Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1895, Page 9

a THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, ,MAROH 15, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. Attention, Ladies. WE WISH A WORD WITH CLUSIVENESS OF STYLE AT A We Are eran Ready for You. as Lad ies’ Double Capes, MADE OF GOOD QUALITY COVERT CLOTH, ONLY $2.89 Ladies’ Silk Capes, SILK LINED peru ore es CIRCULAR SHAPE, ONLY...- 9.98 ACTUAL VALUE, $13.50. LADIES’ SEPARATE SKIRTS, Made of Crepon, Only $7.48. WE ALSO HAVE A WELL-MADE LINE OF SKIRTS FOR $5.68, $6.89, $7.48, $10.98 AND $14.98. OUR PARASOL DEPARTMENT IS NOW COMPLETE WITH ALL THE LEADING STYLES IN SHADES TO MATCH YOUR SPRING COSTUME. ——-+ Ladies’ Carriage Parasols and Sun- shades at the popular prices. Baby Carriage Parasol Covers in endless variety. ‘TEMPLATE INSPECTING SPRING CAPES, SUITS AND TEA GOWNS. WE WOULD CONSIDER IT A COMPLIMENT IF YOU WOULD CALL AND PASS JUDGMENT ON OUR ~ EXCLUSIVE STYLES. A Great NUMBER OF OUR CAPES ARE CORRECT COPIES OF THE IMPORTED ONES, WHICH GIVES YOU EX- om ea ¥OU, KNOWING YOU CON- 5 CS A aA Ae MUCH LOWER PRICE. OUR LINES OF “CORRECT” CAPES, SUITS, SEPARATE SKIRTS, SILK WAISTS, LAUNDERED WAISTS, PARA- SOLS AND MACINTOSHES WILL BE FOUND TO SUIT THB VERY BEST TRADE IN EVERYTHING DEMANDED BY THE HIGHEST TASTE OF THE DAY. { ) * LAUNDERED WAISTS. A full line just received. Exclusive styles. All sizes, — Qg8c. 50 COVERT CLOTH SUITS, ‘Tight-ftting basque, faced with satin. Only $9.68. We are now the Washington Agents for the ‘King of Shirt -WaistsforBoys. Per= fect fit guaranteed. BOYS' FAUNTLEROY ‘VAISTS, All styles and prices. Ladies’ Silk Waists, All Styles and Prices. LADIES’ MACINTOSHES At Popular Prices. LANSBURGH & BRO., 420, 422, 424, 426 7th Street. SII EFF OEE FFE ~ { 4 ; 4 { { { ‘ { ‘ { { ‘ 4 { ‘ : { 4 4 4 { 4 4 { ‘ 4 ‘ 4 { 4 | { ‘ A SHOE 3 6) - 0 iSALE Several lots of our Men’s $5.00and $6.00 Calf, Cordovan or French Patent Calf Shoes for $3.50. Ladies’ Shoes for $1.00, $1.50, $1.95, $2.45, $2.65, $3.50—worth from $2.50 to $5.00. Ladies’ Oxfords, $1 and up. Youths’ Shoes, $1.25— Worth $1.75. Boys’ Shoes, $1.45— Worth $2.00. THE WARREN SHOE HOUSE, Geo. W. Rich, o19 F St. mh9-70d 1 1 equals, machine, rs. rundard Rotary Shuttle’? . ‘hive used by tailors and * ¢ © drossmakers. Standard SewingMch.Co. 60: St o> Od-0F #6 49-359 TH ST. (MASONIC TEMPLE.) The “Paragon” | } POSE GH OF GE OH VP OOO | | ou’ll Smile After it’s all over to think how foolish you were to endure the excruciating pains of toothache when instant relief could be so easily Our painless od of treating teeth is by far the atisfactory. Modest charges for operations... Extracting withe::* in, SO cents. Dental Parlors, an > fresh yegetables—yet the daily 5 be extensively varied by 5 of our excellent quality 5 i 1? > > > = P iq > Wholesale 1420 > Groceries, 7th st} hd 2 mihl 4-200 Veer Not Too Late in the Season To think of getting a Lamp for your study or parlor. We have expatinted on the B. & H. until you probably know it to be the best oa the market. It is, And the price is moderate. Are you thinking of laying in y of rial for your studio? Make your selection hete, No finer to be found. Prices always right. Don't forget this! ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS AND PAINTERS, The building season is here and you will need materials such as we carry. It is to your interest to give us a call. We can give you the best. GEO. F. MUTH & CO., 418 7TH ST. N.W. mhi4-244 Per Heating Gas Stoves. Being anxious to close out the bal- ance of our stock of Gas Heating Stoves we are allowing a discount of 20c. on the dollar off marked prices. ‘Those who have dealt with us know that when we offer 20 per cent off our already low prices a bargain 4s in store for them. Come ig—if only fer a look at these Gas Heating Stoves. Gas Appliance Exchange, 1428 N. Y¥. AVE. mbl1-284 Finest Quality Gray Switches? 4-50 FORMERLY $6.50. SPLENDID VALUE. Have very Fine Switches, any shade except gray, at $2.50. Professional Hair Dressing S. 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Office hours—Y to 10 a.m. and 1 to 7 sultation fre _mbi2-m,tu, m. Con- ath, f-tf It’s Unfortunate For You If you have troublesome feet—but there's a way to be rid of the trouble. Trust their care to an experienced chlropodist—trust them to us. We'll remove that painful Cc Bunion or Ingrowing Nail without causing you the slightest pain. Corns or Bunions removed, 25 cents. PROF. J. J. GEORGES '& SON, 1115 PA. AVE. Hours, 6 tc 5:30. Sundays, 9 to1, — mii3-100 VALIDITY OF THE LAW Speonlation as to the Decision in the In- come Tax Oasea Some Expect an Early Opinion—Others Think the Court Will Deliberate Long and Then Be Divided. Now that the Supreme Court has con- cluded the hearing in the income tax cases and all the tight which the Supreme Court can expect to receive from outside sources has been thrown upon the questions in- volved, considerable speculation has arisen on the two points as to what the decision will be when reached and when it is likely to be reached. Naturally no one would attempt to defi- nitely settle either question, and the opinions of those whose views are en- titled to consideration are very much at variance on both points. There is sub- stantial agreement in the belief that the court will make an effort to reach a con- clusion at the earliest possible day, and, at any rate, before the time set for the law to go into effect, which is the 15th of April next. The court is at all times disposed to accommodate the government in such mat- ters, when it can do so without stretching the proprieties, and it is taken for granted that the judges in the present instance ap- preciate the importance to the Treasury Department of having the validity of the law finally settled before the machihery for its execution shall be put into complete operation. That the necessity:for an early adjudication for this and other reasons is understood by the court has been demon- strated by its advancing the cases on the docket for argument out of their order. It is also believed on the part of many that the recess announced until the 25th instant is largely for the purpose of permitting im- mediate consideration of the cases, and the suggestion has been made that a de- cision may be expected upon the first sit- ting of the court after the recess. A Division of the Court Expected. Those who are most familiar with the methods of the court do not, however, ac- cept the suggestion of so early a decision as well founded, and they say that, on the other hand, it may be delayed for a eon- siderable time, even despite the anxicty of the court itself to reach an carly deter- mination. They base this opinion upon the responsibility which the court will feel in finally dispcsing of such momentous ques- tions as are involved, upon their knowl- edge of the characters of the members of the court for mature deliberation, and upon the fact that the judges will each and all consider it incumbent upon them to make very thorough investigations and to weigh carefully the questions presented by coun- sel and by one another before passing judg- ment. Furthermore, in the absence of Justice Jackson, there is a possibility of a divided court., While no one can have any basis for an cpinion as to the character of the de-ision when it skall be reached, the general belief is that it will not be unanimous one way or the other, but which side of the contro- versy will secure the majority opinion is everywhere recognized as one of the ques- tions that cannot be determined -until the document itself shall be read from the bench. There are those who profess to have seen indications of a leaning one way or the other by the suggestions made and questions put by the members of the court tc counsel whWe the argument was in prog- ress, but the purport of ‘these suggestions was generally colored by the bias of the per- son hearing them. There can, in fact, be no substantial basis for any prognostication as to the result. The opinion is ventured by some that but for the previous discussions sustaining the tax the law would svrely be declared unconstitutional, out those who make the suggestions are the first to admit the force of precedent in the court. e+ -____. CONSUL CUNIO DEPARTS. ‘The Italian Representative at Denver Goes to Walsenburg, Dr. Cunio, Italian consul,*started from Denver for Walsenburg last night in com- pliance with instructions from Baron Fava, Italian ambassador. Dr. Cunio received the following telegram from Walsenburg: “The Italians of this county anxiously de- sire help from. you. Come to these un- fortunates. Five men killed. “A. BERLOILANO,” ‘The following answer was sent: “Thanks for information. Governor guar- anteed me protection. You will have in him a faithful father. Courage. I am ready to come if necessary. Telegraph me at least sign of danger. Troops are pre- pared to come in case of emergency. “CUNIO.” Dr. Cunio made the following statement: “I am under instructions from my gov- ernment, and will fulfill them, but will not express my opinion until I am authorized, especially at this moment, when the United States government is friendly toward our government.” Afraid to Say Anything. A warm wind at Walsenburg yesterday melted the snow rapidly and dried the earth so that searching parties again set out to hunt for the two Italians killed by the mob Tuesday night, of which no trace has yet been found. Quiet reigned all day. There is no doubt that a considerable number of people know who did the killing, but they know too well. Walsenbyrg has for years been a hard town, with an element that cccasionally shows its teeth and uses its guns. These men are of more or less prominence, and, as it is believed they did the work, no one dares to say so or acknowledge any cog- nizance of the participants for fear of be- ing himself used as a target. Notorious Bob Ford, slayer of Jesse James, ran a dance hall in the town of Walsenburg for several years. Six of his pals from that place are now in the state prison for various crimes, but others are still on hand. Walsenburg is a hamlet of but 1,000, with coal mines and miners at her doors on every side, and the turbulent element is therefore large, and especially since the strike of last summer, after which many miners who were steady and had accumu- lated some property moved away. —— ‘Taken to the House of the Good Shep- herd. Officer Wilson of the Humane Society to- day took to the House of the Good Shep- herd Edna Hutton, a good-looking young girl, who spent some time in the institu- tion two years ago. Edna is now nearly eighteen years old, and her father is in the insane asylum. Her mother lives at Chester, S.C., and it was on her complaint that the officers of the first precinct ar- rested Edna last night. She had been em- ployed in the census office, it is said, but was dismissed because of her alleged im- proper conduct. Maj. George Willey, who is prominent in Grand Army circles, seems to take an interest in the girl, and the lat- ter says it is because he was a friend of her father. The police found the girl at the boarding house of Mrs. Haight, No. 928 E street northwest. She says that Maj. Willey got her the boarding place, and advanced her Taoney, as she was going to do some cler- ical work for him. Edna, it is said, was a friend of Maj. Willey’s son, who also lives here. Very much against her will, Edna was taken to the House of the Good Shepherd and turned over to the care of the Sisters of Charity, and friends here have sent word to her mother of the action of the Hurrane Society’s agent. —_—__ Two Cases of Larceny. Two cases of larceny were tried and dis- posed of in the Police Court today. In one case the prisoner was a small colored boy, named John H. Butler, who was charged with having stolen a silver watch from William Hughes. He picked the man’s pocket and had the watch on him when Precinct Detective Helan arrested him last night. On account of the boy’s age the penitentiary offense of larceny from the person was not preferred against him, and he was given six months in jail for petit larceny. Rebecca Davis, a colored servant, was de- fendant in the other case. Frank Hayes called at the house’ where the woman was employed, and she stole a book from his overcoat pocket. She denied the charge, but when searched the $12 stolen money was found on her. A sentence of ninety days was imposed. ar The dead body of a colored infant was found on a lot near'22d and G streets about 8 o'clock this morring. . RAIDING THE BEGGARS Judge Kimball Determined to Break Up A Number in Court Today Charged With Vagranc;} Others Who Were in in erecenion For a few days it was possible for a citi- zen to walk the streets without being “held up” by beggars on Try square, but there seems to be a new supply of them here now, and they were kept busy last night keeping out of the way of the police. In this effort all were not successful, ang- those who were captured appeared in the procession in Judge Kimball’s court this morning on charges of vagrancy. The first lot called for trial were three men who spent the early hours of last evening about the up-town hotels begging. Two of them, Michael Laubady and George Howard, the latter a one-legged colored man, belong hére, wiile the third, George Richardson, was a stranger, who has been here only about three days. Last night Pclicemen Emmart and Garro- way went out in citizens’ clothes and saw the men begging. “We foxed them about the street,” said Officer Emmart, “and finally Richardson asked me for money. “This man,” said another witness, refer- ring to Laubady, “was begging about the Riggs House. He was asking for tobacco and money, and somebody gave him ten cents.”” The complaint against the colored man was that he had been standing on a street corner begging. “And the charge is true,” said the judge, “for he begged of me only a few nights ago.” : ‘Speaking to the colored man Judge Kim- ball told him if he was unable to support himself he might be sent to the almshouse. The judge told him that he would have to stop begging. . “Now,” said the judge, “what do you want to do?” “Stay out of the poor house,” he an- swered. He promised not to again, and the judge personal bonds. “So far as Laubady is concerned,” said the court, “he is well kno and will have to go down for sixty day: “ve only been here a few days,” sald rdson, ‘and I was going to leave to- beg on the streets Yeleased him on his “But you will not leave today,” the judge ‘You may leave at the end of More Vagrants. John Weldon next appeared, and said “guilty” when arraigned on a charge of vagrancy. “He came to the station last night and asked for lodging,” was the offi- cer’s complaint. “Five days.” Jane Josephine Gannon, the little woman who annoys Sanitary Officer Frank every time she gets drunk, appeared on a charge of vagrancy, and made a denial of the charge. The evidence of the sanitary offi- cer was to the effect that he saw Jane en- deavoning to take possession of D street yesterday, and later she appeared in his office and was annoying. “There is not much use In my sayifig anything about her,” said the sanitary officer, “for your honor knows all about her.” “If you are going to"'keep me locked up all the time,” said‘Jane, “why don’t you send me to prison fér life Jane repeated her good promises, and the judge said he wculd give her one -more chance. “Good-bye, Mr. Frank,” she said, as she started out. * “Keep quiet there,” gaid the court, “or’ T'll fine you for contempt.” “Well, I'm glad,” ;sh@,said, “I have one friend at court, anyhow—the judge.” Lowry King has beep arrested a num- ber of times, but this ‘winter he has been in Baltimore in a hospital, and so great was the change in his earance that the court hardly recognized’ him. “I am guilty of asking for a night's lodg- ing and nothing more,”:.was his plea when arraigned on a charge of vagrancy. “You're going down hill very fast,” said the judge, who had known him in his bet- ter days. “You have good friends, and why. don’t you quit drinking and do bet- ter?” “Tell you the truth,” said the prisoner, “I have not drank anything this winter until I came here, three days ago. I have been sick all the winter.” Judge Kimball gave him some good ad- vice and released him on his personal bonds. A Charge of Suspicion. There was a charge of suspicion against two young men, Harry Miller and George Robinecker, who were arrested on com- plaint of Mrs. Markwood,. who lives on 14th street. Mrs. Ida Essex also com- plained against Miller. It is said that there is religious difference between young Rcbinecker and his wife, and the latter has left him. It was his efforts to find her, and the assistance rendered by Miller, that got them in trouble. Miller, it was charged, had watched the hcuses of both Mrs. Markwood and Mrs. Essex, whose families are on friendly terms with Mrs. Robinecker. Mrs. Essex described how she had seen Miller hiding behind a telegraph pole and tree boxes, and she added, “He's very sus- picious.”” Judge Kimball acquitted the husband, and released Miller on his personal bonds. = THE PINE TREE STATE. Anniversary of Maine’s Admission to Statehood to Be Celebrated. Today is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the date of the ratification of the constt- tution adopted upon the admission of Maine to statehood. In commemoration of this anniversary the Sons and Daughters of Maine have arranged, to be held at their rcoms, 707 G street northwest, at their regular meeting tomorrow night, a pro- gram of more than ordinary interest. While but little time has been spent In preparation for the celebration, and the elaborate exercises which were at first pro- posed have been given up, there is no doubt that the meeting tomorrow night will be of general interest to the pine tree state people residing in the city. Ex-Gov. Sidney Perham, now a resident of Washington, and an ex-member of Con- gress, has consented to deliver an informal address upon personal — reminiscences, and will refer to the progress of the state since its admission, making especial reference to the early temperance move- ment in the state. Gov. Perham, although well advanced in years, is still a vigorous and interesting speaker, and his remarks will doubtless be of an entertaining and instructive nature. + . In addition to this address it is expected that Lieut. Sumner!.J. (Kimball, superin- tendent of the life saving service, and a rative of Maine, wili deliver a paper upon some interesting evéhfs"in his career. ‘WILL + wy IT. No Truth in the Repérted Sale of the . Anacostia, Railway. Vice President Schoep? of the Eckington and Belt line street railways, who repre- sents the Elkins-Widener syndicate in the management of the properties, was asked today what truth there was in the report that his people weretabomt to purchase the Anacostia railway, famifarly known as the Washington and Potomdt. “Yoa may deny th4t’a¥ positively as you please,” said Mr. Séhodpf. “The Elkins- Widener syndicate has never considered any proposition to purchase the Anacostia road nor ever entertained even a remote idea4in that direction.’’ It is probable that the rumor grew out of the interest recently taken by Messrs. E. M. Newbold and Robert S. Carswell in in- quiring the probable price of the Anacostia road. Mr. Newbold. is the president and Mr. Carswell a director of the Belt line, but their inquiries regarding the Anacostia line were made upon their individual responsi- bility and did not include the conjunction of the latter with the Belt system in any event. ——— Cannot Help the Farmers. The Colorado supreme court has handed down an opinion holding that the bill pass- ed by the legislature for the relief of east- ern Colorado farmers is unconstitutional. It will, therefore, not become a law, and the destitute farmers will have to look elsewhere than to the state for seed with which to make a fresh start this spring. AFFAIRS IN-ALEXANDRIA Members of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew Actively at Work. Negofiations for Old Pioneer Mills Failed—Other Interesting Happen- ings in the Virginia Suburb. The regular weekly meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew was held last night at the lecture rooms of St. Paul's Church. The first regular meeting of the recently organized local council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, which is com- posed of the chapters from Grace Church, Christ Church, St. Paul’s Church, Old Pohick Church and the Theological Sem- inary, will be held in the Sunday school room of Christ Church on the night of April 2. A large attendance is expected, and each member of the brotherhood is expected to bring a gentleman friend with him. Falled tw Negotiate. Several gentlemen from the north were in the city on Wednesday trying to nego- tiate With the Wood Vulcanizing Company for the lease of the old Pioneer mills for a manufacturing plant. It is understood, however, that they failed to secure the building, but the reason could not be learned. It is hoped, however, that the difficulty, whatever it may be, will be soon settled, and that they will be successful in securing the old building at the foot of Duke street. Work Delayed. ‘The erection of the new warehouse of the Alexandria Fertiiizing and Chemical Com- pary, at the intersection of Princess and Union streets, has been progressing but slowly in consequence of the extremely bad weather. The work will be pushed as fast as the weather will allow, and the com- pany hope to have the building completed and reaiy for occupancy in a few weeks. Musicale Tonight. The musical and literary entertainment, which will be given tonight by the Alex- andria Quartet, at Sereptd Hall, promises to be a decided success. The ‘quartet,which is composed of Messrs. J. Gordan Phillips, Archie J. Nalls,Lewis B. Monroe and Frank W. Smith, will be assisted by some of the best local talent—Misses Blanche Davis and Susie Warder, and Messrs.Patrick Downey, Enos Carr, E. R. Roger, Liew Gordan and Frank Rodney of Washington. Notes. Rev. Father H. J. Cutler of St. Mary’s Church is in Richmond. Mr. J. Johnston Green is quite sick at his home on Fairfax street. Harvey Selectman has returned from a visit to New Orleans. Mrs. R. L. Wilkins of Charlottésville is visiting relatives in this city. J. H. Power of Washington has been granted a certificate of character in the corporation court, to enable him to take the examination for entrance to the bar of this city. T. S. Rouse has been released from his lease on the old canal property. Miss Bettie Smoot is visiting friends on Seminary Hill. < A large number of new stables are being erected at the Driving Park. Mrs. Leigh W. Reid is the guest of her father-in-law, Col. Wilbur Reid, on Duke street. Mr. Wm. Wheatley, who has been ap- pointed oiler on the U. 8. steamer Dolphin left here this morning at 9:30, to assume his duties. John Grigsby Beckham and Luther H. Thompson have announced themselves in the local papers as candidates for mayor. In consequence of the illness of Mrs. J. West, the Columbia L. F. E. bell will not be rung in case of fires. A number of cases of whooping cough among the children in this city is reported. ‘The funeral of Mrs. Lucy A. Armstrong took place from the residence of her son, A. W. Armstrong, 511 Prince street, this evening, at 4 o'clock. The board of fire wardens held a meet- ing yesterday evening, at which some bills were audited and routine business was transacted. The funeral of little Ethel May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Langley, took place from the residence of her mother, Mrs. Woodfield, on North St. Asaph street, yes- terday even:ng. The police ot this city have received ad- vices from Stafford county that a horse, answering the description of the horse “Reiff,” stolen from the driving park, sev- eral weeks ago, had been found, and a stable boy has been sent to identify it. ——._—_ FOR THE CURE OF LOCK-JAW. Dr. Paul Gibier Believes He Has a Remedy. Science: may have mastered the secret of coping with the terrible disease known as lock-jaw, death from which is often said to be more terrible than from the worst form of hydrophobia. Before the Medico Legal Society of New York a pa- per was read Wednesday night by Dr. Paul Gibier, director of the New York Pas- teur Institute, in which he presented the interesting facts’ of a discovery in which he claimed that anti-toxine of tetanus is a: positive preventive, if not an absolute remedy, for lock-jaw. He entered at length into the details of the preparation of the anti-toxine, and cited numerous cases where the introduc- tion of the fluid into the system both pre- verted lock-jaw and effected cures. Through a large microscope, which Dr. Gibier had previously set up on the plat- form, his hearers were enabled to peep at magnified “‘baccili” of tetanus, with which he had charged the glass. “These are the germs which produce the terrible tetanus,” said Dr. Gibier. “The baccili of tetanus cover all sectfons of the earth inhabited by mah or beast. The germs are indigenous, I might say, to the soil where man or animal live. Par- ticularly in the stable myriads and myriads of these germs of disease have their be- ing. The horse, more than any other ani- mal, is susceptible to tetanus, and this may be accounted for from the fact that the filth of the stable is more conducive to the development of the tetanus baccili than any other condition. “The disease is not contracted by in- halation. It is the result of the germs ing introduced into a woung or open- ing-of the-skin. Once in the wound the germs of tetanus thrive wonderfully, and in a few days produce that awful condi- tion which results in the stiffening of the muscles of the jaw, terrible convulsions and rigidity of frame and ends in death.” Dr. Gibier quoted statistics showing that 65 per cent of the cases of tetanus resulted fatally, these figures including deaths on the. battle field and in railroad accidents. The development of tetanus among victims of railroad disasters, he said, was due to the introduction of the germ-charged rail into the wounds. +e Covenant Church Meeting. The annual meeting of the Church of the Covenant was held last evening. Admiral E. R. Colhoun, Paymaster General Edwin Stewart and Alfred R. Quaiffe were re- elected ruling elders, and Messrs. H. B. F. Macfarland, R. B. Taylor, W. H. Aspinwall and A. W. Mallery were re-elected deacons. The reports presented show that the church now has 661 communicants and is prosperous in all its departments of work. Especially is this the case with its mission in Georgetown (Peck Chapel), under charge of Rev. Chas. Alvin Smith. The contributions of the church for be- nevolences during the year aggregate nearly $11,000. ‘ An effort to liquidate the church debt is now in progress, and notwithstanding the present hard times, $31,300 has been already subscribed for that purpose. The pew rent- als for the year amount to $13,189.92. Messrs. Wm. Ballantyne, Matthew W. Galt and Claudius B. Jewell were re-elected’ trustees of the church. ——__—— On Her Way Home. Detective Quinlan left here this morning to go as far as New York with the little girl who was brought here from her home at Calgary, Canada, by Prof. Campbell, as heretcfore published in The Star. The de- tective will put her on the train for Mon- treal, where she will be met by a sister of a resident of Calgary, named Caven, who is at present in this city. The girl will then be put cn a through train, which will land her at Calgary, where she will again see her parents. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER.” IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. “Twenty years ago I made my first winter visit to Florida,” said Walter Cahill of New York at the Cochran last night. “I made my headquarters in Jacksonville and my sightseeing consisted in a steamer trip on the St. John’s river and a trip by boat to St. Augustine. Every winter since then I have been down there during a larger part of January and all of February,.and each visit has seen the opportunities for travel greatly increased and the chances for pleasure for the tourist multiplied. Hereafter the Florida visitor who has the means and inclination, and one cannot help having the latter, for the further south he goes the greater becomes. the beauty and makes him want to go still further, will extend his trip to Cuba and Jamaica. The trip to Jamaica is especially enjoyable. The effect of my last visit there was so great that I am on my way down to make an- other, which will begin next Tuesday. We will have four days in Jamaica, and no ne can realize the delights of the place until he has been there. I’m like a good many northerners, I reckon, who are said to be south crazy in the winter. The west- ern fever is nothing to it. When the in- sanity gets hold of a man it owns him body and soul and nothing can relieve 't until he goes as far into Florida as a train will take him and then takes a wagon. The disease accounts in a great measure for the big northern population the penin- sula contains every winter, for you meet the sume people year after year.” “Old Philip Kissam, who died in New York the other day, was probabiy the only man who ever knew what the Astors were really worth,” said Samuel S. Townsend of Gotham at the Raleigh last night. “He had settled up the estate of three genera- tions, and was still serving a fourth when His summons came. In 1848 he was one of the executors of the first John Jacob Astor, and in 1872 he acted in a similar capacity after the death of: William B. A few years ago he settled up the affairs of the son of William. Mr. Kissam was really the sole custodian of the Astor for- tune, so far as the estate was concerned. He attended to all leases, renewals, repairs and rents, and his word was law, as rig- orous as that of the Medes and Persians, regarding everything in the management of that vast property. His wife, by the way, was a daughter of the inventor of the Parrott gun.” ~ “There seems to be a general awakening throughout the country on the subject of naturalization laws,” said Bertram Fisk of Chicago at Willard’s yesterday, “and per- haps a great deal of good may come of it. In some states a mere residence of a few months and an expression of future loyalty to the American government is sufficient to make a voting citizen out of any for- eigner, who knows no more about our customs, language or institutions_than a hog does about a holiday. A very good proposition has been made in Nebraska, which looks toward amending the state constitution so that a fairly long residence in the state and an ability to write the English language will be necessary requi- sites for the naturalization of foreigners and the exercise of franchise on the part of citizens generally. This is a move in the right direction, and in the west the result of the discussion now going on over it is occasioning much interest.” —— Arrested for Embezzlement. Louis A. Tracy, secretary and teller of the Security Company at Hartford, Conn., has been arrested, charged with having embezzled $9,700 from the company. It is claimed that by bogus checks and memo- randa he has embezzled nearly $10,000. Tracy has been secretary for the company for several years. ———+e+_____ Shot With His Own Pistol. Just as the doors of the Carolina Nation- al Bank had beet closed for the day at Columbia, 8. C., Wednesday, a pistol shot rang out in a rear bed room in the bank, and the officials ran back to the door of the room to find Alfred Burwell Symmers, the bank's bookkeeper, lying across the bed dead, with a bullet through his heart. In- vestigation shows that the killing was an accident. It seems that every afternoon he has been going out on his wheel. He always took the pistol with him, and al- ways “broke” it to see if it was loaded. He had already rolled his wheel out and had put his trousers’ clamps cn. It ap- pears that when he went to break the pis- tol he caught the double-action trigger in- stead of the guard, and sent the bullet through the lower lobe of his heart. ———-+e-_____ Aeronnut Wise Dend. Charles E. Wise, the aeronaut, died of Pneumonia at his home in Jenkintown, near Philadelphia, Tuesday. He was the son of Prof. John Wise, and for forty-two years was the manager and engineer of more aeronautical appliances for the pleas- ure of the pubiic and for meteorological investigation of the air currents than any one now living. He was the engineer of the balloon corps at the first battle of Bull Run, ee Whipping Post Bill Beaten. The whipping post bill, introduced by Senator O'Connor and passed without op- position by the New York senate, has been defeated after a sharp fight in the assem- bly by 53 to 57. The bill provided that a judge may sentence the convict to receive forty lashes, in addition to the regular punishment ‘The whipping was to be wit- nessed only by the warden and a physi- cian. The republican leader, Danforth E. Ainsworth, and the ablest democratic ora- tor, John B. Stanchfield, advocated the measure. Assemblyman Robbins, republi- can, led.the opposition. Denth of Rev. Robert W. Dale. Robert William Dale, the preacher, au- thor and lecturer, of England, is dead. He wag born in London December 1, 1829, and graduated at the University of London in 1858. He began his ministry at Carrs Lane (Congregational) Church, Birmingham, in 1853. Dr. Dale was chairman of the Con- gregational Union of England and Wales, 1868-60. For seven years he edited the Congregationalist, was the author of many works or theological subjects and took ac- tive part in non-conformist controversies and liberal political movements. —— Consternation at Cincinnati. The Law and Order League of Cincin- rati has caused consternation by its charges preferred against certain city offi- cials. For some time the league has been insisting on the strict enforcement of the midnight and Sunday closing laws and on stopping Sunday theaters. They nave purged the city cf slot machines and all gambling is closely shaded. The league charged that the police were obstructing them in enforcing the law. Their charges against Detective Charles H. Hudson were sustained and he was dismissed. Similar charges were filed against Detective Cal- vin Crim,and charges are expected against others soon, “CITY LOT FARMS.” A Valuable Suggestion That Comes From Detroit. In June last yeat the mayor of Detroit, Hazen 8. Pingree, suggested that unoccupied land within the city limits and adjacent thereto should be utilized in order to pro- vide cpportunities for poor and unemployed. Perscns to cultivate it. He began by ap- Pointing a committee of practical men who were eornestly in sympathy with the move- ~ ment. They accepted 43) acres from the several thousand offered. This land was ploughed, harrowed and staked off into lots of one-quarter to one-half acre each. About 3,000 applications were made for lots, but owing to lack of funds the committee was able to provide for only 345 families. All applicants were carefully investigated, and none but worthy persons with families were helped. Seed potatoes, beans and other seeds were furnished by the commit- tee to those unable to provide them, the entire expenses of the committee being $4,600. As it was the middle of June be- fore the work was begun, there was not sufficient time to obtain in every case the best soil, and for the same reason, it being necessary to expedite the ploughing, the committee was obliged to purchase plows, harrows, etc. The crops were planted, cul- tivated and harvested by the people them- selves, under the supervision of the com- mittee, including some thirty lots assigned to widows, whose dependert, half-grown boys cultivated the land. It was not pos- sible in a!l cases for persons to have the lots near their hemes, and in some cases the distance was two miles. But that con- dition did not deter them. The poor almost fought for a chance to get a patch of ground to till. Nine-tenths of the pieces were well taken care of. Each occupant Planted ut least two-thirds of his piece in potatoes, and the remainder with such, seeds as were preferable. All kinds of gar- den truck were raised. A mounted police- man and a gentleman from the assessor's office supervised the work throughout the summer by making daily rounds. A part ot the land was so dry that afterward it had to be sown in turnips. The crops turned out so well, in spite of the lateness of the season, that an exhibit at the state fair of vegetables grown upon this soil was awardéd a diploma by the State Agricultural Society. Deducting the value of the ploughs, etc., now on hand, the cost per lot to the committee was about $3.45. The committee estimates that the potato crop averaged about fifteen bushels per lot, which would give 14,175 bushels of potatoes alone. Large quantities of beans, turnips antl other vegetables were raised and daily consumed, of which the commit- tee is unable to furnish a record. The es- timated total value of the crops produced Was $12,000 to $14,000, at a cost to the com- mittee of about $3,600. This latter sum was made up by subscriptions. ¥or a short period of the time in Septem- ber and October four inspectors of the poor commission, in connection with other duties, kept more or less watch over the crop, and the loss by theft was practically nothing—certainly not more than that of the average market gardener. The com- mission has received applications from a great many of these people for pieces of jJand for next year. The commission thinks that about one-third of an acre is sufficient land for a family to raise enough potatoes on to jast threugh the winter and furnish vegetables through the summer. = NEARLY LOST THEIR LIVES. Young Men Tié Dynamite > to a Mad Dog's Tail. John Gallagher and Peter Harkins, two young men of Silver Brook, Pa., through an oversight almost lost their lives beside throwing the entire community into a state of the wildest excitement. A dog, woned by Henry Yansis, was the” first to excite the town, and it was pro- nounced mad. Gallagher and Harkins went to the rescue of the villagers and succeed- ed in corraling the canine in an old stable at the outskirts of the village, when they proceeded to dispatch the dog with a shot- gun, but being poor marksmen failed in their purpose. It was then decided to make short work of the dog with dynamite. Accordingly, a stick of the explosive, with a cap and fuse, was tied to the animal's body and the fuse ignited. The boys then ran to a place of safety. In their haste they had forgotten to secure the dog, and to their horror found him chasing after them. The dynamite was liable to be exploded any moment, and to save themselves they climbed a tree. They had gotten ten feet from the ground when the dynamite went off. The dog was blown to atoms, and the earth dug away from the bottom of the tree so much that it top- pled over. Both boys were struck by the flying debris, but escaped dangerous in- juries. The terrific shock alarmed the en- tire neighborhood. ——__+e+ Liverpool Trade Ethics. Trade morality, which sometimes reaches a very low ebb even in honest Britain, had a curious illustration in the Liverpool bank- ruptcy court the other day. A tradesman in difficulties remarked that he was in the habit of affixing a private mark. on his goods to denote the cost, and then left it to the judgment of his clerks to determine what price should be charged thé purchaser, He simply intimated that from 10 to 20 per cent would be about the right thing. The consequence was that if a keen, calculating individual wanted to purchase anything, the clerk soon sized him up and charged him the lowest price. It was the trading of the good-natured, easy-going customers which really kept up the business, for the clerks “put it onto” them. It was explain- ed that this system is in pretty general use in Liverpool shops. + 0+______ Something to Be Fixed by Law. From the Brooklyn Eagle. The amount of bag at the knees In wo- | man’s bicycle trousers will have to be fixed by law in order to segsre her against ar- rest. On a fair day in our town women are to be seen in all sorts of wheeling cos- tumes, from flowing skirts to Amazon rigs. Ten people were arrested in New York lust evening, however, for not carrying, lighted lamps on their bicycles—though it does not appear that any of the carriage drivers were taken into custody for the same of- fense—and one of the ten was a woman in a derby hat and trousers tightened at the ankles instead of at the knee. She was taken to a police station and locked up for the night. ‘The police do not real- ize how fast nor in what direction the new woman is advancing. When she tries to advance on a bicycle she ought to be al- lowed to wear clothing that will not catch in the spokes and pedals. it be that a woman shall not ride on a wheel in Dloomers unless she rufiles the rims there- of? .- ——~or Disastrous Fire at Kansas City. A fire which destroyed over $300,000 worth of property in an hour broke out in Mansas City Wednesday afternoon in the four-story building at 410 Wesf Sth street, occupied by the English Supply Company. The flames were carried to the top of the five-story brick building north of the En- glish building, occupied by the Western Newspaper Union and the Great Western type foundry. Both of these buildings were practically destroyed. ~