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DIS SS FIGURED FOR LIFE Is the despairing cry of thousands afflicted with un- sightly skin, scalp and blood humors. Do you realizewhat this means to sen-= sitive souls? It means isolation, seclusion. It is a bar to social and business suecess. Doyouwonderthat despair seizes up= on these sufferers when doctors fail, standard remedies fail and nostrums prove worse than useless? Skin diseases are most obstinate to cure or even re= lieve. It is am easy matter to claim to cure them, but quiteanotherthing to doso. CUTICU- RA REMEDIES Ihave earned the right to be called Skin Specifics, be- cause for nearly twenty years they have met with the most remarkable success. There are cases they cannot cure, but they are few indeed. It is no long-drawn out, expensive experi- ment. A warm bath with CUTI- CURA SOAP, a gentle application of CUTICURA— ointment—and a mild dose of CUTI- CURA RESOL- VENT-blood pur fier—in itching, scaly, pimply, scrofulous humors are more comvinc-= ing than all the talk in the world. POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORP., SOLE PROPRIETORS, BOSTON, U. 8. A. MERIT OR SPOILS velt Talks on the Subject. ONE OR TRE OTHER SYSTEM MUST RULE Reform Necessary in the State and Municipality Also. : POSTAL SERVICE INSTANCED Clvil Service Commissioner Roosevelt is thoroughly committed to the doctrine of including many more offices under the civil service rules. Speaking on this subject to a reporter, he said: “A house divided against itself has got to fall, and in the end this government, so far as the non-political offices are con- cerned, must be administered either on the spoils or the merit basis. It cannot be ad- ministered on both, and I am perfectly cer- tain that the merit basis is the one on which it ultimately will be administered. We have got to have civil service reform, not only tn the nation, but in the state and the municipality, and we have got to have it-not only to those offices to which it now applies in the nation, but to very many other offices that are not properly Political in character. Our people have for seventy years been educated to regard the spoils system as part of the natural order of things, so that they are wholly incapa- ble of understanding as yet that a post- master, for instarice, has nothing whatever to do with politics if he attends to his duty, and that there is no more need of filling the fourth- class post offices with people who sym- pathize with the views of the admin- istration for the time being on questions of the tariff and currency than there would be sense in having the express or tele- graph business of the country administered by men who are protectionists or free traders, according as one party or the other triumphs at the election. Post Offices in Europe. “Every civilized country in Europe re- fuses to treat post offices as political spoil, and it may be of interest to these foolish members of our own body politic who rail against the reform because in England there is also civil service reform, to know that in England the reform only came in with the growth of the democratic spirit, and that the reform has reached its most perfect manifestation in the federal re- public of Switzerland. Switzerland is gen- uinely governed by the people for the peo- ple, and no.public servant whose duties are non-political is ever appointed or turned out for political reasons. In England post- masters are appointed by promotion from within the ranks, excepting in the lowest grade, where they are appointed directly from the outside. They are never removed for political reasons. In our country it would, perhaps, be difficult to allow of a system of transfer from office to office throughout the nation at large, but such transfer could be certainly made within the borders of a state, and the postmas- ters in the big cities at the largest offices should be appointed, whenever a vacancy. occurs, from within the ranks of the pos- tal service of -hat state. An Illustration. “If you wish an illustration of the fact that the service rendered by a postmaster has, nothing to do with his politics, let me refer you to Postmaster Zumstein of Cin- cinnati, who has just been supplanted by Postmaster Brown, and who himself four years ago supplanted Postmaster Riley. Mr. Zumstein was a republican. For over two years he has served under the demo- cratic Postmaster.General, Mr. Bissell. All through Mr. Bissell’s term of service Mr. Zumstein has been postmaster at Cincin- nati. Nebody would know from any resuit visible in the operation of the postal serv- ice that Postmaster Zumstein was of one pclitics or another. He has given, during tlis time, precisely as good service as Postmaster Sullivan of Brooklyn or Post- taster Hesing at Chicago, both of them democrats. The letters have been dis- tributed just as well in Cincinnati under the republican postmaster as in Brooklyn or Chicago under the democratic post- mester, and so four years ago the letters ere distributed just as well under the mocratic postmaster at Cincinnati, Mr. Riley, during the republican administra- tion of the government, as they were by the then republican postmasters of Chi- cago or Boston. The people have been as well satisfied by one administration of the office as by the other. As a matter of fact, ninety-nine out of every hundred of them have not known and have not cared a@ rap what the views of the postmasters were as to the annexation of Hawail or the Nicaraguan canal, so long as their let- ters were delivered speedily and without blunder. In Charleston, S. C., the demo- cratic postmaster continued aif through Mr. Harrison's term of service, jest as in New York the republican post- mastet has been continued all through Mr. Cleveland’s first term, and in neither case did a singie individual outside of the class of professional politicians, who wanted a job for their henchmen, complain. No Need of Changing a Postmaster. ‘ “Our people want to get it into their heads firmly that there is no more need of changing a postmaster than there is for changing the head of an express company or the agents or managers of that express company in the different cities, or the su- perintendents of the telegraph offices in the different cities. The work of the express company, of the telegraph office and of the post office is very much the same in all cases. It happens with us that the post office is administered by the government, while the telegraph lines and express com- panies are left to individual ownership. In many states the government administers all, We haye the same interest as private citizens in the delivery of a letter that we have in the delivery of a telegram or a package of goods. We want it to go as quickly and as surely as possible, and it is not any more the concern of the public what the postmaster thinks about the tariif than it is what the manager of the expre: company or the superintendent of the tel- egraph station thinks. It is just as absurd to turn out a letter carrier because he voted the wrong ticket as it would be to re- fuse goods delivered by an express man who is out of sympathy with the dominant party on some question of finance, or to say that you woflld not give your message to a telegraph clerk who did not think just as you did on the tariff. The present rail- way mail service, for instance, is in exactly the same hands, and is being administered precisely as it was three years ago under Harrison, Democrats and republicans go into the service alike,and as a matter of fact are now pretty evenly represented in it. Nobody cares anything about their politics and nobody knows. The readers of this in- terview, for instance, cannot tell the policy of the railway mail clerks who have han- dled the newspaper in which it appears, or of the letter carriers who have delivered that newspaper; and really the politics of these letter carriers and railway mait clerks concerns them no more than the policy of the reporter who has taken the interview, or of the conductors and brakemen on the train in which the newspaper or the origi- nal interview was carried. If the reader will look at the next mail train that comes along he may try to think out for himself why there should be any possible reason for changing one class of the people aboard that train, the railway mail clerks, for po- litical reasons, -nd paying no heed what- ever to the polities of all the other em- ployes who are on the train. The Nominal Head of No Consequence. “A curious result of the present system is that often the nominal head of an office is’of no consequence whatever in the ad- ministration of the office. In a great many of the post offices throughout this country all the work.is done by the ass! ant postmaster, who is permanently r tained. He could do bis work quite as well if there weren't any postmaster, the post- master changirg with each administration merely because the change creates a job for some politician of the dominant party for the time being, and there is, as far as. the public is concerned, no more reason for giving a politician a job than there would be for giving him twenty or thirty thous- and dollars outright from the public funds. “The decent people of this country are greatly interested in political questions, and they sre also greatly interested in THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. such non-political questions as the honesty end efficiency of their public servants,-but Sad Satie nite! ee Politicians get offices. question of the tariff, the question of the currency, the question of our foreign relations, these are all of immense concern to all Ameri- cans who have the welfare of America at heart. But these questions are fixed by the actions’ of the people’s representatives in Congress, in the presidency and in the cabinet. There will be no need of chang- ing more than a hundred officials in the Treasury Department to make a complete and radical reversal in the tariff or finan- ciai policy of the government., Almost all government employes perform duties mere- ly ministerial in character. The enormous msjority of them do not have to deal with Political questions at all. They have to do merely such work as done by the average employe of a business firm or cor- poration, and the concern of the public in their work is limited to seeing that work cne faithfully arid intelligently. Why the Civil Service System Should Be Universal. z “I want to see the civil service system become universal, in the first place, be- ceuse the offices ought to be out of politics, and the service would be improved if they were, but, in the second place, and chiefly, because I wish to take out of public life the utterly demoralizing and degrading in- fluence of the spoils system. It has been, on the whole, the most fruitful of the causes which tend to the degradation of American politics, and in no way can we so strengthen the forces which tend to the elevation of our political life as to utterly destroy the spoils system.” ———_-e-+___ ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS, Many Notes of Local and Special In- terest. The funeral of Mrs. A. W. C. Waller took Place yesterday morning from the resi- dence of her son, Mr. Chas. P. Waller, on North Columbus street, and was attended by a large number of friends. "The services were conducted by Rev. Henderson Suter of Christ Church. The interment was private. Reinecker Lecture. Prof, Gilman, president of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, yesterday delivered the fifth Reinecker lecture at the Episcopal Theological Seminary, near this city, ve- fore a large and interested audience. Prof. Gilman was introduced by Prof. Grammar in an appropriate speech. Among those present were Revs. Dabney Davis, R. A. Castleman and Thos. Semms. Baptist Church. There wus unother good meeting at the Baptist Church last night. The audience, which filled every available seat in the church, listened intently, and with deep interest to the excellent sermon preached ty the pastor. At the close of the regular services a number of those Present signi- fied a wish to separate themselves froin the world and worldly things. The serv- ices will be held every night this week. Buying Horses. . Mr. Louis Brill, secretary of the board of fire wardens, and Driver Posey of the Co- lumbia engine, returned yesterday from a trip through Loudoun and Fauquier coun- ties to look up some horses suitable for needs of the fire department. One new horse will have to be procured for the hydraulion engine, and perhaps two, and the Columbia is .also badly in need of a new horse. Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The meeting of the local counctl of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, of this city and vicinity, was held at Christ Church chupel last night, and was very well attended considering the disagreeable and rainy uight. Short addresses were made by Revs. Henderson Suter of Christ Church, Sam- uel A, Wallis of the Episcopal Seminary and P. P. Phillips of St. Paul's Church; also by laymen of the church. J Notes. Miss Mary Green, who has been confined to her house by a severe cold, is able to be out again. Miss Reta Pattern of Culpeper county ts the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. French, on North Alfred street. An original widow's pension has been granted to Clara F. Foster of this city. Rev. Thos. Semms of Westmoreland coun- ty is visiting relatives in this city. a ‘The suit of the city council against the Violet estate, to test the city’s right to do street improvement work under the thirty- third section of the city charter, was heard before Judge Norton today. The colored people of this city have been invited to take part in the emancipation parade in Washington on the 16th of April. James Washington has been appointed chief marshal, and J. W. Coles secretary. A finance committee has been appointed ta solicit funds from thelr friends to defray the necessary expenses of music, etc. Mr. James R. Mansfield and Miss Stella Price were married at the residence of the bride's mother last night by Rev. T. E. Carson. - : Gardner L. Boothe has been elected a member of the city democratic committee. CHARGES REITERATED. Fedcration of Labor on the E Street School House. At a meeting of the Federation of Labor held last evening the committee which re- cently made charges against the construc- tion of the new school building on E be- tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets southeast submitted a report to the effect that, in their opinion, the charges had been proven, with one exception. The report was signed by Milford Spohn, chairman; George O. Cook, James McKnight, Thontas E. Webster, W. H. Maghan, and was adopted by the federa- tion with but one dissenting vote. There were eight charges of defective workmanship, and the committee holds that all of these were satisfactorily proven, with one exception—that alleging that in- ferior lumber was used for joists. The report which was submitted last evening was a long one, and goes over the whole contention in detail. In conclusion, it says: “Your committee, practical crafts- men of many years’ experience, with a full knowledge of the details of building con- struction, in the discharge of a conscien- tious duty to the public, declare the charge and specifications most positively proved, with the single exception above admitted. “We reiterate and publicly challenge a | denial that in the construction of the East school building the contract and specifica- tions have been flagrantly violated, the stability of the building is impaired and the public has been grossly imposed upon. “The committee recommend for favorable consideration that this body request of the District committee of Congress a full in- vestigation of the contract method and the manner of the construction of public build- ings in this District, as a preliminary ef- fort for the repeal of the public contract law, which festers dishonesty at the ex- pense and to the injury of the people.” ————— Benning Associntion. At the meeting of the Benning Citizens’ Association last evening arrangements were perfected for forming a branch, to be known as the Benning Union for Practical Progress, with Vice President J. S. Mew- shaw as secretary-treasurer. The meeting was called to order by the vice president, end every officer was present except the treasurer. The committee on Benning roads reported that the road would be resurfaced, and that work would begin as soon as the weather permitted. Mr. John Boland of the railroad commit- tee reported everything in good order. Mr. J, S. Mewshaw of the committee on practi- cal progress reported that he had written to the general secretary and sent one dol- iar on his own respensibility as a reg tion fee to have the Benning Association registered as an auxiliary to the National Union. On motion the report was accepted, the action of the committee was indors by the association, and Mr. Mewshaw was tendered a vote of thanks. Mr. Keyser of thé committee on sub- station reported that he had made an at- tempt to see Maj. Moore Tuesday, but had been unsuccessful. “Vice President Mewshaw then, in an elaborate way, proceeded to show how the association could be of benefit to itself and to each member by hearty co-operation in forwarding the work of the Union for Prac- tical Progress, and having voluntarily ten- dered his services the president appointed him as secretary-treasurer of the new or- der, with power to go ahead and draw on the association for funds to carry on his work. After a lengthy discussion, in which sev- eral members took part, and when several matters of minor importarce were disposed of, the meeting adjourned. LATE SPORTING NEWS WILL HAVE A-/STRONG NINE. Interest in Base Ball at the Maryland Agricultgral Tollege. There is a live imterest In base ball among the students at the Maryland Agri- cultural College, jast’ beyond the District line, and the boys are impatient for April 4 to come, when thp team: will play its first game on the home, grougds with the Uni- versity of Vermont. The weather has been all that could be,,wished, for, and all the candidates are showing up well on the field. Ay f Owing to the formation of a second team, which is somewhat of am innovation upon the regular routine of the season, a large number of cai.didates presented themselves in the hope of making a place on the sec- ond team, in case of failing in their efforts for a place on the college team. So far the new plan gives every promise of suc- cess. The second team will have suits and @ schedule of their own, and when reither the college team or the second team are playing outside ames they will meet in practice games on the home ficld. Although: no real base ball has been played and not much outdoor practice taken, It is safe to say that the Maryland Agricultural College will haveeas fully a gvod team ag she put on the diamond lest year. One star player will be greatly missed, Davis, who caught Inst year. All the rest of the veterans are in line. It is expected that Capt. Harris will leave his old position at short and play at second, and if a suitable short can be found there is little doubt as to the change. Mellison, who figured as a star at Chambersburg, Pa., is trying for short. If Harris should stay at short, Mellison is slightly in the lead for second base, but will be pushed hard by his rivals. Roberts is an excellent outfielder and bids fair for a substitute inflelder. Schenck and Mulli- kin, who played in their class teams last year, are ‘trying hard for positions. Schenck is a good bast runner and tielder, but not up to the standard at the bat, while Mullikin is a good batter and fielder, but slow at base running. Wooters shows no sign of old age In dischargirg his du- ties at third base, which he has held for three years. Walker is showing marked improvement over his last year’s playing. He will make all the outfielders fight hard to held their positions. Compton and Howard are two good men, but are a little slow. They will probably make the second team. L&wis, who played foot ball, brings a good reputation from Washington. He appears a good man on first base. He has shown up well. In both the battery positions the team should be very strong. All the pitchers and catchers are in line again, and several new men on the list may be winners. Harding will probably catch, as he is by far the best man in the college. Waters is a good man behind the bat. He caught last year in his class team, and his work was no- ticed by all: His strength Is needed at third base, and there is no question of him being placed there. He is a good batter and-a valuable man to have on the team. Fuller will be found to lead in the points. Robb, a new man, will also do good work. Other men have been constantly in prac- tice, but it seems as though Fuller will have it all to himself in all the big games. Fuller, C., ’96, and Roberts, '97, will play in left field and center field, respectively. Roberts played right field last year, but as center was vacant, and Roberts was good at backing up second base, he was put there for the present. Mullikin will try for right field, but Walker will make him hustle to fly the lucky colors. Strickler is a good man. His batting and .base running is good. He may make a star player. All ef- forts are being made to make this season a success. - Sporting Notes. Three favorites, two third choices and a second choice were responsible for the downfall of the eighteen gentlemen of odds at the Alexander Island track yester- day. The racing was particularly interest- ing, the finishes in three events being of the heads apart order. Meadows showed a remarkable change, finishing absolutely last in a field of ten. The.attendance was very large, and the talent had the better of the argument with the bookies. The track was slow. Those securing brackets were: Rama, 5 to 1; Northford, 5 to 1; Trinculo, 7 to 10; Tenacious, 4 to 5; Hal- cyon, 8 to 5, and Bronston, 5 to 2. At the New England indoor champion- ship games at Worcesier, Mass., yesterday M. F. Sweeney, in an attempt to break the world's indoor high-jump record of 6 feet 3 3-8 inches, which he holds, did 6 feet 3 inches. The Gray bill, which has passed the New York assembly, permits racing for stakes and purses; prohibits bookmaking and reg- istering of bets; does not prevent private bets; puts all racing under a state com- misqion of three persons, and complies with the ‘constitutional amendment which pro- vides against professional gambling. Rain prevented the Pittsburg-Washing- ton game at Charleston, S. C., yesterday. Yesterday’s ball games r. 3 Nashville, 3.*Baltimore, 8; Atlanta,2. University of North Carolina, 1; Lafayette College, 9. Philadelphia, 19; Norfolk, 1. Kid Hogan and Charley’ Bauns (light- weight). fought a ten-round glove crntest hefore the Olympic Club of Cincinnati last night. The referc> decided it a draw. Brown University and Phillips Andover Academy opened tie base Fali season at Providence yesterday. The Brown boys had e hing their own way in the game, winning: by 11 to 1, The Harvard faculty dia net touch on the foot all question at thetr regviar mecting yesterday afterncon. Tha more ggnguine students consider this as incica' that the faculty may take no further action on the matter, thereby silently assenting to the athletic committee's pcsition in favor ef foot ball. Wm. Barnie, ex-proprietor_and ex-man- ager of the Baltimore Base Ball Club has instituted proceedings to obtain a half in- terest in the club, to which he claims to be entitled, The candidates for the Princeton 'Varsity nine are rapidiy improving, and are put- ung up an admirable quality of ball for this time of year, . The third annua! grand American handi- Pp at live pigeon shooting will begin to- orrow at Willard’s Park, Patterson, N. J. The amateurs and professional wing sh fvom nearly every state in the Union have entered, and an interesting contest is look- ed for. The oniy entry from New York city is J. D. Arnold, whose position is 48, and who is handicapped 26 yards. James J. Corbett, talking of the proposed changes in the boxing rules, as advocated by the Olympic Club of New Orleans, de- clares himself opposed to* making four- minute rounds and two-minute rests. Capt. Carl S Williams of the University of Pennsylvania fcot ball team will begin the season of "v5 next Monday. Heretofore the early spring training has been mostly Yor the back field, but it is the intention this year to bring out such men in the practice who will be likely to go into active training in the fali ————— Some Recent Deaths. Asa B. Crardall, proprietor of the Cran- dall House and stables at East Buffalo, well known to all stock men, died yester- day, aged sixty-five. Dr. Isaac N. Hymes, a’ prominent physi- cian of Cleveland, Ohio; and dean of the medical department ofthe Western Re- serve University, idied Monday night of heart disease, aged sixty-one. Dr. Hymes was also well known in New York and San rancisco, in both gf which cities he had practiced. ¢ Rey. Philip J. Timlow, the oldest minister in Westminster presbytery, died on Sunday at his home at the Gap, Lancaster county, Pa., aged cighty-six years. Mrs. A. R. H. Powell, mother of Hon. Mrs. J. Randolph: Tucker, Mrs. Senator Charles Gibson of Maryland, an aunt of Senator Charles J. Faulkner of West Vir- ginia, died suddenly at Langton, Va., yes- ight. She leaves ten child The remains will be interred at Middleburg, Loudoun county, on Friday. Camille Doucet, perpetual secretary of the French Academy, is dead. He was born in Paris May 16, 1812. His early dramas were produced at the Odeon with considerable re In 1853 M. Doucet was named di- ev. Nicholas Holtel, pastor of St. Boni- face Roman Catholic Church, Peoria, Ill, was found dead at the parochial residence Sunday. The coroner's jury returned a ver- dict of death from apoplexy. — soe Wm. Knabe & Company, No. 1422 Penn- sylvania avenue northwest, next to Grand Opera House entrance, have to offer at reasonable prices and terms a variety of used and second-hand upright pianos re- turned from rent. Telephone call, No. 1737. —Advertisement. —_— King Oscar of Sweden has ignored the ultimatum of the ministers that he ask the party of the left to form a cabinet, and in consequence the political situation in Nor- way is said to be critical. BROUGHT TO AN ISSUE. Question of Ownership of Territory fm Venezuela. A dispatch from Faribault, Minn., says that Donald Grant, a wealthy contractor of that city, W. H. Fisher, late manager of the Duluth and Winnipeg ratiroad, and J. A. Bowman, @ Grand Rapids, Minn., banker, have obtained from Venezuela a concession of land at the mouth of the Orinoco, running 125 miles south, rich in minerals, mahogany, rosewood and dye woods. They also have the right to mine asphalt on a small island near Trinidad. There is a great deal more in the news from Faribault than is indicated in the dispatch. The concession is in the heart of the territory long in dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain, and Am- bassador Bayard for some time has vainly strived, in accordance with a resolution recently adopted by Congress, to persuade Great Britain to submit the whole dispute to arbitration, Great Britain being willing to arbitrate only beyond what is known as the Schomberg line. There have been intimations that the administration, in the event of a physical conflict over the dis- puted lands, might deem it necessary, in the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, to follow up the moral aid it has tendered Venezuela with more substantial and po- tent assistance. The fact that citizens of the United States now, by this concession, are thrust, so to speak, between Great Britain and the United States, considerably increases the measure of this country’s responsibility. Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister, when seen concerning the Faribault para- graph, said that he had no official con- firmation or the grant of the concession, but added that he does not doubt its correct- ness, as it is in line with reports that such concessions would be made. The land included in the concession, he said, is the vital point of conflict between Great Britain and Venezuela. The Orinoco is the great commercial artery of South America, running far inland, through Vene- zuela, Brazil and other countries. Whoever controls the mouth of the river, Minister Andrade said, will control this great commerce. Great Britain has taken Possession of Punta Barina, which is to the Orinoco what the Island of Gibraltar is to the Mediterranean. She has also equipped a naval station on Trinidad Isl- and, just off the mouth. Her claims em- brace both banks of the stream.at the mouth. It is part of this important strat- egic territory that Venezuela now grants to United States citizens. The concession near Trinidad Island is believed to be the Island of Patos. The interesting questions arise “What steps will Great Britain now take to as- sert her claims” and ‘Will it endeavor to prevent the United States syndicate oper- ating its concession?” SOME SPRING ELECTIONS. Party Lines Were Not Throughout Nebraska. Specials from all parts of the state of Nebraska on municipal elections show that party lines have not been drawn in munic- ipal elections in Nebraska in many cases, but when they were the republicans gained except Hastings and Plattsmouth, where the Democrats carried the day. The ques- tion. of granting saloon licenses was the leading issue, and was favored in four- fifths of the towns. Frank Graham, repub- lican, was elected mayor of Lincoin by a large majority." The vote was heavy, with no striking features. The Election at St. Louis. Returns up to 11 o'clock last night indi- cated the election of the six republican members of the city council of St. Louis, who are voted for at large, by a majority ef from 8,000 to 10,000. Two-thirds of the Irembers of the house of delegates, who are voted for by wards, will probably be repub- Ucans. The vote was very light. Moses Craven was elected in the fifteenth ward. He will be the first colored man to sit in the municipal government. At Louis Cella’s saloon, about noon, Geo. W. Thorn, a watchman employed at the —— race track, was fatally shot by C. . Day. Outside of St. Louis the democrats about held their own in the Missouri mu- ricipal elections yesterday. Returns from nineteen cities and towns give the demo- crats nine, republicans four, and the non- partisan or divided vote, six. Little inter- est was taken in tie election throughout the state. Bitter Fight in Oklahoma. The closing of the polls in Oklahoma last night ended the bitterest campaign in the history of the city of El Reno. Although returns will not be in until tomorrow, it is generally conceded the republican ticket en- tire is elected. Bensley, the citizens’ can- didate and president of the Oklahoma Press Association, was a candidate and was bit- terly assailed and most bitterly defended. Perry, editor of the Globe, invaded the Democrat office with a gun and body guard to whip Hensley for traducing his family, but Hensley got the drop on him and Perry tacked out. Swift Elected Mayor by 50,000. ‘The republicans carried the day in Chi- cago, and their candidate for the mayor- alty, George B. Swift, is probably elected by the largest majority ever received by a candidate for the office. The whole re- publican ticket is likewise elected by al- most as large a majority, with the possible exception of Ray O. West, candidate for city attorney. For this position it is prob- able the democratic candidate, George A. ‘Trude, is elected by a close majority. On the aldermanic ticket not over five crats have been elected out of the four vacancies to be filled at this election. The great reform movement, in- dorsed by all parties, is undoubtedly car- ried, and hereafter Chicago will have the hei efit of civil service rules in all depart- ments of her municipal government. During a political row at a North Side polling place late yesterday afternoon Pat- rick Dalton was fatally shot by his cousin, Jack Dalton. The murdered man at- tempted to stab his slayer before hé was shot. Drawn Elections in Wisconsin, Republicans have elected mayors of the following Wisconsin towns: Ashland, River Falls, Delavan, Columbus, Marshfield, Mauston, Sparta, Waupaca, Black River Falls, Manitowoc, Hudson, Whitewater, Lake Geneva, Hartford, Centralia and Watertown. Democrats ‘in Mineral Point, Plymouth, Durand, Prarie Du Chien, Alma, Madisen, Chilton, Kenosha, Berlin, Ripon, Vrexy Lake, Shawnee and Beaverdam. e+. Crime and Casualty. C. A. Oswald, aged fifty years, committed suicide in Lancaster, Pa., yesterday by hanging himself in the garret of his heme. Ben C. Neal, deputy collector of internal revenue at Richmond, Ky., under ex-col- lector A. R. Burnham, was shot and ktlled at Irvine Monday by Green Miller, who was in his employ. They quarreled over a set- tlement. The British bark J. H. Marsters, Capt. McNeil, which sailed from New York March 25 for Demarara, returned to port yester- day, Capt. McNeil having been shot by an insane sailor on the night of March 29. Ezra Moll, aged sixty-four years, a car- pet and oil-cloth dealer of Philadelphia, committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself to a closet door at his residence, 2435 Germantown avenue. He had been a sufferer from neuralgia and rheumatism for some time. John E. Faunce, who was speaker of the Pennsylvania house of representatives in 1883, was shot and seriously wounded yes- terday afternoon while riding through West Collingwood, N. J., on a Reading ex- press train, The bullet, which was fired through a car window, buried itself in his neck. Mrs. Benneyille Roth, mother of Revs. Benjamin and M. J. Roth of Millersville and Summit Hill, Pa., respectively, com- mitted suicide by hanging herself at her home, near Rockdale, Pa., yesterday. Men- tal anxiety was the cause of the deed. Judge Speer of the Butte (Mont.) district court has summoned a grand jury and in- structed it to investigate the great dyna- mite explosion of January 15, by which fifty-nine men were killed and a hundred or more injured. The judge told the jury some one was responsible for the death of these men, and he hoped the blame would ke fixed by the jury. ‘Two women named Strickland have been placed in the North Carolina penitentiary for fifteen years. They came from Surry county, and were convicted of killing a lit- tle girl by holding her over a fire until she died. William J. Cheatman, a well-known gro- cery merchant of Lynchburg, Va., commit- ted suicide last nicht by taxing laudanum. He left a note for his family, stating that he was financially involved, and that the “What a Lovely Complexion!” “Isn't her complexion charming!” ‘These ions we hear every day, made by women in reference to others, which reveal a pardonable envy, and one which can be § ‘The secret of good health, as indicated by a rich color, Shopping tours, dances and entertainments indulged in, will leave you utterly fagged out, unless 2 you are obtaining all the value from your food; and it is soeasy to accom- i Plish this that you will wonder no one has spoken to you of it before. ‘Try with each meal, and at bed-time, a wineglassful or more of the Genuine Johann Hoff’s Malt Extract, which you will find to be most.acceptable to the palate as a beverage, and will lift you right on to the plane of the vivacious and trim-figured sister you admire so much, and who seems capable of enduring endless fatigue. Then, again, we must remember the nursing mother, where two lives are dependent upon the proper nourishing of the one. Surely nothing can be more valuable to the mother, nor give more comfort to the baby, by producing a generous flow of milk, than the GENUINE JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT. Defective nutrition is the foundation of al! ailments. A healthy, well-nourished body can withstand almost any @isease. There is resistance power in such a body. Ihave been taking the a year or so, and find i Genuine Johann Hoff's Malt eee oneal tent aet orate {nthe best Malt Extract in the market, ee. Extract myselt for Without doubt it W. A. WHIT-eM, Druggisx, Chestnut Hill BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Tie ponies tt ont tome Gif om Neck Label, strain was more than he could bear. He leaves a wife and several children, A youth, who was about to join the army, has been arrested at Altona, Prus- sia, on the charge of being the euthor of the series of anonymous compromising let- ters addressed to various members of the imperial family during recent years. Elias J. Hale, judge of probate for Pis- cataquis county, Me., who committed sui- cide by shooting on Thursday last, is now thought to heave been a defaulter to the amount of $75,000. Wm. Ziegier of Brooklyn, who made a fortune on baking powders, was drowned recently from his yacht Robinson, Crusoe, while on a cruise off Florida. ——+-e+__-__ Appeal to New York Republicans, An address to republican voters of New York state has been issued, signed by Cor- nelius N. Bliss, Elihu Root, Joseph H. Choate, Horace Porter, Le Grand B. Can- non, Samuel Thomas, William Brookfield, Horace Russell, Edward Mitchell, 8. V. R. Cruger, Joel B. Erhardt, C. H. T. Collis, George W. Lyon, John R. Vanwormer, Henry EB. Howland, Henry W. Cannon, M. C. D. Borden and John Clafiin. The ground taken is that the vote for gov- ernor in New York city at the recent elec- tion was an index of the number of new votes that had ccme into the republican party at that time on both state and local issues, The deduction made by the signers is that if the republican party of the state lives up to the spirit as well as the letter of the promises made by the party in New York city, the people will continue to act with it on state issues. The republican party in the legislature, to make good the promise made by the party of New York city, must pass the reform measures in the legislature providing for: 1. Reorganizing the public schools. 2. Abolishing tHe present Tammany-ap- pointed police justices by creating new po- lice magistrates to be appointed by the mayor. 3. Reorganizing the police department. Blank petitions are inclosed with the ad- dress intended for senators, asking them to vote for these measures, which are now in the Senate. REV. L W. HILL. Pastor Methodist Church, Accord, N. ¥., says cancerous discases can be cured. ACCORD, N. ¥.—Under the old school method it wus believed that any diseases of cancerous growth could never be cured. The surgeon's knife. was resorted to, but the old troyble Was sure to break out again, Since the discovery of Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy all this has been changed—the action of Favorite Remedy upon the system leaves no trace of poison in the blood, the seeds of are expelled and lost health restored. A notable case of the efficacy of Dr. David Ken- redy's Favorite Remedy is that of the Rev. I. W. Tul of this town. ‘Some years ago he was suffer. ing a cancer of long standing on his lip, and finally concluded to have it removed. Im speaking of his case, Mastor Hill said: “About three weeks previous to having the operation performed T pur- chased Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy, ‘and continued taking it for some time after the cancer was removed. ‘Ten long years have since then, and no trace of the ugly thing has returned. I speak with knowledge in the highest terms of Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy ‘as being able to cure the troubles for which it is prepared.’* One of our local physicians said, in explaining the demand for Dr." Kennedy's Favorite Hemeds= it acts a8 a nerve and blood food, and to my knowledge it has made many permanent cures of Nervous Debility, Sleeplessness, Dyspepsia, Rheu- matism and of ‘the sickness peculiar to ‘women, Where other treatmenis have failed. For head: aches, constipation and the run-lown condition, one. of fers with, there is nothing else so =e F STREET. 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G. 0, SIMMS, cor. New York ave. and 14th st. MERTZ'S MODERN PHARMACY, Cor. 1ith and F sts., Keep, full line-of Obesity Bands, ‘Pills and Frait it stock. ies wi a salesiady bere. MRS. L. V. CODY, rt ‘The Bands cost $2.50 up; the Fruit Salt, $1 pottle and Pills, $1.50 pet Dottie, or 8 bottles Tor ress LORING & CO., 42 West 224 st., Department No, 74, New York. Chicago, Department No. 34, No. 116 State street. ja16-3m,50 Not a Gas Appliance Lackin ere. Even to the cute Iii stoves that beat the curling ‘without ‘“‘smutting’’ it. Sad iron heaters, bread ——} Bunsen burners (for labora! Ge nl 80, foot for covered gas tubing, Ga sAppliance Exchange, 1428 New York Ave, mh25-284 SLOSS HOMB ICE COMPANY, 18% and 1ith st. harves om. EL Depot, 1. Tal. 489, pacot Ice. reasonable price al: year. ways.

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