co., 1005 Pa, ave. JACK TAR A VICTIM. Made to Sign Away a Part of His Pros- pective Earnings. From the New York Herald. Though many laws have been enacted for his cenefit and officers appointed to en- ‘force them, it appears that the seaman who ships from an American port has any- thirg but an easy time of it in obtaining employment. The sailor’s story 1s that from the time he lands at New York he is beset by ‘land sharks” in the guise of masters of the boarding houses where he gets his food and drirk during the intervals between his voyages. One sailor who had just shipped said to me the other day that before he bearded his vessel, previous to sailing, one- third of his prospective wages had already been spent for the privilege of working aboard the ship. I asked how that came about, and he explained his first assertion by saying that while his wages for the voyage he was engaged to make would be only $40, he had already signed an order peyable to his boarding master for $30, to whem, so far as he knew, he owed only $20 for food and lodging. Credit Given in Advance. “You see, it’s this ” explained the sailor. “‘When I landed I had little or nothing coming to me from my ship. Of ecurse, I found it easy to get a boarding taster to take me in. Any able seaman of good reputation can always get credit for accommodations from these fellows. They charge us a dollar a day for board, 2nd they get it when we ship for another voy- age. They get their money in the shape of an advance from the master of the vessel upon which we ship. “If that were all it would be all right; but there’s where the rub comes. In uddl- ticn to their boarding money they get an amount of money, which varies accoriing to the length of our voyage, from $% to $15, which we call ‘blood money,’ and for which the sailor never receives any considera- tion. It’s a downright shame, but out of cur small wages this ‘blood money’ must be paid, or else we remain upon land, earn- od nothing and increasing our board bills.” I asked the master of a well-patronized sailors’ boarding house for an explanatior of this state cf affairs. This man has been in the business for years, and though he is not rich, he seems to be moderately pros- perous. “It's not our fault,” he explaired. “The blame for this state of affairs rests upon the shipping agents who do business in this port. What is called ‘blood money’ by the sailors is ‘blood money’ in reality. It is robbery so far as they are concerned, Wut we boarding masters are not the ones upon whom the blame should be placed. “ll explain. A man owes me, say, $20, and I want to get him shipped so that I can get my money. That has to be done through a shipping agent. He wants a certain numbe- of men for a ship. My man suits him, and he agrees to ship him for a voyage to China or Japan. Now, the ship is suppcsed to pay the agent’s fee for shipping a crew, but the agent is seldom satisfied with that, and he wants a fee frem the sailor as well. The fee for a voy- age like the one I spoke of is $15, and the sailor signs an order, payable to me, for $40. That means that he peys me my board bill and $15 more to the agent for shipping him. Violation of Law. : “The law is against this, and there is 6 federal shipping commission whose duty it is to see that the law is not violated. But what can I do? If I refuse to pay the agent his fee for shipping my men he witli ship no more for me, and I must shut up shop and go out of business. It’s a shame ---a crying shame---and, worse than all, the poor seaman is the sufferer. If it were within my power to protect him I’d do it, but my very existence depeads upon ac- ceding to the demands of the shipping gent, whose whole aim is to extort money from whomsoever he can get it. 2 ‘Furthermore, it caanot be said that we have been backward in demanding our rights. When Commissioner Powers was appointed we went to him In a body. We asked him that all the shipping be done through his office. Fo: a few weeks that was done, but then some weak-kneed boarding masters broke the agreement, went back to the agents, and now they are more exacting than they have been for twenty yeers. I wish some means could be used to stop it, but as long as the board- ing masters allow it the imposition must continue. Every sailor who leaves this port for a foreign cruise pays out of his wages from $5 to $15 for the privilege of shirpii and all that is so much stolen money. 2 I met another boarding master who said his business was virtually nothing. He had refused to accede to the demands-of the agents for “blood money,” and they would ship no more men coming from his house. He had been in the business for twenty years and had prosperei, but now he could no longer afford to stand the pressure, and had quit. He had looked for relief from the officers of the law, but it had not come, for the reason that some of the boarding mas- ters were as bad as the shipping agents and refused to do anything to stop the wholesale robbery which had been going cn, and for which they had been blamed by_the sailors themseives. Sevcral other men in t! same business said the same thing, and it is apparent that the sailorman who leaves this port has troubles which begin even before sail- ing day, and it remains only for a thor- ough exposure to stop the system which robs hinr of sv much of his hard-earned ¥ ages. —_—_—_+2-—______ @The Gothenburg System. The London Times has been making spe- celal investigation of the Gothenburg sys- tem in Gothenburg itself. Its conclusions are in part as follows: “Gothenburg, Sweden, with environments, has 150,000 population. It has nearly 900 drinking places; that is, 9 to every 1,500 people. New York city, in comparison, has % saloons to every 2,000 people. Out of a total of between 800 and 900 establishments selling Mquor to Gothenburg’s 150,000 in- habitants for consumption on or off the premises, only 6) are under the operation of the Gothenburg system; the remaining 780 or so fall altogether outside of it. These latter sell only beer and wine, about 200 of them being public houses licensed for con- sumption on the premises and the rest merely shcps where bottled beer is sold without any license. In Gothenburg any shop may sell bottled beer, and nearly 600 actually do so. The 69 establishments that come under the system sell spirits—that is, liquor containing over 25 percent alcohol— as well as beer; but for the ‘sake of accu- racy, 5 more places having special privi- leges should be added, making a total of 74 spirit_houses, against 780 pr beer houses. In face of the facts, it is obviously in the highest degree disingenuous to of the ‘complete success’ or ‘total jure” of the Scandinavian system as a method of dealing with the drink question.” — +22 France has had thirty-two administra- tions in twenty-four years. Tirs. C. E. Buck, ST. JOHN'S RECTORY, GEORGETOWN, Is delighted with her experience in the use of the Electropoise in her family. « Many ef your neighbors can tell you about it. 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