Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1895, Page 3

SPECIAL NOTICES. CAPITOL COUNCIL, NO. 320, ROYAL ARCANUM. —Attention, members. Visitation by the Grand Council of’ the District of Columbia) WEDNES- DAY EVENING, May 22. Members of this coun- cil and sister councils are irvited to attend. my21-2t ATTENTION, LINCOLN POST.—THOMAS JOHN. ‘son of our post died on the 20th instant. His funeral will be held at his late residence, 1205 4th street northwest, on THURSDAY at 4:30 in. All members of the post are requested to Be in attendance. B. F. CHASE, Comdr. It W. ©. T. U.-MOTHERS'’ MEETING, UNDER THE ausplecs of the Northwest Union, 1:30 p.m. and HURSDAY, 23d, at Grace M.E. Church, 9th S sts. nw.’ Address by Mrs. C. B. Kent. Al cordially invited. It LOTS OF GOCD DINNERS SERVED IN THIS CIty. Hard to find one that equals ours, for the same price. All the seasonable substantlals and dell- eacics on on: bill of fare—eerly veg and fish—to suit all tastes. Everytl and served in our matchless style. ner, 50c., from 4 to 8; Sundays, 1 to 2. Prtz REUTEW'S, COR. PA. AVE. AND 41% ST. my22-10d MORBID GROWTHS, SUCH AS WARTS, WENS, moles and iver spots, sbculd be removed as soon as Giscovered, for it is poreible that they may transform into malignent tumors of an eating, cenccrous sort. This institution is devoted to the treatment and removal of such fecial disfigure- ments and to the treatment of all frregularities pot the skin, scalp and blood. A coreultation free. 3 building, 11 my22-134 NOTICE — THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE stockholders of the First Co-operative Building Astoclation, will be eld on MONDAY, June 3, 0. We KE vasur my21-10t SPIRITUAL MEDIUM, 1914 ave. n.w., bas no equal in clairvoyant and spiritual tests. At home dally for private consul- tations from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Business exami tlons a specialty; satisfaction guaranteed, m21- j CAN TAKE A REST —oratiye of Tharp’s Old Reliable Pure Berkeley Whisky when you can’t take anything else. ids digestion. “Leading ppysiclans prescribe ond recommend it, Only $1”ut. JAMES THARP, 813 FST. N.W my21-7a satisfied Doing the Shirt business rightly—we' with that. We've a force of cutters and design- ers here that know the art fully. Thought we couldn't do two things well, so decided to give up men’s furnishings. To do it quickly we have eut the prices. Underwear, 25c. 5c. Underwear, 38c. i Hosiery reduced, tooi 75c. Underwear, 50c. P. T. HALL, Shirtmaker, 908 F st.” my21-10d HOW ABOUT THAT SUIT? Wouldn't you ike to have a Suit, from our new English Suitings to wear out of town on the 30th? Let us take your measure now. OWEN OWEN, “Tailor,” 423 11th st. my21-5d EIOWN GAS LIGHT COM- May 18, 1805.—A_ meeting this coulpany, for the elec n directors, will be held at this of- fie MONDAY, June 3,” 1805. Polls will Ue opened at 11 o'clock a.m. and close 1 o'clock pan. myl8-18t FRANK PAUL LEETCH, Secretary. BEMOVAL.—THE NATIONAL HERNIAL INSTT. tute has removed from 1421 G st. to 1415 P st., with the original contracts and records of Cases. treated. Consultation wil be free, and certificates of cure can be seen. THOMAS 'ROB- INSON, M.D. mmy18-6t* CHANCH FOR LIVE MEN. One cf the best business corners, well adapted for banking, real estate end insurance, 1s now for leese fo: a term of years. ‘This office room, ORG corner of G and 13¢l ERS’ EXCHANGE, has been used for the last five years as loan and reai estate office. For particulars apply to owner, LOUIS HEU BRUN, 402 7th st. n.w. my18-6t DENTISTRY DONE ON WEEKLY AND MONTHLY installment per cent discount on all cash ments: Consultations free. Cl 7. Me- NAUGHTON, D.D.8., 608 13th st. n.w., above F. nyl4-Im CLEAR POTOMAC ICH, 9 to 10 inches thick, will be supplied to large consumers at the “Three Sisters" Ice Houses, above the Aqueduct bridge. Good for hauling. Low rates. INDEPENDENT ICE CO. my6-8d HAVING SOLD MY OFFICE BUILDING, I HAVE this day removed my real estate and’ insurance office to 1411 G Bt. n.w. (three doors west of American Security and Trust Company's building), where T will be glad to see all my clients and patrons and the general public. WASHEN \GTON DANENHOWER, Successor to Danenbower & Son., myl-im 1411 G st. n.w. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOSTON. Courses in Engineering, Architecture, Chemistry, Physies, Biology and General Studies. “Entrance examination in Washington June 27 and 28. Address H. W. TYLER, Ph.D., my8,15,22,20 Secretary. FOR COUNTRY RESIDENCES—OPEN FItANKLIN stoves, inexpensive andfrons, wrought tron candle- sticks’ and lanterns; brass knockers. ap29-tf J. H. CORN! ‘Tile Shop, 520-522 13th st. FOR THE SICK ROOM. A, resistry, for, trained: curses, ls open at the Children lospital, W and 13th streets, and Columbia Hospital, Pennsylvania avenne and 25th Street, where at all times may be secured the services of competent and reliable trained nurses, capable in any case, however dificult. All in- formation cheerfully ‘given, and no fee required nor charge made. ‘Telephone No. 272 for CHIL- DREN'S, and 1746-2 for the COLUMBIA HOS- PITAL. ap26-lm There's a “Just right” fit about the collar, cuffs and bosom of the Shirts we make and sell. Can't fit you so perfectly from the ready-made sort as we can when we ‘take your individual measure —no one can—but you'll be satisfied or we won't let you go away. Ask to see that G5c. Dress Shirt. Was ic. until recently. Ellery & Ireland, 2,23" my22-14d We're Making the Finest SHIRTS in Washington. ‘That fact 1s evidenced by the constantly In- creasing patronage of the best dressers in town. The Shirt made here must be perfect in every respect—or else it doesn’t feave the shop. One shirt, $1.50—6 for $9. Frank Wells, (ier Willard’s Hotel. my22-14d It’s Very Easy To learn to ride a Bicycle if properly instructed on @ suitable Safety. "Instruction by competent men may be had at our large and elegant riding ool, 1325 14th st. n.w., both day and evening, gud we claim to teach pupils to ride in “good form. Beginning May 13 the school will be lighted by electricity and open every evening except Sunday until 10 o'clock. We shall be in better shape to take care of our numerous patrons, and the even- ings will be the pleasantest part’ of the day as warmer Weather approaches. Special evenin, can be reserved for ladies if desired. A’ merely nominal charge is made for teaching, and even that deducted from the price of a machine if you “* RAMBLER. All 1895 patterns of Safeties, $100. ‘Tandems, $150. Never so good before—and never before so cheap. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., _myl4-284 1325 14th st. n.w. Dentist ry done on weekly and monthly in- stallments, T. W. STU ELD, 11th and F sts. n.w., over Mertz's Drug Store. aplé-3m Pint of Fine Wine Goes With Our soc. Dinners. ‘That's not the ae, inducement we offer. We're making our@inners the finest in town. Our new cook 1s cooking everything in most delicious style—scems to pleas2 every one. All the substantials and delicacies of the season-—served in most pleasing style. Every day from 5 to 7. + C7Table Board, $20 month. The Belford, 617-21 13th St. my21-2¢ You Men Shoul id Remember ST GINGER AL ‘very seuse, fnest imported ale— NLY HA AS fou Same So botth “Palm- s —that PALMER'S BE! equals, and Co in ts —comes in he Imported you drink, sure to ask for "Sold at soda fountains and M supply you, direct, if you wish. Sam. C. Palmers yrs warens, ‘OT, GS 1D ST. S.W. "PHONE 480. lid Have You Glass Wants ? 88. Our facilities and stock are une- quated. Our force consists of none aced und fearless glass Ye shonld use the your draw- it in c Expert Handler of You know low a man receives a p letter—tears it reads Drop iu to see a sample of vt the prices. Byron S. Adams, 32H, my21-14d 'D WITHOUT THE KNWE, Cancers siitanun 13% 6 et mw. aps Smo CHAKLSS ALLEN, M. D. THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895—-TWELVE PAGES. CLAIMS ON MEXICO Charles Oberlander’s Case Before the State Department. KIDNAPED AND MALTREATED Graphic Description of His Un- pleasant Experiences. EARLY ACTION EXPECTED It is not unlikely that the Mexican gov- ernment will be called upon to satisfy, without any further delay whatever, the claims of Charles Oberlander of San Diego, Cal., and Mrs. Barbara M. Messinger of Tia Juana, Cal., for damages growing out of the kidnaping of the former on American soil by Mexican officers, by order of a Mex- ican judge, and the maltreatment of the latter. Mr. Patterson Sprigg, a former well- known Washingtonian, who is now one of the leading lawyers of San Diego, has been in Washington for two weeks, in consulta- tion with the officials of the State Depart- ment regarding the case. He has been re- ceived with much consideration by Assist- ant Secretary Uhl, who is acting as Secre- tary during Mr. Gresham's illness, and So- licitor Dabney, and there is no doubt from the extreme interest being taken in the matter that the Mexican government will be called upon’ to repair the damages in- flicted by its representatives upon Mr.Ober- lander and Mrs. Messinger. The memorial in the case of Mr. Oberlander was sent to the State Department early in 1893, and re- cited that while the petitioner, a citizen of the United States, was acting as a deputy constable of the county of San Diego, Cal., on the 20th of May, 1892, he was kid- naped upon American territory and forcibly carried out of the United States into the Mexican republic without lawful authority or justification by Doninciano Cruz, Joa- quin Fuentes, Ramon Cruz, Yidefenso Fu- entes, Jocobo Marino and other Mexicans, who were officers at the time of the Mex- ican government. In conversation with a reporter for The Evening Star this morning Mr. Sprigg graphically recited the story of the outrage perpetrated upon Mr. Ober- lander and displayed numerous affidavits abundantly supporting its exciting nar- rative. Oberlander is a New Yorker. “Mr. Oberlander is a young man, under forty. and is a son of the Rev. Alexander Oberlander, pastor of the Evangelical Lu- theran Zion's Church of Syracuse, N. Y.,’”” said Mr. Sprigg. “He was born in Ger- many, but came to this country with his parents in 1800, his father having been naturalized in Syracuse in 1870, when his son was fourteen years old. At the time of the kidnaping Mr. Oberlander was a deputy constable of National township, in San Diego county. At the time that the Chinese exclusion act went into effect he had been largely instrumental in breaking up a per- nicious conspiracy by which the Mexicans got Chinamen to land in Mexican territory under promise of safely sending them across the border into the United States, and after getting them in Mexice robbed them of their money and under pretense of smuggling them across the border into this country handed them over to United States marshals on this side of the boundary.” How the Chinumen Were Fooled. “You can have no conception of the con- dition of affairs down there on the bound- ary at this time,” continued Mr. Sprigg. There was collusion between the Mexican officials and the United States marshals. The former wouid rob the deluded China- men and run them across the boundary, where the marshals would be sure to get them, and then the latter would receive large fees for arresting the celestials and taking them before a United States com- missiuner, who would, of course, order them to be deported. As I before stated, Oberlander learned who the principais were .in this conspiracy. They included many prominent Mexican officials, and when It was made dangerous for them to continue longer the outrageous treatment of the Chinese they naiurally held Ober- lander resporsible in a degree for the sto ping of their reprehensible means of gain.’ The Crossthwaite Case. “Later on a man named Edward Cross- thwaite, who owned a ranch in Mexican Lower California, had trouble with Gen. Torres, the governor of Lower California. One day in San Diego Torres happened to be at the Horton House, a hotel, and there Crossthwaite’ met him, The latter abuSed the Mexican in a shameful way, but Torres could aot resent the insults. Upon his return to Mexico, however, Gen. Torres imstructed his people, who comprised in a word all the ofiicials in the territory which he controlled, that Crossthwaite must be gotten into Mexican territory. Accordingly a scheme was fixed up by which Cross- thwaite was arrested at Visalia, Cal., on a fraudulent warrant, charging him with smuggling cattle across the border, and was brought to Tia Juana, whence he wus kidnaped by Mexican officials and taken across the border and put into a Mexican jail. Mr. Oberlander also found out all about the kidnaping in this case and of Gen. Torres’ connection with it, and he addressed a letter to Gen. Torres, stating that if Crossthwaite was not immediately reieased from continement that every one implicated in his illegal arrest and im- prisonment would be brought to book. Gen. Torres thereupon liberated Crossthwaite and sought to have Oberlander influenced to discontinue his proposed prosecution of himself and the others implicated in Crossthwaite’s arrest, but overtures made to Oberlander were refused by him. Oberiander Becomes Marked. “Naturally, and as has been sufficiently proven in the case now before the State Department, the Mexican officials were very much incensed at Oberlander, and es- pecially so was a. Mexican policeman named Cruz, who had been implicated in the Crossthwaite abduction and for whose arrest a warrant was out in San Diego county,” continued Mr. Sprigg. ‘On the 19th of May, 1892, Oberlander went to Rosario, in Lower California, twenty miles from the United States boundary, to de- liver several letters for Philip Cross- thwaite, the father of Edward, and to look up evidence in the matter of the latter's illegal arrest. He went to Rosario, and when returning home the next day through the Mexican town of Tia Juana, which is situated on the Mexican side of interna- tional boundary between our republic and that of Mexico, he was halted by a Mexti- can policeman or rurale. “Oberlander was in a buggy, and refused to obey the summons, but whipped up his horse, and crossed the line into United States territory, when one Joaquin Fuentes rode up, and, placing a pistol to his head, took him back into Mexico. A Queer Sort of a Trin. “He was taken to the custom house, and there Dominciano Cruz, the man for whom the warrant was waiting in the United tates, charged Oberlander with having it in his possession, and found a copy of that document in Oberlander’s pocket. The lat- ter was thereupon put through a form of trial by Yldefonso Fuentes, a brother of ___ SPECIAL NOTICES. It Pays Business Men To know us. pply all their needs in the If wo have it, or will get it for ye TF Compare our prices with those else then youtll see why It PAYS to buy Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St. P Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.) 4 the policeman who had arrested him, and who was acting justice of the peace of the town, on a charge of having attempted to arrest Cruz on Mexican soil, and thrown into jail, with his arms shackeled and his legs tled together with ropes. The next day he was given another examination, which was largely devoted to endeavoring to find out what he knew about the prin- cipals in the abduction of Crossthwaite, and was put back in jail again. Oberlander Getermined to escape, if he could, and when some coffee was brought to him shortly after dark on the second day of his confinement, and his handcuffs were unlocked to allow him to drink it, he man- aged to unfasten the ropes with which his legs were tied, and a little later, when the guards were quiet, he threw himself upon them, and, knocking them right and left, escaped from the building. “He started for the American side, and several shots were fired at him. Some dis- tance from the jail he fell down a steep precipitous incline, and was considerably hurt, but he continued on over the cactus, which tore his flesh dreadfully, and, after swimming the Tia Juana river, reached the American side of the boundary in a wound- ed and bleeding condition. Recapture of the Victim. “He went to one or two houses, and at last was taken in at the house of Joseph Messinger, who kept & store on American soil, and there he was given shelter. He had been there but a few minutes, how- ever, when Joaquin Fuentes, Raymon Cruz and other Mexicans, who were policemen end Mexican state officials, rode up and surrounded the house and dragged Ober- lancer out. Nippers were placed on his wrists, and he was dragged through the cactus back to the Mexican jail, where he was thrust inside, after his arms had been shackled behind his back and his legs tied together with ropes. This caused him in- tolerable pain, and made the wounds he had received open afresh, but when he asked for water to bathe his hurts the guards laughed, and one of them told him that as he had to die there was no use of his having his wounds attended to. On recon cf Sunday, the 22d of May, he was taken before Justice Fuentes, who had as- sisted in kidnaping him from the Mes- singer house. There was another farcical examination, and Oberlander was returned to jail, where he was treated with further cruelties and indignities. The next day Oberlander was suddenly taken from the cell, and placed in his own buggy, tied se- curely in the vehicle, and, without his wounds being attended to, was started on an overland journey to Ensenada, about cne hundred and twenty-five miles from Tia Juana. This Government Interferes. . “After traversing about half the distance, however, the party having Oberlander in charge was met by messengers and sent back to Tia Juana, arriving there on the 25th of May,” continued Mr. Sprigg. ‘Here he was released on an order from Gov. Torres, which had been brought about by instructions from the City of Mexico, where the government had learned of the indignities visited upon Oberlander through the medium of our own State Department. The affidavits and the evidence taken in the cee, all cf which are before the State De- partment, prove conclusively to the satisfac- tion of the State Department officials, as I have been definitely informed, that Ober- lander was treated infamously upon a slim pretext, and that the real object of the Mexicans was to revenge themselves upon bim for his honorable and vigorous per- sistence in breaking up their illegal prac- tices. The case of Mrs. Messinger grows out of the indignities practiced upon her cn the night when Oberlander was forcibly taken from her husband's house, and she has likewise received the support of the United States government in her demand for reparation. Alleged Duplicity of the Mexicans. “After Oberlander recovered in a slight degree from the injuries received at the hands of the Mexicans, he prepared a me- morial of his case, addressed to President Harrison," Mr. Sprigg went on, “and, ac- companied by a very large number of af- fidavits, the papers were sent to the State Department. This government acted promptly in the matter of laying the case before the Mexican government, and a reply was received from Mexico regretting the incident very much and stating that the abductors and kidnapers of Oberlander had been tried and convicted and sentenced to prison. This was rather surprising intelli- gence to Oberlander, for he saw the very men who had kidnaped him and treated him so cruelly back in Tia Juana, and fol- lowing their usual avocations as policemen or rurales, or in other official or semi- official capacities, immediately after thelr crime had been committed. Affidavits to this effect were sent to the State Depart- ment, and in the early part of this year Secretary Gresham instructed our minister to Mexico to ‘nform the Mexican govern- ment that it had been misled evidently as to the real facts in the case of the ab- ductors of Oberlander, because if was abundantly known to the United States authorities that they had not been convicted and punished as the Mexican government had represented them to be. Confronted with this state of affairs, the Mexican gov- ernment recently corrected its former repre- sentations and stated that it had made a mistake in saying the men had been con- victed, but that what it intended to say was that they had been tried and acquitted. This information was conveyed to the de- partment, however, after the memorial of Oberlander for indemnity was filed. Secre- tary Gresham was then made acquainted with the fact that at the so-called trial of the Mexicans concerned in the kidnaping and imprisonment of Oberlander the testi- mony of two men who have been proven beyond doubt to have been nowhere near the scene of Oberlander’s capture at the time of his abduction was taken by the Mexican judge as sufficient to clear Ober- lander’s kidnapers.”” Position of This Government. These facts are all in the possession of the State Department and active steps are being taken by the government to require the Mexican government to make the rep- aration necessary for a complete adjust- ment of the entire matter. Through the medium of this case the State Department will eadeavor to make a precedent which will govern future troubles of this character which may arise along our southern border. It is well known to the State, Treasury and War Departments that some definite pol- icy regarding the treatment of lawlessness along the Mexican border is absolutely necessary, and consequently it is under- stood that the Oberlander case will be taken advantage of to let the Mexican gov- ernment know precisely what will be ex- pected of it hereafter in cases where its citizens commit depredations upon persons and property on this side of the borde-. Mr. Oberlander is now in New York state, the result of his treatment having been such, according to physicians’ affi- davits filed in his case, that he Is perma- nently incapacitated for any active work. Gossip About the Corinto Affair. Senator Morgan is very much interested in seeing justice done to the claimants in these cases, and Senator Hill is also con- cerned over Mr. Oberlander’s side of the action, It is hinted in diplomatic circles that the action of the United States in offering no objection to the occupation of Corinto by the British, in enforcement of the demand of payment of indemnity to English sub- jects who had been illegally imprisoned by the Nicaraguan authorities, was inspired by a desire on {ts part to have a precedent that would permit a decisive policy of a similar character in case the necessity should ever arise for its adoption. It Is sald that this country has long felt itself restrained in coming out boldly in behalf of its subjects who have been unjustly treated by the countries south of us, be- cause it had no way except open war to enforce euch claims, and the game was con- sidered too costly. With the Corinto affair as a precedent, however, the United States may in the future enforce any demand that may be regarded as just and proper in an international sense by following the ex- ample of the British. Such a policy, it is said, would cause Mexico to preserve a bet- ter respect for boundary regulations, if she realized that the receipts of any of her custom houses along the border were lable to be seized if she delayed or refused to do justice 19 Americans whom her offi- cials maltreated, as in the Oberlander case. oar eee # Can’t Wear Summer Suits ‘This kind of weather. But it's just the time to unpack those last year’s Clothes, and gend them here to be cle nee and pressed. Suits, $1. Coats, 7 Physicians and Dentists. 1 might call myself “Printer to the Physicians and Dentists of Washington,” but truth and modesty forbid such a claim. I don’t print for atl nat I do for a great many, and would ) for macy-mere. I invite calls from any ion Who need printing. EEN, Printer and Publisher, A116 E st. ow. Telephone 820. ss Elected Assistant Cashier. At the meeting today of the Directors of the National Metropolitan Bank the office of Assistant Cashier of that financial tnsti- tution was created, and J. Gales Moore was elected to fill the newly made position. Mr. Moore has been for many years principal book keeper of the bank, and has earned his promotion by intelligent and faithful service. —.___ William Gorman and James Eldnedg have returned from a six weeks’ visit to Newport. R. I. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY. NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian tfne. {sobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Solid Mnes are Dotted lines are isotherms or Ines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow bas fallen during preceding twelve hours. The words “High” and ‘‘Low’’ show location of areas of High and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. COLD WEATHER FOR MAY. Frost in the Middle States—Warmer ‘Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary- land, fair; warmer: northeasterly winds. For Virginia, fair, except showers on the coast today; warmer in the interior to- night, warmer Thursday; .northeasterly winds. Frost, with some of the lowest tempera- tures on record for the middle of May, oc- curred last night in the interlor of New York and Pennsylvania, in the lower lake region and upper Ohio valley. Rain has fallen in areas along the Atlantic coast from southern New England. southward, and in an area extending from Colorado to Texas. An area of high barometer occu- pies the central and eastern districts east of the Rocky mountains, and a storm which has been attended by northeast gales and heavy rain is central near the mouth of the Rio Grande river. The temperature has risen generally throughout the central valleys and the lake region, and has fatlen over the middle and south Atlantic and gulf states. Fair weather, with rising temperature, is indicated for this section Thursday. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 56; condi- tion, .09; receiving reservoir, temperature, G1: condition at north connection, 36; con- dition at south connection, 36; distributing reservoir, temperature, 68; condition at in- pent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, Tide Table. ; Today—Low tide, 12:57 p.m.; high tid 5:57 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. | > a e Tomorrow—Low tide, 0:35 a.m. and 1:20 P.m.; high tide, 6:44 a.m. and 7:01 p.m. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: poate) BOE 2 p.m., 58; maximum, 00; min- BATTLE ROYAL TOMORROW Alexandria County Election to Decide Moral Questions. Reign of Lawlensness in the County— Views of Some Citizens—Mr. Douglass Talks. Tomcrrcw will see a battle reyal in Alex- andria county between vice and immorality on the onz side and law and,order on the cther, and the result is awaited with much fterest by the citizens of the state of Vir- ginia, as well as those of the: District. The election for county officials to hold office for the next four years commences at sunrise in the morning, andsthe fight for supremacy promises toi be aj hot one. R. W. Johnston, the incumbent, fs a can- didate for re-election as -commonwealth attcrney. He is opposed by Will .W. Doug- lass, who is a red-hot morajist,dand who promises, if elected, to clean the-county of its lawlessness. W. C. Wibert,, the present county treasurer, is opposed by Hugh Tor- rison. There are three candidates after the office of sheriff, R. H. Veitch, the incum- bent; W. H. Palmer, who poses'as a re- former, and Mr. Costello, the republican candidate. R. L. Holmes, commissioner of revenue, has no opposition. Ini Arlington district Mr. Frank Hume, the incumbent, is opposed by a Mr. Duncan for the board of supervisors. Both sides are confident of electing their men, but the whole matter is in such a muddle, there being really no politics in it, that it ts hard to predict what the outcome will be. One thing 1s certain, if the incum- bents are re-elected, it means continued lawlessness in the county of Alexandria. Mr. Douglass Talks. A reporter for The Star had a talk with W. W. Douglass, the candidate for com- monwealth’s attorney, this afternoon, and he said: & “The defeat of Johnson is a matter of most vital importance to the property in- terests of the entire county. Moral and financial depressions go hand in hand. The county: has already suffered greatly from the present condition of affairs. Why,” he said, “Johnson has publicly de- clared that he has fully discharged the duties of the office during his incumbency, and that his course in the future will be the same as in the past. We. depend on outside capital to invest in otr land and make improvements; it won’t come here under the present condition of affairs.” “How about the value of property in the county. Has it decreased?” “I venture the assertion that if the pres- ent condition of affairs continues to exist for four years land in the county won't be worth $50 per acre. Hardly a day passes but I meet persons who say they would like to live in the county, but cannot do so on account of having to pass through Jack- son City or Rosslyn en route to Wash- ington.”” Difference in Salaries. Mr, J. C. Clements of the county is of the opinion that if the republicans ‘are successful it may prove a blessing in dis- guise, for this time they are after the county finances also. “And,” he said, “you know when you go after a man’s pocket- book he is going to keep his wits together. This crowd has actually gone down to St. Asaph junction and gotten a young man named Duncan to resign a position that was paying him $60 per month to run against Frank Hume for the board of su- pervisors of Alexandria county, which only pays $3 per meeting and only twelve meet- ing a year are allowed by law. The de- feat of Mr. Hume,” he added, ‘‘would be a great blow to Alexandria county, as I consider him the best man in it.” There will also be a special election to- morrow for public school purposes, for a district school levy of thirty cents on the hundred dollars in Jefferson district, thirty- five cents in Washington district and forty cents in Arlington district. ° The registration of voters ‘for the year which has just closed shows an increase of 300 names in the past year, which is the largest increase for some years past. ps is Capi. Domer’s Error Excusiibie. To the Editor of The Evening Sta}: = In regard to “the mysterious errer, which has not been explained up: to date,” of Capt. Domer of the Fencibles, I wish to say that, to anyone familiar: witkithe his- tery of competitive military drills, it is not mysterious. t « « The fact that Capt. Domer turned ‘two pages at once is talked of as:an unheard-of occurrence, while as a matter of fact it is an error which has .often been mate It is only remarkable that it occurs less fre- quently. The real fault lies in thé regula- tion which requires the drill master to wear gloves. ; If any one will put on a new pair of lisle thread gloves and concentrate his entire attention on turning separately the pages of a drill program this error will not seem so wonderful. Take the unhappy combination of these new, miserable “slippery” gloves, a sword to handle, the company in full swing walt- ing for an immediate command, time worth sixty dollars a minute, two thin sheets of peper sticking together, the instructions on the wrong page fitting exactly the posi- tion then occupied by the company, and the mistake is far from marvelous. The regulation is at fault. After the in- spection the drill master should be al- lowed to remove his gloves and the sword should be kept in the scabbard, the tactics “to the contrary notwithstanding.” There should be a special regulation in this re- gard. It has been my unhappy fate to serve in a drill team when the same accident oc- curred with a very careful drill master in command. A TIN SOLDIER. MAKING DEATH SURE An Unknown Man's Suicide at the Ameri- can House. Whisky, Gas and Laudanum — Efforts to Keep His Identity a Secret. A bottle of whisky, two doses of lauda- num and an overdose of what is termed illuminating gas were the means employed: by some unknown man to end his earthly existence last night, and he succeeded. Room 29 on the top floor of the American House was the place where this unfortu- nate man ended his life, and if he has things his way no one will ever know his identity. When he registered at the hotel last night he wrote the name, “D. Miller, Virginia.” He was evidently a man of not much means, and gave the impression of having been a hard drinker. He was about thirty-five or forty years old. When he stepped up to the hotel desk there was nothing about him to cause any suspicion that he meant to take his life. He did not appear nervous or excited, but just registered as if he were a new arrival from Alexandria county or some other place in the old dominion, and was shown to the room on the top floor. He was prob- ably one of the last guests on that floor to go to his room, for the odor of the escap- ing gas was not noticed by any one until one of the employes strolled through the hall this morning about 9 o'clock. Then there vas an investigation made, and when the locked door was forced open the body of the dead man was found lying across the bed. Part of his clothing had been removed and thrown careiessly across a chair, while his shoes and brown stockings had been put on the floor beside the bed. The name “D. Miller” was evidently as- sumed for the occasion, for on the bureau was a note written by the suicide, in which he says: “To whom it may concern: “You will have a hard time to identify me. Bury me in potter's field, where I be- lon; There was also on the bureau a small bottle that had contained laudanum, and on the bed beside the body was a similar bottle. From these bottles the labels had been taken. An empty whisky flask, also found on the bed, had been robbed of its advertisement, rendering it impossible to tell where the whisky and poison had been purchased. From the appearance of things about the recm it is thought that the man swal- lowed the contents of one bottle when he first went to the room and that he emptied the others after he had turned on the gas and gone to bed. Detective Boardman, who was sent for, examined the room and took possession of the few effects of the dead man. There was an umbrella, $1.85 in cash, a small bottle of cologne, a lead pencil, a key and a few other small articles. The dead man is of stout build, dressed in blue grayish striped trousers, blue serge coat and@vest, standing collar and white shirt. He wore a black derby. He had dark eyes and black hair and was about five feet nine inches in height. Undertaker J. William Lee removed the bedy to his undertaking establishment on Pennsylvania avenue, where it will be held for identification. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, AMUSEMENTS . Page 12 ATTORNEYS . ---Page 5 -Page 10 -Page 4 -Page 4 = Page 12 COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. -Page 4 COUNTRY BOARD... -Page 4 COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. 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William Mahone believes that the day is ripe for a political revolution in Vir- ginta. “I think that Virginia, along with the rest of the country, is about tired of hav- ing elections stolen,” said Gen. Mahone to a Star reporter today. “It did all well enough to steal elections for a while, but that sort of thing gets monotonous, and I am sure that it has reached that stage in the old dominion. On Friday an election is held in Virginia for county officers,which means nothing except to the fellows who want to get an office. Next fall, however, we elect the entire legislature, one hun- dred members, and one-half of the state senate, twenty members. That election, in my judgment, will prove a great turning point for Virginia, and it will be fought on lines altogether different from former con- tests in Virginia. The great issue will be an honest election, and everything else will be subordinate to that. I believe the re- publicans will win.” His Fight for the Governorship. The charicteristics of the “little general,” who was one of the nerviest and most fearless officers of the confederacy, are well known to every one. It was a great surprise to Gen. Mehone's friends when he left the democratic party and adopted re- publicanism. As United States Senator Gen. Mahone took the country by surprise by breaking through the bar of senatorial custom and making in the Senate chamber a@ most vigorous speech during the first days cf his occupancy of a seat there. The general's great effort to turn the old do- minion from a democratic stronghold to a republican state was made in 1880, when he ran for governor and was defeated, ac- cording to the official counts, by about 40,000 majority. That was one of the most heated contests in the history of the state, and it was a contest in which the colored people were almost lost sight of except as voters. The republican convention, which met at Norfolk to nominate a man for gov- ernor, was made up almost entirely of white men. There were so few colored peo- ple in that great gathering that it was al- most impossible to pick out one of them from the stage of the hail in which the convention was heKl. The colored people themselves sent up a cry against what they termed a white man’s republican par- ty, but they voted for Gen. Mahone just the sams. That election culminated in rather a dramatic way, Gen. Mahone’s house being visited at about 12 o'clock, midnight, after the returns had gotten in, by a group of enthusiastic young demo- crats, who wanted to show him how great- ly they rejoiced in their victory. They carried numbers of Roman candles, which they fired off, some of them pointed toward the general’s house. This dem- onstration looked like an attack on the gen- eral’s home, which was quickly resented by the general himself, who appeared on his front steps with a shotgun in hand and announced to the party that he would pro- tect his property and that it would be well for them to seek another portion of the town. In some way, which was never very clearly understood; one of the demo- cratic visitors was shot in the leg, and although the time had reached the small hours of the night, Gen. Mahone was ar- resied, was taken before the mayor of Petersburg, tried, and finally allowed to re- turn to his home. Since that exciting period there has been no exceedingly great effort on the part of the republicans to wrest Virginia from the hands of their political opponents. At least, there have been no such exciting elections as were held when Gen. Mahone ran for the governorship. Speaking of this election today, Gen. Mahone said: Stealing Elections. “After the election of 1889 I received in- formation from all over the state of Vir- ginia. That information placed in my hands the names of 27,000 reoublican vot- ers which had been stricken from the rolls without justification. Also, conclusive evi- dence that 13,000 republican votes had been thrown out. As I have said, this sort of thing cannot last. The country Is tired of it and Virginia is tired of it. It’s all very nice to steal other people's property for awhile, for that is what stealing an election means, but it cannot last. The camel’s back in Virginia was broken when these methods defeated Lee for the sena- torship. It did all very well so long as democrats stole republican votes, but when it came to operating in the same manner within their own party the case took on altogether another phase. “What I believe Virginia will make a tremendous fight for next fall is to hi an honest election law. The election la in Virginia now is as good as no law at all. It is simply a legalized method for a democratic organization to steal republi- can votes. When the democrats come for- ward with declarations that they too are ready to give us an honest election law, the republicans will simply reply that they would prefer having the child nursed by its mother than one who has been known to be its enemy. The democrats have fail- ed in their attempt to call a constitutional convention. “If they had succeeded in that and had placed their iniquitous election law in the constitution, it would have been there firmly established and beyond the power of the people to overcome for very many years. I am glad they made the effort to call that convention. We will use it against them in the campaign. A constitutional convention can only be called by the legis- lature, and, as I have said, I think the re- sult of the campaign next fall will be to give the republicans a majority in that boay.”” “Do you expect to lead the republican forces in Virginia in the contest for the governorship which comes off in 97?” The Star reporter asked. Will Not Be a Candidate. “Not at all. itics, and don’t intend to run again for any political office. So far as taking part in this political fight is concerned, I have said that the great question at Issue will be an honest election, and any man can talk on that. Senator Daniels has advised Virginians to vote as they shot, but that sort of thing can’t last much longer. Vir- ginia is ready for a revolution. Money has beev scarce and times have been hard, and these are always conditions favorable to such uprisings. The people of Virginia will see that they have been fooled by the democratic party. 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Private wires to New York, Chicago and New Orleans. Telephone 453. aplo-tr The Union Savings Bank, - 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savingsaccounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern- ment pay days and Satur- day evenings between 6 and 'e 20-208 political matters. He does not know what an income tax law is or what it proposes to do, but he has voted the democratio ticket religiously with a vague idea that that party was the one to bring good times. He'll wake up now and see that he has been fooled, and he will start think- ing. So far as the income tax law is con- cerned, that has simply been an attempt to make the Yankecs hand over their money. “By the time our gubernatorial election comes off in 97 I em inclined to think that Virginia will be in a condition to hand over the state offices to the keeping of the republican party, and, with the repub- lean fegisiature that will be elected next fall, the state will be in a condition favor- able to progress.” < od Gov. O’Ferrall’s Visi Gov. O’Ferrall’s official visit to Mt. Ver- }non was naturally enough connected In the minds of many citizens yesterday with the question of squelehing the gambling dens across the Potomac. The Washington board of trade commit- tee found it impracticable to visit Gov. O'Ferrall in person and present the protest which resulted from the mass meeting week. The governor in the afternoon, returning from Mt. Vernon, took the ti at Slexandria for Richmond. %