Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1895, Page 3

SPECIAL NOTICES. Lo. 0. AOMI REBEKAH LODGE, NO. 1 +The officers and members will meet THIS, ING at 7 o'clock, in Odd Fellows’ Hall, 7th st. n.w., to make arrangements for the funeral of our beloved sister. Marian Herbert, funeral Bill take place trom her late reskienee,, No, 96 st. n.w., on ‘Thursday afternoon at 3 o’cloc! TEDNA G. ALLAN, ANNIE M. ROBERTS. ‘Noble Grand, Kee. See. it BISHOP BARKER OF OLYMPIA WILL SPEAK AT MISSIONARY | SERVICE. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, 23D. 3T., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 8 P.M. E MEETING OF ite TF NOTICE.—THE | A. ‘ik House, on TUESDAY, 5 12 o'clock noon, ‘for the following purposes: 1. To elect officers. 2. To consider and determine whether the capl- be increased two million five bundred t! dollars, and to. March 19, 1895. mh20-10t UFFER FI INDIGESTI( £ SUFYER FROM IN aceite NEED A Something that’s not injurious—that'll ald as- \—build up and strengthen the system? CHENER HOFBRAU BEER fills the bill.” Brewed of the purest hops and malt—makes a perfect spring tonic. As a delicious beverage, it can't be surpamed. We have it on draught and in bottles. Families supptied. FRITZ REUTER'S, COR, VA. AVE. AND 4% ST. mh20-10d z ALL PERSONS HAVING GOODS ON DEPOSIT with H. K. Fulton, a‘ which interest = one year or more, are hereby notified to pay “interest on the same or the goods will be fekaotiate oO" ARK. FULTON, Pawnbroker. PECIAL GOSPEL SERVICES TONIGHT AND eee evening this Week, except Saturday; at, the Presbyterian Church, cor. 0! Sota Fido Selock: All are Invited. mbI8st REGLAZING BENT SHOW CASES fa new feature with us, and we are the only house in this city doing it. Sending it out of town meant a risk and cost of freightage. Ou wagon Will call for and deliver it. CHAS. E. HODGKIN, 913 7th st., “Glass Expert.” OUR RIDING SCHOOL Is now open for business. ‘Track has been re- surfaced and put In fine shape; competent instruc- tors are always on band, and you may be sure of Jearning to ride in “good form’? if we teach you. Ten lesson tickets for $2.00; single lessons, 50c. each; yearly. ticket, $10.00; life membership, $25.00. mhi9-124 00." Price of course ticket applies on S chase of wheel, if you desire to buy a AMBLER. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., mh6-14d 1325 14th st. nw. ‘SPRING! SPRING! ‘SPRING! 2 Goods, G Prices, F treatment, reat cs OWEN, Fine Tailoring, 423 11TH ST. __f27-tf FIRES.FRANKLIN STOVES GIVE ALL ‘the pleasures of an open fireplace with the beat of a stove. May be used with andirons or grate. 20 per cent discount on Andirons, Portable 3 Spark Guards, Gas. ete. feSif J. He CORNING, ‘Tile Shop, 520-522 13th st, H. LM QUEEN, Prixer and Publisher. Book and Job, Hriuting. Telephone 820. 1108-1116 st. aw. THERE’S SATISFACTION And appearance of ce IN THE WEARING a MEASURE SHIRT that’s impossible to derive from any other kind. We make shirts of the finest materials that fit perfectly .im every respect. ‘Then, if you're + not satisfied,’ we don’t Keep your moi Sam- ple shilrt, $1.50; 6 for $9. FRANK WELLS, 1411 PA, AVE. N.W., Shirtmaker, Under “Willard’s, —mh20-14 ee B Hie 99 “Dm Real Hungry. Many and many an invalid would give millions just to be able to say those few simple words. To-Kalon Old Stock Port wiil make y hungry. It will build up your system—and enrich the blood. Only 7Se. quart. To=-Kaion Wine Co.,614 14th "Phone 998. [7 West Washington orders filled trough Mencgue & Jones, S31 aed Mi sts. x.w. mh20- To Lovers of Quality. Nothing but the best shirts—nothing but per- fect fits—nothing that is shoddy. € us meas- Harry T. Miller, 606 14th. MANAGER SPINDLEL SHIRT co. Saves Time and Trouble, When you have FILE ENVELOPES in your of- fice or home. Keep valuable papers and letters in order—save annoyance and additional ex- pense. We have all kinds—*"Household,”’ “Cab- inet’’ and “‘Security”—always ou hand. (7 Everything in the Stationery line at very lowest prices. Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St. Popular-Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.) nh20-14d All Good judges of printing—espe- cially ““brief"’ work, ‘and they show their good ju it by giving us their printing. Fifty Lawyers. Spies (arge pages, new type, ——_~ fine paper) for v0c. "Best of all, they get it when promised, -for, Are when a lawyer wants his briefs, he wants them badly! You know “we never disappoint.” Prompt Printer, Byron S. Adams, 572'titn st. nw. mb19-14d A “Good” Stimulant ‘There is no better stimulant to be had than ‘Tharp’s Old Reliable “BERKELEY” “Whis- ky. It will make you strong! Only $1 full at., $4 gal. James Tharp,812F St.N.W. mhi9-12d Spring New stores, new stock and the old method of giving hon- est value for money received are here to greet you. The particular inducement we of- fer is fitting of the very high- est order. Mr. Burns per- sonally supervises the fitting and cutting of all garments— that assures you of everything being right. J. D. BURNS & CO., Cor. 9th and-G sts. n.w. mbhi9-l4id Suitings, $20. Being on exclusive Shirt house, we have always en- joyed the reputation of 75c. Dress Shirts, 65c. having the best shirts made for their respective prices. We have the best 75c. shirt made, and we are going to create a little sensation by running it for a while at 65c. Open back, two styles of bosom, nsutta muslin, and we believe it is even equ to many of the dollar shirts sold about town. For a while we will run it at 65c. Rather ou wouldn't take but one at this rice. | ‘Two Old-timers, lery & Ireland, jy on eet mh19-14d N. ¥. ave.). ‘A Turkish bath often proves an excellent pan- acea for many of the ordinary ailments man TURKISH | jordacitve st ——— bath--try one BATHS. here. Our facilities are unexcelled — pleasant surroundings and attend. ants of long experience. Open daily till 9 p.m. 903 E ST. mhis-itd <and over i A Thousand sittings from wnt ———_stleet, Store’ than all @ other shirtmal Patterns combined. Colored Shirts are to have a great summer. Percale, Madras, “run” this spring and nev nnels, Slagle enes for Cheviots, Flannels, ete. $8.25 to order. If collars and cuffs attached, 25c. each extra. Shirt P. T. Hall, Shit., 908 F St. mh18-10d - Good and Bad Varnish —look alike in the liquid, and even when first put on. Soon the bad begins to wear . For interior work we have @ var- nish at 60c. a gailon which: sells about town for a dollar. CHAS. E. HODGKIN, 913 7th st., * Glass Expert.” mh19-10d CURED WITHOUT THE KNIFE. Cancers Sittarium. 1320 6 st. nw. CHARLES ALLE: 5 mb2-1m A Paying Business. A local paper tells how the boys of Sand- wich, Mass., have been buncoing the au- thorities on the muskrat question. The town of Sandwich offered a bounty of 25 cents for every muskrat head, and the town of Bourne, adjoining, offered 25 cents for every muskrat tail. The boys began to hunt muskrats, selling the head in Sandwich and the tail in Bourne, every animal thereby netting them 50 cents. The authorities in each town discovered what was going on and changed their offer at the same time. Sandwich paying for the tails and Bourne for the heads. The boys cheerfully acquiesced, as it made no differ- ence to them whether they sold the head in one town or the other. In either case it was “Heads I win, tails you lose.” see __ THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. THE TATSUTA’S TRIP Arrival of the Gunboat at Yokohama From England. JAPANESE CRUISERS OFF TAK BAR Greeting Sent From London to Neal Dow. GENERAL FOREIGN TOPICS YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 20.—The em- Mperoy will shortly leave Hiroshima for Kioto, on the Island of Hondo. He will not return to Hiroshima. The gunboat Tatsuta, which was de- tained at Aden while on her way here by order of the British government, has ar- rived at this port. The Tatsuta, according to a dispatch from Aden on August 28 last, was detained there by order of the British foreign office under the foreign enlistment act, because her captain and crew were British subjects. Moreover, the crew, in view of the neutrality laws, refused to do duty. The Tatsuta left Shields, England, on July 31 for Yokohama. She was built by the Armstrongs at Elswick and was launched on April 6 last. She is of 875 tons register and has a speed of 21 knots. Prince Komatsu, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese armies, is going to estab- lish his headquarters at Port Arthur. TIEN-TSIN, China, March 20.—Four Japanese cruisers arrived off the Taku bar yesterday. They were in search of vessels carrying contraband of- war. GREETING TO NEAL Dow. Congratulations on His Reaching the Age of Ninety-One. LONDON, March 20.—The ninety-first anniversary of the birth of Neal Dow, the American temperance reformer, was cele- brated last evening in the Wesleyan Church, Highgate, this city. Delegations from all the temperance societies were in attendance. Dj Chowry Muthu, the Chris- tian Brahmin, presided. Mr. Roberts and others addressed the meeting, and H. J. Osborn, editor of the Lantern, a publication devoted to Christian works, lectured on “Neal Dow, Maine and the Maine Law.” The meeting, which was remarkable for the great enthusiasm prevailing, passed a resolution warmly congratulating Mr. Dow upon the attainment of his ninety-first birthday, and recording the deep appre- elation of the meeting with his immeasure- able services in the cause of temperance and prohibition to humanity and to God, and rejoicing in their. widespread accept- ance, which assured the ultimate triumph of the principles he has so untiringly advo- cated. In conclusion, the meeting sent Gen. Dow greeting in the wording of Numbers vi. verses 24, 25 and 26, as follows: “The Lord bless thee and keep thee; the Lord make His face shine upon thee and gracious unto thee; the Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and nerve thee.” MANY REPORTED KILLED. Terrible Explosion of Dynamite. on the Rhine. COLOGNE, March 20.—A report is in cir- culation here to the effect that a terrible explosion of dynamite has taken place at Oberwesel on the Rhine. AMSTERDAM, March 20.—The Niues Van Den Dag publishes a dispatch saying that the disaster reported from Cologne was the result of the explosion of the car- go of 20,000 kilos of dynamite on board the ship Elizabeth, at Salmorth, in the dis- trict of Dusseldorf, yesterday evening. Ac- cording to this dispatch, thirteen persons were killed, five were injured and one went mad. The scene after the explosion is de- scribed as being one of terrible destruc- tion, ED TO SEVERITY. The Government's Attitade Toward the Central Pacific. LONDON, March 20.—The Pall Mall Ga- zette this afternoon publishes an interview with Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, formerly controller of the national debt office, who has just returned from the United States, where he has been in communication with the United States government as the repre- sentative of the British holders of the Central Pacific bonds. He is quoted as say- ing that he found the executive to be all right and Secretary Carlisle to be business like and reasonable. According to Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, Secretary Carlisle stated that he would rather not touch a cent of the debt owed by the railroad than that the Central Pzcific should be subjected to the “pound of flesh” principle. The gov- ernment, Sir Charles added, was prepared to accept the principal of the debt, forego- ing the interest; but in his opinion the re- sult was dovbtful, owing to the temper of the next Congress, which, he is yucted as asserting, “contains some wild people so- cialistically.” NOT INCLIN General Foreign Notes. MADRID, March 20.—The officers of the garrison yesterday drew lots in ord=r to de- cide which of them should demand satis- faction from the editors and authors of the recent published utterances deemed to be insulting to the Spanish army. BERLIN, March 20.—Prince Woldemar, reigning prince of Lippe (Detmold), is dead, aged seventy-cne. He leaves no issue. MENTONE, France, March 20.—The Duchess of Leinster, widow of the fifth Duke of Leirster, is dead. The duchess was married to the Duke of Leinster in 1884. She was a daughter of the first earl of Faversham, and was reputed ihe most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom. Her son, the present Duke of Leinster, was born in 1887. ——_—_—-— ASSAULTED IN NICARAGUA. Case for the State Depart- ment to Consider. SAN DIEGO, March 20.—Advices have been received of the narrow escape from death of Eugene Usenay, a former resi- dent of this city, who is now in Nicaragua. Assaulted by a peon employed on the plan- tation where he is at present located, he barely escaped with his Life, repeatedly slashed with a machette. The matter being called to the attention of the authorities, a farcical examination was held and the of- fender discharged. Usenay was offered English protection, but relied on American support, which was not forthcoming. The matter has been brought to the attention of Senator White, an old schoolmate of Use- nay’s, who will lay the case before the Washington authorities. ——.— Pashing Local Industries. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20.—A nfianu- facturers’ convention, with an attendance of nearly 300 delegates, is holding a session here. The organization is, as explained by the committee on permanent organization, for the purpose of discouraging the preju- dices in favor of foreign goods. The com- mittee on resolutions presented resolutions declaring it the duty of every citizen of the state to buy and use the productions of the state, demanding a reduction of licenses and the abrogation of local taxation on shipping, and demanding lower freight rates from California to the east and higher freight ratgs from the east to California. — = — General Passenger Agents. NEW YORK, March 20.—The American Association of General Passenger Agents continued its session today at the Murray Hill Hotel. The session was an open one. The feature of the meeting was the an- nual address delivered by George H. Dan- iels of the New York Central. At the close of the speech the next business was the hearing of the report of the committee on “paster contracts.” The convention will close today, although it had been originally intended to last three days. The agents found that they could get through their work in two, Another THE OFFICIAL WEATHE EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a. Wake. fe al ‘nn i i Mi i" 7 7th meridian time. Solid lines are isobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are or snow has fallen during preceding. twelve hours. Small arrows show path of storm. areas of high and low barometer. ions where rain ‘The words “High” and “Low” show location of THE WEATHER MAP. Changes Which Have Occurred in Twenty-Four Hours. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday—For the District of Columbia and Maryland, rain or snow tonight; clearing in the early morn- ing; fair Thursday afternoon; slight changes in temperature; easterly winds, shifting to westerly. For Virginia, rain or snow, followed by fair weather; brisk and high easterly winds, shifting to westerly; stationary tempera- ture, followed by slightly warmer in south- ern portion ‘Thursday evening. The storm which occupied Oklahoma and northern Texas Tuesday has moved east- ward over Tennessee, increasing in strength and attended by an area of heavy rain‘all from the middle and lower Mississippi val- ley over the Atlantic coast states from Virginia to Georgia. The north Pacific storm has moved eastward north of the state of Washington, attended by rain in the middle and north Pacific coast districts. At stations in Tennessee, northern Georgia, northern Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, southwest Missouri and western North Car- olina the depth of rainfall in the last twen- ty-four hours has exceeded one inch, and at Springfield, Mo., a depth of 2.08 inches has fallen. The temperature has fallen decidedly in the southwest and frost was reported this morning at Abilene, Texas. - This morning’s map indicates a rapid east or north of east movement of the storm from Tennessee, off the Atlantic coast, with rain or snow in the middle and south Atlantic states, followed Thursday by fair weather. High easterly, shifting tonight to northwest, winds may be ex- pected along the middle Atlantic and south New England coasts, and a marked fall in temperature, with conditions favorable for frost, is indicated for north parts of the east and middle gulf states Thursday morning. Condition of the Water. * Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls. temperatute, 42; condi- tion, 08; receiving reservoir, temperature, 42; condition at north connection, 09; con- dition at south connection, 13; distributing reservoir, temperature, 43; condition at in- fluent gate house, 05; effluent gate house, 06. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 10:28 p.m. Tomorrow—High tide, 4:16 a. Pp.m.; low tide, 10:44 a.m. and 1 Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 37; 2 p.m., 36; maximum, 37; mini- mum, 34. GOING TO MEMPHIS Preparing for the Interstate Drill and En- campment in May, Three Local Companies Will Compete With Crack Drills From the South—Active Work. Col. I. F. Peters, general manager of the interstate drill and encampment to be held at Memphis, Tenn., May 11 to 21, inclusive, today reached this city and called on the commanding officers of the local companies who contemplate participating in the drill. The event has occasioned more than ordi- nary interest in ard out of the District of Columbia National Guard, an‘ already the National Fencibles, the Morton Cadets and the Hibernian Rifles have begun prepara- tions for a visit to the Tennessee city. It is possible that a section of battery A, light artillery, will enter the artillery drill. According to Col. Peters, this interstate drill and encampment is intended to cover a wider range than any former competi- tion that has taken place in the United States. It is proposed to illustrate the dif- ferent tactics that have been in vogue in this country for the last thirty years, and in formulating the rules governing the en- campment it was deemed necessary that the event should extend through ten dz as less than that period was considered too short a time in which to carry out the ex- tended program provided. Ordinarily, one week would be ample time in which to af- ford opportunity for all companies to com- pete, but the introduction of three obsolete classes, Upton, Hardee and Casey, render- ed if necessary to extend the time, for it is expected that there will be a large attend- ance of companies who will compete in these three classes, and the management thinks such competitions will not only add greatly to the interest in the enterprise, but will attract large numbers of people to witness the drills. Col. Peters believes that the lessons pro- vided in the Memphis competition will be such as to attract attention of military men to the best features of all the tactics heretofore in use and may result in bring- ing about much valuable improvement in military scierce. Not a Walkover. That the local cumpanies will not have what is termed a “walkover,” is evidenced by a statement of Col. Peters in regard to the number of companies who are expected to attend the encampment. “Since I left Memphis, two weeks ago,” said Col. Peters to a Star reporter, “I have passed through several southern cities, and have received personal assurances that we will have with us in May six companies from New Or- leans and possibly two more. The Conti- nental Veterans, the Gulf City Guards and the Mobiie Rifles will represent Mobile, while Montgomery will send the Montgom- ery Greys. The Macon Volunteers and the Macon Huzzars mean to enter the drill, as do the Birmingham Rifles. Two compa- nies of the Gate City Guard and the Goy- ernor’s Horse Guard are going from At- lanta, and Augusta will send the Richmond Huzzars and the German Guard. The Savannah Cadets, the Charleston Rifles, the Jacksonville Rifles, the No! folk Light Artillery Blues, the Nor- folk City Guard, the Lee Rifles of Norfolk, the Richmond Howitzers and the Kichmond Light Infantry Blues have alsc made up their minds to be present at our encampment. In addition to those men- tioned, it is almost a certainty that com- panies will be sent to Memphis from Oma- ha, Lincoln, Kansas City, St. Louis, Clev: land, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, De- troit, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Madi- son, Dubuque, Galveston, San Antonio, Aus- tin, Houston, Waco and Dallas. “Of course, two companies of the Chicka- saw Guards, the Governor's Guards and the Neeley Zouaves of Memphis will en- gage in the competition, as will the Mc- Carthy Light Guard, the Fletcher Zouaves and the Eagle Battery of Little Rock, and companies from Chattanooga, Kuoxville and Nashville, and also Mississippi, and several cities in Arkansas. I also hope to secure entries from Baltimore, Philadel- phia, New York, Boston and Buffalo. The Rules. “The rules governing the actual rill to take place after the companies have en- tered the field will be formulated by United States army officers, who are to be detailed to act as judges, and this order of drill, it is proposed, shall be handed to each com- manding officer one hour before the time assigned to his company to begin its drill. Your Morton Cadets and Hibernian Rifleg, I understand, have never entered an inter- state drill, and therefore both may engage in three classes at Memphis—the free-for- all infantry, the class for companies that have never won or been awarded a prize in interstate drill and the class for companies -that have never drilled in interstate drills. “Memphis will be more than glad to wi come the Washington companies, espe- cially the champion Fencibles, and will be greatly disappointed if, for any reason whatsoever, the Fencibles, Morton Cadets, Hibernian Rifles and Battery A should fail to enter the competition. The Washingto- nians are assured the best treatment dur- ing their stay in our city, and nothing will be done to mar their pleasure in so far as it may be within the control of those at the head of the enterprise. Our chief object in holding the encampment is to show the citizen soldiery of the United States at its best, both now and in the past, covering a period ‘n which there -has been displayed more martial spirit than in any other ilar period in the history of the country Col. Peters announces that the sponsors will be a feature at the Memphis drill, and that the girls are looking forward to en- tertaining the soldiers with much eager- ness. A Handleap. ‘The Fencibles are seriously handicapped, as from present indications neither First Lieut. Mosher nor Second Lieut. Mortimer will be able to accompany the team. How- ever, the champions, as heretofore stated, have decided to begin drilling Monday even- ing next, and but little doubt exists that they wili go to Memphis and return with the cup. The Morton Cadets began work last evening, and it is their intention to re- turn from the Tennessee city with four prizes. Nu grass is ‘growing’ under the fect of the Hibernian Rifles, who are already well advanced in rations f wali aavar Preparations for the pro ————— THE cCouRTSs. Court of Appeals—Ghtef Justice Alvey; As- soclate Justice Shepard and Justice Cox. _Admission—Alex. Cz MacNuity. No. 403— Stewart agt. B. and. R. R.Co.; argument cencluded. No. 3%2—May agt. May; appeal to Supreme Court of the United States al- lowed, and bond fixed at $15,000, with leave to_appellee to move to increase same. No. 455—Burke agt. Claughton; motion to accket and dismiss overruled, and motion to docket cause granted. ) May agt. May ove motion to amend decree as to costs uled, opinion by Justice Morris. No. )—Denison agt. Lewis; motion to retax costs granted, costs to be equally divided, opinion by same. No. '375—Harlow agt. Carroll; motion for reargument granted. No. 404—Brown agt. B. and O. R. R. Co.; on hearing. Equity Court No. 2—Judge Hagner. Skidmore agt. Gross; order confirming auditor’s report. Mlenner agt. Overman; time to take testimony limited to twenty days. Hobson agt. Garnett; Raleigh W. Hobson appointed guardian ad litem: Humphrey agt. Ford et al.; order for com- mission to issue. Humphrey agt. Saxton; order pro confesso against defendant. Circuit Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. In re will of Katie H. Olmstead; commis- sion ordered to issue to take deposition. Bacon agt. Rock Creek Railway Company; motion for new trial filed. Circuit Court No. 2—Chief Justice Bing- am. Phelps agt. the District of Columbia; ver- dict for defendant. Black agt. Maisak; verdict for defendant. Criminal Court No. 1—Judge McComas. United States agt. James B. Ashton, car- nal knowledge; verdict not guilty. United States agt. Basil Lockwood, assault to kill; verdict not guilty. United States agt. Jas. = eee, second offense petit larceny; on rial. Criminal Court No. 2—Judge Cole. United States agt. Joseph A. Beam, mur- der; on trial. Probate Court.—Judge Hagner. Estate of Catherine Forrest; will proved. Estate of, Michael Eichmann; do. Estate of Daniel Nelson; inventory filed. Estate of Helen M. Kanouse; will filed. Estate of Jno. S. McKenney; do. In re Thos. A. Ragan, guardian; first account filed. — __ Selling Heiress’ Addresses. Warren F. Thompson, a matrimonial agent at Chicago, who claims to be able to supply wives of dazzling beauty and un- Mmited wealth, has been convicted in the Urited States court in that city of using the mails to defraud. He is the publisher of the matrimonial paper, Heart and Hand,’ and got himself into trouble by advertising heiresses at 25 cents apiece, three for half a dollar. Last January Thompson advertised to sell the addresses of six beautiful heiresses, some widows and some maidens at the above terms, and the prosecution alleges he has been receiv- ing ‘several bushels of mail a day since. His arrest and conviction today yresulted. Pending the hearing of a motion for a new trial sentence was withheld. +o+——____ Killed by the Cannonball Train. A special dispatch to The Star from Petersburg, Va., dated the 19th, says: John R. Norris, for the past fifteen years em- ployed as truckman! at the ‘freight depot of the Richmond anid Petersburg Railroad Company in this city, "was instantly killed this morning while ‘crossing® the track in frent of the “cannon ball” train from Richmond to Norfolk as it‘pulled into the station. + ———— oa Made Insane by. rip. Henry Mersoran, ;a, school teacher of Pittsburg, Pa., was taken from his board- ing house in New York yesterday insane. Mersoran came to Néw York 'city two days ago. He had been suffering: with the grip for a month. Early, yesterday morning a patrolman heard cries of murder and found Mersoran leaning from his window shout- ing. He told the policeman that his head was on fire. Mersoran:was-taken to Belle- vue Hospital. ee I ———+er. To Succeed M. de Giers. The appointment of Prince Lobanoff- Rostovsky, recently Russian ambassador to Vienna, as minister for foreign affairs, in succession to the late M. de Giers, has been officially gazetted. ——_+-e+—. iron Hall Indictment Quashed. The indictment against Mark C. Davis, ex-supreme treasurer of the Order of Iron Hall, which has been standing for three terms of court, has been quashed at In- dianapolis. It is probable that the in- dictment returned against _ex-Supreme Justice Somerby will soon be dismissed. ———_+0+—____. John A. Beacham has been made the defendant in a suit for divorce filed by Mary T. Beacham, whose maiden name was Dixon. She states that they were married here February 22, 1876, and she charges her husband with infidelity and crugity. KENSINGTON’SSEWER The General Protest Against the Pollution of Rock Creek. GENERAL BOYNTON TALKS VIGOROUSLY Replies Called Out by Mr. Benja- min’s Statement. MR. WARNER’S VIEWS Mr. B. H. Warner, who has just returned to the city, after a five weeks’ absence, and who has a summer home at Kensington, said to a Star reporter today: “I do not know the reason for the agitation of the sewerage* question in Kensington at the present time. My summer home is there and naturally I am interested in any meas- ure which will add to the heaith, comfort or attractiveness of the place, and it is gratifying to know there are so many peo- ple living there who are determined to make the town a model in many respects, but so far as sewage is concerned, I am utterly opposed to any system’ which would employ Rock creek or any other similar stream as _a medium for trans- porting it to the Potomac. There are so many difficulties standing between such a project or its consummation that it is al- most a waste of time to discuss it. In the first place the right’ of way could not be obtained, and if it could the courts would not permit such a plan to be carried into effect. “There are several systems which can be utilized, perhaps the most feasibic being the filtering system, used in many places. i am glad, however, to know The Star is agitating the-question, and hope the evils being perpetrated by the cities and towns whicn iine the banks of the Potomac and its tributaries, will also be brought to view, so‘as to show tne people of the na- tlonal capital the necessity of filtering the water of the Potomac, which flows into our homes, and which is liable at any time to communicate disease and death. It should be generally known that we have only a sieve protection, which protects the pipes from being clogged with eeis and fish, but which doés not to any degree cleanse the water itself or rid it of any poison with which it may be tainted. Our citizens had better wake up and take an active interest in protecting their own fam- ilies before they are compelled to do so by some awful epidemic.” A Statement by Gen. Boynton. Mr. Frederick Benjamin’s statement in The Star yesterday regarding the Ken- sington sewer project has provoked con- siderable comment. Gen. H. V. Boynton of the Rock Creek Park commission writes to The Star as follows: “So far as Mr. Frederick Benjamin of Kensington assists in keeping the subject of polluting Rock creek before the public he will surely be a benefactor of Wash- ington. As to the benefits which he may thus render Kensington as a promoter of its proposed system of sewerage the case is not so clear. He gives the national capital full and formal notice that in spite of its objections his town ‘expects to adopt’ a sewage system which will pour its concentrated pollutions into Rock creek; that the valley of the stream is the nat- ural drainage for Kensington; that the doctrine of ‘self-preservation’ is the ‘primal law’ for them, and they ‘propose to observe it'—that is, they propose to pour their sewage through the center of Rock Creek Park. This is the purpose of Kensington. But before any of the moneyed citizens of that suburban town invest their spare funds in a system of sewerage that depends upon Rock creek for its outlet, it will be prudent, to put the case mildly, to reflect upon what the purpose of Congress was in appropriating $1,200,000 for estab- lishing the park of 1,600 acres to which the United States has just obtained full title. Is it likely that such an expenditure con- templated a park with an open sewer run- ning for four miles through the center of it? If the plan did not embrace this lovely and fragrant conception of Kensington- ians is it likely that Congress will find itself powerless to prevent its realization? This question only involves a possibility of the necessity of action by this court of final resort. The courts of Maryland are open for proceedings which will, in the opinion of lawyers of high standing, promptly put ar. end to this outrage, con- cerning which Mr. Benjamin speaks so coolly, and with all the assurance of utter ignorance as to the means which are at command to prevent its consummation. “As one of his reasons for supposing that his village will be able to carry out the plan ‘it expects to adcpt,’ to make itself a nuisance to Washington and the nation by polluting Rcck Creek Parla he sets forth, to begin with, that ‘Kensington is an in- corporated town of Maryland.’ Well, the Louisiara lottery was incorporated by a state, but neither the state nor the Con- gress of the United States failed in finding means to stop the flow of its poison, though it had millions in ready cash with which to defend itself. _ “He says that Rock Creek valley will re- ceive the drainage of Kensington, whether any sewers are laid or not. Surface drain- age, as everybody except Mr. Benjamin must know, and he excepts himself, is a very different thing, because of general and liberal absorption, frcm concentrating all pollution in closed sewers and pouring it in solid stream into Rock creek. “He asserts that because the flow of this pollution from Kensington to Rock creek is more than two miles, and because within that distance a number of _ spring-fed streams enter it, the sewage of his village will be purified befcre it enters the park. He would do well to examine the reports of the able parliamentary commission which Great Britain employs to constantly ex- periment and report upon the pollution of its streams. As the result of elaborate ob- servations and experiments upon this ques- tion of water courses purifying themselves by a prolonged and rapid flow, this com- mission reported that there was not a river in the United Kingdom long enough to thus cleanse itself from some of the impurities originating from cities. “To further show his intelligent dealing with the subject, he sneers at what he is pleased to term the ‘so-called Rock Creek Park,’ being clearly ignorant of the fact that these 1,600 acres, for which the gov- ernment and the District of Columbia have paid nearly $1,250.000, is by far the finest, most attractive and striking area of park land in the vicinity of any great city of the country. Rock creek is its central stream. Its pollution would be not only a local nuisance, but a national offense. Because the Zoological Garden, empties impurities into Rock creek below—or down stream— the park, Mr. Benjamin infers that no cne should object to pouring them in the cur- rent above the park; and because Wash- ington empties its sewage into the floods of the mile-wide Potomac, Kensington should be allowed to pollute and poison the springs which feed the small stream that beautifies the most magnificent park tract of the r.a- tion. He forgets, however, even at this point of his weak reasoning, that the gov- ernment has expended millions, and is still spending millions, to fill the Potomac flats, so that the sewage of Washington should no longer accumulate upon them to poison the city. “It would, perhaps, be well for Mr. Sen- jamin, and any others of his fellow-citizens as set as he in their purpose to do as they please about their sewage, to reflect upon the possibility, at least, of this govern- ment being able to protect its capital, if its citizens and the courts of Maryland cannot, against Kensington and its dire purpose to observe the primal law of self-preservation a its sewage through the National ark.” Another Reply. E. R. M., a resident of Montgomery coun- ty, Md., writes: “As a resident of Mont- gomery county I would like to reply to the statement of Mr. Frederick Benjamin of Kensington, in regard to the proposed sewerage of that enterprising town. I do not understand what point he wishes to raise when he states that ‘Kensington is an incorporated town of Maryland.’ The little stream which skirts the town, and which he claims will serve as an open sewer for Kensington, runs for nearly a mile through agycultural land, which is owned by private parties, who have no in- tention of allowing their property to be de- stroyed by the sewerage of Kensington. The laws of Maryland, which protect her private citizens, as well as those of an in- ccrporated town, will sustain these parties in protecting their streem from being be- fouled by.the drainage and sewerage of INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ATTORNEYS BUSINESS CiLANCES. CITY ITEMS. . DEATHS DENTISTR EDUCATIONAL . E FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Houses). FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) POR RENT (Offices) FOR RENT roms). . FOR RENT \.cables). FOR RENT (Stores)... FOR SALE (Bicycles)... i Pe a) Ahh RRR RORRACTRRTKATARITTE BARR Oe RTD (Nace OCEAN TRAVEL... OFFICIAL NOTICES. 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Another citizen interested in the contro- versy writes: “I have been reading the articles in The Star, whose interest and sincerity on all subjects for the welfare of Washington we fully appreciate, in regard to the ‘proposed sewerage system’ of Kensirgton. “Th2 settlement of this question rests primarily with the private parties next ad- joining the aforesaid corporation, in whose power it is, according to the laws of Mary- land, with the moral support of Washing- ton, to take such action as will effectually prevent -szid corporation from do'ng that which would work an injury to the health of this city, in which 'I am, of course, de2ply interested. The estate of the late Mr. Al- fred Ray owns nearly a mile of an attract- ive and valuable stream that runs through this property from the Kensington limits and flows directly into Rock creck.-As I understand, the Kensingtonians entertain the idea of running a ciosed sewer through their corporation to the stream that will carry the drainage into Rock creek (which is the southern bovndary, and so also of in- terest to the Ray property). It is along this stream that the new electric road runs for nearly the entire length of the stream, which would, of course, enhance the pleas- ure of a ride on the road if this small stream, was made an open sewer. I have been told there are now several houses in Kensington that have sewers emptying into this stream, and I am of the private opin- ion that the owner of one of these houses is a prominent member of our Sanitary League. I have no doubt when the matter is investigated there will be an injunction laid on them, which will relieve Washing- ton of any further trouble from this point. “The Rock Creek Park commission or oth- ers need not fear that the picturesque Rock creek will be polluted by any refuse carried to it by this stream, which is of sych value té the owners.” ———.—__ A COUNTY'S CURIOUS PRAYER. Extinction Desired as an Escape From Heavy Railway Bond Debts. From the New York Evening Post. Dallas county, Mo., presents the strange spectacle of a political division of the state in debt for far more than its assessed value’ In order to escaye responsibility for this indebtedness the citizens of the county have presented a curious request to the legislature, nothing less than that the county be declared extinct and its ter- titory apportioned among contiguous coun- ties. This action is not as censurable as it would seem at first blush,. for the-reason that the obligations or bonds of the peo- ple which represent an aggregate of more than a million dollars were secured through false pretenses. Dallas is one of a number of counties in Missouri that, dur- ing the reconstruction period, while in the clutches of carpet-bag freebooters, voted Qmost of the taxpayers being disfranchised) bonds in aid of railroads. The bonds were issued through the connivance of corrupt county courts, and finally found their way into the hands of innocent purchasers, who had bought them in the regular market at greatly depreciated prices. The federal courts have uniformly held that these bonds must be paid, and many a county judge during the last ten years has spent his official term in jail for contempt in refusing to levy a tax to pay them. If Dallas should be legislated out of existence by the present legislature, and the courts afterward decide that payment cannot then be enforced, half a dozen other counties will find their way out of a difficulty that has confronted them for years. The debt- ors claim that the creditors are entitled to very little sympathy, as most of them bought the bonds knowing well that the consideration for which they were issued had failed in order to bully the counties into a compromise. Not a foot of railroad was ever built in Dallas, which county lies in the Ozark mountains, and is one of the poorest in the state. y ——_+e+_____ Crows in a Battle. A daily spectacle at Ridgewood, N. J., is the passing of hundreds of crows over town. They come from the south in the early morning on the way to their feeding grounds, and return just at sunset to their regular roosting place. The otber evening the crows were flying lazily along until suddenly it appeared that some enemy must have come among them, for what locked like a fierce battle began. Instantly scores of birds that were well away from the center of disturbance turn- ed about and were soon lost in the whirl of the supposed combatants. Some of the crows would drop nearly to the earth as if disabled, and then soar and apparently rest high in the air preparatory to a renewal of the excitement. After a time it appeared as if many. con- cluded discretion to be-more praiseworthy than valor, or that thé game was not worth the candle, and they left the scene in groups of ten or more and continued on their homeward way. The battle, if such it was, was a terrific one. Nearly every crow that passed the tussling ones returned for a few moments to watch the fray, but in hundreds of in- stances did not engage in it, but made a detour and soared away. —___+e-+_____ Dr. White’s Queer Accident. From the Utica Morning Herald. De. Homer H. White of Earlville had a very peculiar accident on Tuesday. Ac- companied by his wife, he was making his professional calls. As he drove upon the iron bridge north of our village over Che- nango river, there was a few rods of bare ground. The cutter drew so hard that his horse choked down just as the cutter struck the planking. The horse reeled and plunged over the side of the bridge into the river. The doctor, clinging to the lines, was thrown over the horse into the river. His head lacked only a few inches of hit- ting on the ice. Loaded down with bear- skin coat and winter clothes, he had hard work to get himself out, but finally did so without serious. injury to himself. Mrs. White landed on the bridge with a slight bruise on her head. As the horse went ever the bridge his rear feet were tangled in the cords and other framework of the bridge, and he hung there by the rear legs with his head just under water and drown- ed. 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Kite flying is usually considered a harm- less amusement, but that it is not always such is sufficiently proved by the recent experience of a thirteen-year-old boy at Cateau, near Cambray, France, who be- came, while indulging in this sport, an in- voluntary imitator of the immortal Frank- lin. The lad, whose name was Janti, was flying his kite—a small one, about twenty- seven inches long. It had reached a great height when a thunder storm was séen approaching. - ‘ ‘The boy at once began to haul in hi cord. The kite, however, was still 100 yarda or so above the earth when there was’ @ brilliant flash of lightning. Young Janti was thrown into the air, made two or three somersaults and fell ten or twelve feet away. The kite had attracted the electric fluid, which followed the cord, as in Franklin’s famous experiment, and de- , scended into the earth through the boy’ body. Wonderful to relate, the lad waa not killed. After a little he arose ang made his way home, trembling and crying. The nails of his left hand, which had held the string, were turned blue, as if by a terrible bruise, while the fingers were burn- ed and covered with blisters. Besides this, bis face was bruised considerably by his fall. The kite string was burned-in two by the discharge, and the kite, released, flew away to parts unknown, eg DIARY OF FIFTY-TWO YEARS. An Economical Frenchman's Record of Every Sou Spent in His Life. Through his death the world at large has just learned of the existence of an eccentria Parisian, who has left behind him a set of account books extending over the las: fifty~ two years of his seventy-three years of life, and which contain the most minute record of his daily expenses. Had Shakespeare or any other great man whose history is little known left such statistical sidelights on his character, posterity might have found therein sufficient material from which to deduce a tolerably full and accurate biography. scanpenrs from the expense books of this individual, whose name has not reached thia side of the Atlantic, that he smoked about three cigars daily, the actual number con~ sumed during the fifty-two years being 62,811, of which 4,369 were given to him. The remaining 58,442 cost him $1,179, or about 2 cents apiece. To any one who has ever tried a 2-sou cigar in Paris this ex- plains why he smoked so few in a day, but not how he managed to live seventy-three years. He was moderate, likewise, in his expenditures for clothing, and during the period covered by his books he had made or bought readymade only 85 pairs of trousers, which cost $460.11; 74 coats and vests, $790.78, and 62 pairs of shoes, $330.55, He bought 298 shirts and “devants” ang 326 collars for $285.85. He was evidently @ good walker, for he spent but $428.50 in omnibuses and tramways. In fifteen years he drank, according to his account books, 28,786 glasses of beer, which 21,261 were “demis.” For this beer and for the 36,081 “little glasses” of etc., he spent $5,350, plus $1,306 in tips. There is much more information in these expense books, but some of it would not look well in print, from an American point of view, though the French papers make comments which might be considered funny on some of the items. — Fire destroyed the large flour mill and several smailer buildings at Litchfield, Mass., Sunday night. The total loss was about $40,000, partially insured.