Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR hasa Larger Circulation ; in the Homes of Washington than all the Other Papers of the City Added Together, because it - Stands Up Always for the Interests of ALL THE PEOPLE of WASHINGTON; does not Strive to Divide - the : Community into Classes, : and Array one class Against the others; - Contains the Latest and Fullest Local and General News; and Surpasses all the Other Papers in the City in the Variety and Excellence of its Literary Features. It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read by Everybody. It is, therefore, as an Advertising Medium, without a Peer, Whether Cost ‘or Measure of Publicity be Considered. BY L. FRANK BANN. = (Copyright, 1895, by Irving Bacheller.) (Continued from Thursday’s Star.) VII—FOR JOSEPHINE’S SAKE. ‘The slam of the door aroused M. Droubet to action. He cast a hunted iook about him and darted toward the rear door, but I stepped in the doorway and headed him off. He hesitated a moment, and then, con- fronting me, he asked: “Who are you, m’sier?” “I have told you,” I replied. “And you come from M. Croneau?” I nodded. I cannot tell ycu how sur- prised I was that this name, chosen at random, should have so powerful an effect upon this member of the gang of thieves who had conspired to plunder the mines of Benita. But in the scene that had just en- sued I had seea my advantage, and, con scious. that M. Droubet was in my power, I resolved to end th2 matter at once. “Look you,” I said, sternly, “I know your whole vile plot. I am an American detec- tive, and I have discovered at last the thieves who have so long robbed the Benita Glemond mines. Howard Forsythe is dead, n ‘“SSut there was no time to say more. Like lars Burning the Evidence. a shot Droubet had turned and darted from the door, and when I reached it a moment later he had disappeared in the passing throng. How to act in an emergency of this kind puzzled me. Should I call upon the Paris- ian police to assist me in capturing this man? So far I had acted entirely alone, and I had at present no authority to pur- sue and capture the thief. Coming to Paris in pursuit of evidence, I had stumbled upon my man at once, but now that I knew him for a receiver of the stolen diamonds I felt myself powerless to act until I had more direct evidence of his guilt. The first thing I did was to lock the street door. Then I re-entered the little back room, and was rejoiced to find the 2ak door slightly ajar. Had it been closed I should have required a locksmith to open it, and at present I preferred to work alone. I pushed open the door and entered. It vas Droubet’s workshop, and was com- posed of four solid brick walls, lighted from a skylight, and with no means of egress excepting the oak door. In the center of the room was a bench containing the implements required by a diamord cutter, and one or two half-cut stones also lay upon it. ‘There wes another bench behind the door, and when I turned toward it I stopped abruptly, while my heart seemed turned to stone as I realized what a revelation con- fronted me. Piled upon the back of the tench were more than a score of brightly bound books. One was lying open before me, and the leaves were perforated with a round hole near the edge! A steel die, used for cutting this hole, stood beside the book, and under the bench were several new packing cases. With a horrible fear at my heart—a sick- ering certainty of what I should see, I turned over one of the cases and found it marked: “M. JULES CRONEAU, Bookseller, 14th street, New York.” I sank into a chair and buried my face in my hands. This, then, was the result of my long search—the search whose reward was to have been the happiness of my darling Josephine. I had been so joyous a Gay before; I had thought myself so near the successful termination of my task! That very evening, as I walked to my in- terview with M. Droubet, I had pictured to myself the cozy home I should establish when my reward was earned, and the joy of seeing Josephine flitting lightly about the sunny rooms, ministering to the com- fort of her husband and of that father she loved so devotedly. If my little girl, with her frank nature, and pure, sweet soul, discovered that her father was a thief, the knowledge would surely kill her, or at least embitter her whole life. She was likely to refuse to marry an honest man with this taint upon her name. And then I conceived a deter- mined resolution that never, could I pre- vent it, should my darling know the truth. What matter it to the owners of Benita, now that the theft was discovered and the arch-criminal dead, now that no more stones could be stolen and disposed of, what mattered it if one or two of the minor criminals should escape their just punish- ment? I dared not arrest Droubet now, for his capture would be sure to implicate M. Croneau. I believed that no one but my- self and Mother Videaux knew what be- S A Message From Paris, came of the stones, and I resolved to sup- press all knowledge that might lead to the discovery of the truth. I acknowledged then, and I do now, that my action was culpable. A fine detective, indeed, must be one who allows criminals to escape their merited punishment! An honorable servant, in truth, is he who fails to carry out the task he has assumed! But Josephine! Shall that lovely flower be crushed by a weight of infamy in no way deserved save through the decrees of a mocking fate? Never, if I can help it! In a corner cupboard was a jar contain- ing seventy finely cut diamonds—several more were secreted in the pockets of the books. I secured them all, and then turned my attention to the task of obliterating all proof of Droubet's complicity in the crime. I broke up the boxes, and burned them and the books in the grate. I destroyed whatever tools I could and threw the rest in a corner. Then I walked out and sprung the catch of the great door behind me, and left the fruit shop forever. a 28) (ees O16 ls ee Without a word to announce my arrival I walked into Mr. Forsythe'’s office one bright June morning and told him that I had come to the end of my mission. He was overcome with grief at hearing of his brother's death, which, I informed him, was due to the bite of a serpent that had secreted itself in the house. I did not tell him that Howard Forsythe had attempted to murder me, or that he was the thief I had been set to catch. What use to cause him unnecessary grief? If I could cover up part of the crime to protect my loved one, I could sure- ly affcra to spare the memory of his only brcther, one whom he affectionately re- garded and believed an honorable man. No! Let the skeletons le side by side un- disturbed. I did not mention Mother Videaux, either, satisfied that she could cause no further mischief, but I invented a fairy tale of a pcecket found in the rocks, in which were hidden the rough and polished gems I laid Lefcre him. He sighed and regarded them absently. “And you could disecver absolutely no clue to the theft?” “Nene whatever.” “Then we must let the matter rest, and trust the thief will be too frightened by the discovery of his store of pelf to carry his depredations further.” i had lo3st my reward, but Mr. Forsythe kirdly offered me a position of trust in his establishment, which I refused. I could not bear to associate with him in business with that terrible secret in my breast. After my interview with Mr. Forsythe I turned toward the French book store, with my heart filled with the mast pleasurable anticipations, for at least I was to see Josephine. But my career as a detective was to bear mcre fruit. I little knew that I was entering a house of mourning. I am convinced that only my opportume arrival saved my darling’s heart from treakirg. M. Croneau had that morning received a message from Paris. He appeared dazed after reading it, but, controlling his emo- tion, he carefully burned the paper, took his daughter in his arms and kissed her tenderly, and then, walking into the back room, he shot himself through the heart. cee 8 8 8 ew eel All this happened years ago; I am an old man now. I have lived to see Josephine’s happy face through many years reward me for the suppression of my secret, and she died trusting to meet her father in para- dise. Our children have grown up and scat- tered to homes of their own; the mines of Benita are long since abandoned, and their owners are dust. And so, perhaps, it ts fitting that my life's story should at laat be told. (The end.) ——.—__. Trial Trip of the Texas. The trial trip of the battle ship Texas will take place from Hampton Roads about September 5. The Texas was the first ves- sel. of the new navy built by the govern- ment. The trial will be for the purpose of testing the machinery built by private con- tract. ——_—_+ 2+ ___. Science for Penny Tossers. From the Saturday Review. If a couple of hundred coins are placed vpon a tray and tossed on the table repeat- edly, it is plain that at each throw any number of heads from none to 200 may turn up after each throw. If there were no trick in the business, none and 200 would very rarely appear. Most frequently the difference between heads and tails would be more or less even. Now, supposing we were to take a piece of paper ruled into 200 vertical columns, and to write the numbers from nothing to 200 in order along the foot of the columns. Then suppose we sat down and tossed the tray of 200 coins a few thousand times, at each toss counting the number of heads and placing a black mark in the proper column, we should find that the middle columns would soon increase in height, wKile the lateral columns would increase much more slowly. After a sufficient num- ber of experiments, providing that the tossing was fair, the top of the columns would form a curve, rising regularly from the nothing to the hundred column, and filling regularly up to the two hundred. Such a curve would be nearly what a mathematician like Prof. Pearson would call the normal curve of frequency. Supposing, however, that when the opera- tor was not looking, after each throw some one were to turn round half a dozen or so of the tails to heads, it will readily be understood that the resulting curve would not be symmetrical, but would bulge out on one side of the middle line. A large number of other disturbing causes would alter the curve in a definite fashion. —_+e+_____ Earning an Honest Penny. From La Geudriole. Miss Lily nestles familiarly on the lap of a young gentleman who has been paying his addresses to her big sister all through the spring time of this year. “Tell me, sir, are you well off?” “Yes, my little pet.” ‘You are very well off?” “Why, what difference can it make to you whether I am rich or not?” “You see, my sister said yesterday that she would give twenty francs to know if you were well off, and I should like to carn the money.” ——___+e+___ How the Colonel Made Room. From the Atlanta Constitution. “Do you think,” asked the colonel, as he cocked his revolver, “that you can make room tomorrow for that communication of mine which has lain on your desk for six weeks past?” “Certainly!” gasped the editor. “If we're crowded I can enlarge the paper, or—” “That is satisfactory,” interrupted the Yolonel, still eyeing his weapon. “I heard that you were crowded for space up here, and I thought that if I got you and the foreman out of the way there would be more room. Good morning!” ee ee A Dutch Funeral Car. Letter From La Hague. A funeral car in Holland is the queerest and most mediazval-looking of convey- ances. Imagine the horses entirely hidden under long, sweeping draperies of black cloth, like the steeds in the illustrations to Froissart. These draperies reach to the ground, and all that is seen of the horse is his solemn eye peering through the eye- holes. The car itself is driven by a coach- man draped also in black, with a perfectly huge shovel hat, rather like that of “Don Basilo” in the “Barber of Seville,” only much more exaggerated; while the coffin, or its absence, is completely hidden from view by the mass of heavy black draperies that descend from the roof of the car nearly to a level with the wheels. On the whol2 the car looks like a perambulating mass of black cloth, and is neither beaute- ous nor impesing, though distinctly antique in appearance. ——___-+ee Lighted Washington's Cigars. From the Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean. Louisiana claims the honor of having within her dominions the oldest person row living in this country, if not in the world, in the person of George Brown, col- ored, a native of Virginia, who boasts of 131 years and of having acted as a servant of Geerge Washington. He claims to have frequently blacked the boots and lighted cigars for the father of his country. He has a certificate from Ed Cronigan, his former master, certifying that he was born’| in 1764. ————+e+_____. The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. {But all such orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 80, 1895—TWELVE PAGES. C.STREEF fe STREET. 2 Div. © Sit, EOSTREET ~ Rn SU STREET, S™DIV. 38 STREET. WHERE THE PARADE WILL FORM. Note—o denotes Lincoln monument. o* stars denote position of different marshals Chief Marshal James F. McHugh. Other of divisions. LABOR DAY PARADE The Line of March and Bodies to Participate. CHIEF MARSHAL MHUGH'S ORDERS Expected to Move Promptly at 9.30 O'clock. SPLENDID DISPLAY EXPECTED —___-—___ There is every reason to believe that the ‘Labor day parade, for which the represen- tatives of the societies of organized labor in the District have been preparing so earnestly for more than a month past, will, unless there should be such a heavy rain as to preyent marching, which is not prob- able, be a most unqualified success in every particular, and the exercises of the day generally be of such a character that the workingman’s “Fourth of July,” as Labor day is sometimes designated in labor cir- cles, will be remembered for a long time. The idea of having a parade on Labor day is of quite recent origin, so far as the workingmen in the District of Columbia are concerned, and it was not until last year that any general turn out of the members of the societies of organized labor was at- tempted. That paratfe proved quite a suc- cess, but the harmony of the occasion was somewhat marred bythe attempt of Presi- dent Dunlop of the Washington and George- town Railroad Company to run his cars through the line of ‘the procession. The effert created, as was Stated in The Star of the same day, an int¢nse excitement, and resulted in the arrest ef Mr. Dunlop and bis being fined in the Police Court. It is quite certain that -the- experience of last year in this regard will not be repeated Monday. i Will Be'a Succe: It is believed that the appearance of the men in line will be suchas to reflect credit upon all concerned, and, while there may not be so many thousands taking part in the march as are cexpected to in some of the larger citics, there Is no reason to think that the Washington parade will not in every respect be an honor to the mem- bers of the societies of organized labor in the nation’s capital. The great variety of uniforms which will be worn, the different banners and transparencies to be carried and the floats in line, together with the music produced by the many bands, will combine to form a beautiful panorama that cannot be seen to the same advantage in any other city than Washington. News comes from every part of’ the coun- try that organized labor intends to ob- serve Labor day of this year with greater enthusiasm than ever before, and, as has already been stated, advantage will be tak- en of the opportunity to send forth a mighty and unanimous protest against the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs and his associates of the American Railway Union for their course during the great railway strike of last year. What will perhaps be the greatest demon- stration outside of Washington will be the one at Indianapolis. The committee be- gan its work months ago, and there is not a city or town in the state of Indiana that has a labor union that has not been invited to co-operate. The feature of the occa- sion will be the grand parade, and the com- mittee predicts that there will be 20,000 men in line. All the labor unions in the city will be in the procession, while im- mense delegations have been promised from almost every city and town in the state. An address is to be delivered by President John McBride of the American Federation of Labor, after which there will be a conference of the labor leaders who shall be present for the purpose of con- sidering questions that affect the cause of labor. Tbe Chief Marshal’s Work. Every detail for the formation of the parade here and its successful operations, from assembling to dismissal, has been worked out by Chief Marshal M¢Hugh and his assistants with mathematical precision. It is expected that every assembly or union will be in its assigned place promptly at 9 a.m., ready to move when the com- mand is given. The appearance of the chief marshal, with his two assistants, as also the mar- shals of divisions, will be strikingly at- tractive, especially as all will be mounted on fine horses. The chief marshal will wear a magnifi- cent red, white and blue silk badge, trim- med with geld, and also a badge of ex- tremely handsome design, which is in- tended as a souvenir, and may be described as follows: The badge will be a red, white and blue curtain, with a red background, having a red, white and blue rosette at the top. At the bottom of the curtain there will be two gold tassels. Across the cur- tain there will be printed in letters of gold the words “James F. McHugh, grand chief marshal,” and on the background “of Labor day celebration, Washington, D. C., September 2, 1895.” The assistants and the marshals of divisions will each wear a similar badge, except that the name and rank of each will be printed on his re- spective badge. ‘The sash worn by eacii assistant marshal and marshal of division will be distinctive in its character. Assistant Chief Marshal Stickels will wear jwhite and blue silk, trimmed with gold; Marshal Walsh, red, white and blue silk, with gold trimmings; Marshal Tracey, black and white; Marshal Whitemoie, blue; Marshal Canty, red and white; Marshal Wells, blue. Each of the sashes of the marshals of divisions will also be trimmed with gold. When all those who will participate in the parade shall have aB’sembled, the reso- lutions in relation to the imprisonment of Eugene V. Debs and other officials of the American Railway: Union, which were adopted by an unanimous vote at the meet- ing of the Labor day ¢onference, Sunday last, will be read. Chief Marshal McHugh’s Orders. ‘The official order for the parade is as follows: HEADQUARTERS CHIEF MARSHAL Labor Day Parade, WASHINGTON, D. C., August 29, 1895. General Orders, No. 1, aids, who shall assist in the formation of their respective divisions. It is left to the discretion of the organi- zations as to what positions they will adopt for marching order. The marshals will take the following po- sitions during the formation of line: Chief marshal, front of city hall, D street; marshal first division, 3d and In- diana avenue northwest; marshal second division, 4 1-2 and C street northwest; marshal third division, 6th street and Louisiana avenue northwest; marshal fourth division, 5th and D streets north- west; marshal fifth division, 4th and D streets northwest. The associations will report to the mar- shals of their respective divisions at points mentioned, at 9 a.m. sharp. As each di- vision becomes complete the chief marshal shall be notified at once. The first call—Attention will be sounded at 9:20 a.m. The forward will be sounded promptly at 9:30 a.m., at which time the column will start; each division moving as the rear of the preceding one has passed. The interval between divisions should be about fifty yards. Marshals will precede the music at the head of their respective divisions by about fifteen or twenty yards. Line of march to begin at city hall, In- diana avenue, east on Indiana avenue, to 1st street, to Pennsylvania avenue north- west, to 15th street, south of Treasury De- partment, to Executive avenue, thence to Pennsylvania avenue, to Washington Cirele, countermarch at circle, return east to F street, to 6th, down 6th to city hall. Upon reaching city hall the chief mar- shal and aids will take a position in front of same facing south. The parade will then pass in review. As each division ap- proaches, the marshal of same will join chief marshal and form in line to his rear. After the local assemblies pass in review they will break ranks. The series of resolutions on the Debs im- prisonment will be read by Stephen A. Clements, at the foot of Lincoln monu- ment, fronting city hall, just prior to the moving of the parade. By order of JAMES F. McHUGH, Chief Marshal. Esccrt of police. Chief marshal, James F. McHugh. Chief _marshal’s aids, W. E. Stickles, W. B. Hyde. Officers F. L. and D. A. 66—First vice president, C. H. Wor- den; worthy foreman D.A., 66, M. Cuff; re- cording secretary federation, J. Pottet financial secretary D.A., 66, E. F. Pywell inside esquire D.A., 66, J. E. Collin: vrer D.A., 66, P. T. Bowen; master work- man D.A., W. H. Simmons; second vice president federation, Frank Dent; record- ing secretary D.A. 66, C. T. Walput; se geant-at-arms federation, Geo. Glasogon; inside esquire, D.A., 66, E. J. Rea; treas- urer federation, S, A. Clements. Division No. 1, marshal, Dominick A. Horseshoers, Prof. Boyd’s Band; girls, marine engineers, machinists, stone Cutters, National Guard Band; gran- ite cutters, Excelsior Assembly, Times As- sembly, 1304, tinners, steam fitters, plumb- ers, National Guard Band; paper hangers, Tile Setters’ Assembly, cigar makers, Ladies’ Progressive Assembly. Division No. 2.—Marshal, Geo. A. Tracy.— Printers—Star office, Canton Potomac Drum and Bugle Corps; Post office, News office, Times office, C. G. Conn Bugle and Drum Corps; government printing office, Mt. Pleasant Field Band; I. T. U. Union, LP. P. U., stereotypers. Divisior No. 3.—Marshal, J. F. White- |.!nore —Plasterers, Marine Band; painters, tailors, lathers, Bakers’ Assembly, Prof. Hansen's Ban akers’ drivers, bakers and confectioners, Progressive Street Railw‘y, galvanized iron and cornice workers, book- binders, National Guard Band. Division No. 4.—Marshal, Michael P. Canty. — Bricklayers, Fort Myer Ban stone masons, eccentric engineers, Kit Car- son Drum Corps; carpenters, music. Division No. 5.—Marshal, Charles Wells,— Plate printers, Marine Band; cement work- ers, clerks, electrical workers, Butchers’ Assembly, barbers, Plumbers’ Laborers’ Union, National Guard Band; Douglas As- sembly, Progressive Engineers; carriage workers. Forming in Line. The various divisicns which will form the line are expected to assemble promptly at their assigned places ready to mova the instant the order to do so is given. First division, Marshal Walsh, on Indiana ave- nue. Immediately in rear of Marshal Walsh, and preceding the unions forming the division, the officers of the Federation of Labor and District Assembly No. 68, Knights of Labor, have been assigned po- sitions. Following these officers will be the various unions compusing the division, Immediately after the first division shail have passed the corner of 4 1-2 street and Indiana avenue the second division, Mar- shal Tracey, which will form on 4 1-2 street, will begin to move. As soon as the proper opportunity offers the third division, Marshal J. F. White more, which shall’ have formed on Louis- lara avenue, will fal! in in the rear of the second division. The fourth division, Marshal Canty,which will assemble on 5th street north of Louis- jana avenue, will promptly take up the line of march after the third shall have passed the proper point. The fifth division, which will be in charge of Marshal Charles J. Wells, will form on 4th street north of D street, and will fall in behind the fourth division. The carriage and wagon makers will have twenty lan- daus and two tally-hos in the line, and the marine engineers will also have enough carriages to accommodate all their mem- bers who desire to participate in the cele- bration. After the dismissal there will be abundance of opportunity for all who desire to do so to enjoy them- selves. The bricklayers will have their annual picnic at Buena Vista, the eccen- tric engineers will give an excursion to Marshall Hall for the benefit of the widows of the two cornice workers who were killed by the falling of a scaffold some weeks ago, and there will also be one or more picnics in other localities convenient to the city. The Public School System. A unique feature of the parade on Labor day will be a float representing the public scheol system. It is the idea of Messrs. Gecrge Keithley anad Edward Drechsler. ‘These gentlemen are not connected with any of the labor organizations, but are mechanics and greatly interested in the K. of L. Permission was asked of Chief Marshal McHugh to introduce the float in line, and he gladly granted it. Mr. Keithley today furnished a Star re- porter with a description of the exhibit. It will consist of a school house built on a large wagon drawn by four horses. The structure is to be modeled after the design of the “Little Red School House,” an old- fashioned idea, of red brick and gable roof. Over the doorway will be the inscription: “Our Public School System.” Living rep- resentations of Uncle Sam and the Goddess of Liberty will be seated on the float, which is to be decorated with red, white and blue bunting. “We intend that the float shall represent the public school system as one of the bul- warks of the republic, and also a chief of the procession 1. The following appointments are here-| principle of the Knights of Labor,” said by_announced for Labor day parade: Chief marshal, James F. McHugh, as- sistant chief marshals, W. 5. Stickels, W. B. Hyde. Alds—First division, Dominick A. Walsh; second division, George A. Trace; division, J. F. Whitemore; fourth division, Mr. Keithley. “It is the only means of education the workingman possesses. It will further represent the entire building trades, as well as all the branches of man- ual training as embraced in the public third | schcol system, and will demonstrate that the workingmen uphold the public schools Michael P, Canty; fifth division, Charles | for the education of the masses.”” Wells. The construction of the float was begun Marshals of divisions will appoint two! this afternoon at the Botanical Gardens. CONTRACTS FOR SEWERS, The Lucky Bidders on Public Work Made Known. The contracts for the big sewers will be awarded today.” The Eckington sewer will go to B. J. Coyle, whose prices were $29,574.60 for brick sewer and $26,730.80 for concrete sever. Lyons Brothers will get the contract for building the sewer on Potomac street from Canal to Water. Their bid, which was the lowest, is $3,226.50 for brick and $2,799 for concrete. Darius Gaskins will build the sewer on 10th street northeast from H to K. His bid was $3,874 for brick and $3,451.60 for concrete sewers. Lyons brothers will be awarded the con- tract for the pipe sewers on Water street from 22d to 23d, and on 22d from Water to C street, at $867.60. Darius Gaskins gets the pipe sewer on A street southeast, between 14th and 15th Streets, at $1,003.60. Lyons Brothers get the pipe sewer on 13th street southeast between K and Georgia avenue, at $626.50. Darius Gaskins will lay the pipe sewer in Pennsylvania avenue southeast between iith street and Georgia avenue, for $248. The pipe sewer which is to be laid in Pennsylvania avenue southeast between reservation No. 55 and 15th street goes to J. P. Larguey, at $1,180, —.-—-—__ Ciaims Big Damages. In a suit filed today by Mahlon Hutchin- son against the Columbia Chemical Com- peny, William P. Springer and James C. Haydon, Mr. Hutchinson charges that the defendants in a certain proceeding in court charged him with violation of the decree restraining William A. Hammond and others from manufacturing certain ani mal extracts, and asked that he, Hutchii son, be punished for contempt. He sa: that when the case was heard recently by Judge Cole he was found not guilty and the case was dismissed against him. He alleges that the defendants well knew all the time that he was not guilty, but charges that they made the complaint only to vex and annoy him, to put him to trouble and expense and to injure him in his standing, business and profession. He claims $25,000 damages. ———— STEEL CANAL BOATS. Asserted to Be in Every Way Superior to the Wooden Vessel: A fleet of half a dozen steel canal boats arrived at New York last night. They sailed from Lorain, Ohio, with a cargo of steel rails consigned to the Broadway Trac- tion Company and the Staten Island Rapid /Transit Company. =: The tug Defiance met the fleet above Yonkers, crawling along at a pace of not more than cne and a half knots an hour. On the propeller in charge of the expedi- tion was Capt. Haines. From Cieveland to New York the fleet met with a hearty re- ception. The boats are constructed of steel plates one-quarter of an inch thick above the water line and increasing to ofe-haif inch on the bilge and are painted black. It is expected that they can travel with less in- surance, take more freight, last longer and cost less to maintain than the old wooden boats which are pulied along the canals by mules. The propeller is fitted with com- pound condensing engines. ——_-+e+—____ ITS ADVANCED IDEAS. The President on the Associated Press’ Latest Exhibition of Enterprise The dispatch announcing the establish- ment of a daily news service between the United States and Mexico by the Associ- ated Press was shown to President Cleve- land and the interest of the chief magis- trate of the United States was at once ex- cited by the news. After reading the dispatch, Mr. Cleveland expressed great pleasure at the assurance of a more vital connection between the two countries and warmly commended the Associated Press for its enterprise, which, he said, would doubtless be produc- tive of much good. “It is a cause for great congraulation,” the President said, “that the adjoining re- publics of the United States and Mexico are brought into closer communication through the enterprise of the Associated Press, and I am sure this last demonstra- tion of its advanced ideas as a news agency will result in creat benefit to the people of both countries.” ——_—_—+ee__-___ GEN. GRANT’S GRANDSON. After Leaving Oxford He May Settle in Washingto: A New York World Narragansett Pler special says: Algernon Sartoris, son of Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, has gone to visit his mother at Hot Springs, Va. After a short stay there he will sail for Europe 2 mopuran pis studies at Oxford. He will through next year, an 3 207s back to this country to pratitise in Washington or New York. —— Li Hung Chang in Favor. Li Hung Chang of China has been ap- pointed imperial chancellor by tmperial de- cree in place of viceroy of the province of Chi Li, which office he formerly held. The London Times publishes a dispatch frem Shanghai which says that Li Hung Chang has had an audience with the em- peror, and as a consequence, will remain in Pekin. ———— Bissell for the Supreme Bench, A Buffalo paper declares that ex-Post- master General Wilson 8. Bissell has Leen offered by President Cleveland the place on the United States Supreme Court berch made vacant by the death of Justice Jackson. The paper adds that it is not likely that Mr. Bissell will accept. Mr. Bissell left Buffalo early this week for Marion, on Buzzard’s Bay, six miles from Gray Gables. —_+e+—___ Did Not Congratulate Quay. A New York paper printed among telegrams of congratulation to Senator Quay, one purporting to be from Police Commissioner Roosevelt, saying: “Allow me to congratulate you on your magnifi- cent victor; Cemmissioner Roosevelt says: ‘d sent no message of any kind whatsoever. I am at a loss to understand how the report orig- inated.” Mr. Rooseyelt seemed for a moment in- clined to follow his statement of fact with a statement of opinion, but finally decided not to do so, intimating that he had “enough of a fight on his hands in New York city,” without “hunting for trouble in Pennsylvania.” 2 The West Broadway Disaster. The jury in the Ireland building inquest in New York returned yesterday afternoon with a verdict placing the responsibility for the collapse on John H. Parker, contractor; Thomas Walker and Thomas Murray, fore- men; Charles R. Behrens, archite>t; Hd- ward J. Youdale and Denis EB. Buckley, building inspectors. The jury exonerated Joseph Guider. ———_+o+_____ Tried to Commit Hari Kari. Homesick and despondent, J. Kanako, a young Japanese art student, yesterday, at Philadelphia, attempted to end his life after the method peculiar to his country,by committing hari kari, or trying to disem- bowel himself with a short and keen-edged knife. He was discovered by K. Mone- wando, his preceptor, who took the weapon from him and sent him to a hospital. Kan- ako, who is twenty-two years old, will re- cover. ———_~+e+___ A Rumor From Rome. The Rome correspondent of the London Stendard telegraphs that Mgr. Zalewski, arcstolic delegate to India, is destined to succeed Mgr. Satolli at Washington. PASSED A COUNT@ERFEIT. Important |'Two Boyg Victimized by a Well- ressed Stranger. ‘Two colored boys working on a huckster wagon were in the vicinity of the jail yes- terday, when a well-dressed man stopped and made a purchase of 10 cents worth of fruit. In payment for the fruit he gave what the boys thought was a $5 bill, but which proved to be a very poor counterfeit. The boys reported the case to the police, and an effort is being made to apprehend the man who passed the bill. ——__ Identified as Mrs. Mary Burgess. The body of the colored woman who died suddenly in a Metropolitan street car Wed- nesday night from the effects of the heat, as printed in yesterday’s Star, has been identified as that of Mrs. Mary Burgess, wife of Enoch Burgess, who lives near Brightwood. Today her body was re- moved to her late home. $800 IN GOLD DROWNS A MAN. At the burning of a steamboat on the Hudson river forty years ago many of the passengers were drowned. 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Why, it ts the capstone of all complaints—aud the mother of most of them"—so writes a: famous English physician. ‘The euffcrer's friends often advise him to cheer up; to throw off his lethargy and eat freely. Bad advice. He knows better. “No,” he answers, “I cannot; my food does me no good.” He is right. Food now is gold in the spent swimmer's belt. ‘Take light nourishment, followed immediately by a dese of the Shaker Digestive Cordial—a new and radical remedy discovered and prepared by the Shakers of Mt. Lebanon, N. Y¥.—the essence of medicinal herbs and plants cultivated by them aloue. Then continue with It. Relieves at once and soon cures. Pleasant to the palate and adapt- ed to all constitutions Get a Dovkey Puzzle Book from your druggist. Storage Warchonse, 22d st. near M. 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