Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. MK. J. 6. ERGOOD HAS ASSOCIATED IN BUS- iness with him bis son, J. 1. Ergood. Business = Will be conducted ax heretofore, under the old firm name of J. ©. Ergood & Co. itt MIGHTY F these days. As Lots of $ THE WELL-KNOWN RESTAURANT, NO. 1314 B2d st., West Washington, conducted for many Year by, Mr. Jou Katser, hay been parchased by Mr. Henry “A. Kaiser and Temple Belt. Both gentlemen have an extensive experience in the busivess. Mr. Kaiser formerly conducted a place on M st. and Mr. Belt, being connected with Chacuberlin’s Hotel. Many Smprovements have been made, and the restaurant stocked with the finest Liquors, cigars, & ‘The well-know reputation of this place for oysters fn all styles will be maintained and lnproved. A cordial invitation is extended to thelr friends and the public in general. se12-3t* PATRICK Expert Accountant Removed to Equity bullding, Formerly 1421 F st. Some lawyers never want bri printed that they do not want them “in a hurry.” This is one place where they can have them done in a short time, and not be disappointed, for I NEVER DIS- ALTOINT, you know, 0c. a page for briefs—50 copies, typographically correct and printed nicely. BYRON S$, ADAMS, “Prompt Printer,"’ 51 sel2-t4d 2 1th si S NOTICE. s hereby given that William H. Walker. ‘on the grocery business at Nos. 9468 and fona ave. n.wW., this city, has executed fo me an asfignment for the benefit of bis cteditors. All persons ind to the sutd Ker are requested to make settlement of thelr edness to me or my representative, Mr. A. . Walker; and all persons having claims against the said aSsignor are requested to file them with me LEON TOBRINER, Equity building, Sept. 9, 1895. B17 4% st. nw. eel ot ON AND APTER SEPTEMBER 11, The agency of the Welsbuch Light Co. for the District of Columbia will removed from 1102 Conn, ave. to sell-6t GOT 7th +t. DR. MERRILL, DENTIST, HAS RETURNED FROM his vacation and can be found in his offles. 1107 G st. nw. WRIST BEAUTIFIERS—$5 CUFF RUTTO! Soll Lik. gold; Inks or plain buttons watin finished: ‘in a variety of designs. See our $6 Diamond Rirgs. COLE'S, on F st. 120144. aul4tm,4 TALES. PILES. PILE Dr. SHRADER (specialist for rectal diseases), ofles, $04 9th st. n.w. Piles cured without cut ting.” tying or detention from business. Ci sultation fre 8e10-6: HL. M PRINTER AND PUBLISH! FINE BOOK AND JOB PRIN 5 Js1__:1108-1116 E ST. N.W. TELEPHONE 820. FOR COUNTRY RESIDENCES—ALL ANDIRONS, fenders, spark guards and fire sets in stock will be sold at cost until further notice. Jo22-tf IH. CORNING, 520-522 18th st. EPECIAL NOTICE -DENTISTRY DONE ON WEEK- Jy and monthly Installinents—10 per cent discount for cash. Dr. T. W. STUBBLEFTELD, JeT-tf 11th and F'sts. u.w.—Mertz bldg. Pedalingivs. Walking. It's been a short but decisive fight, re- sulting in overwhelming victory of the medern—healthful—rapid_ mode of pedaling over the slow ‘“‘time-of-Adam" men of tronsit—walking. Join the ranks of the ma- jority—learn to peyee in the * Ff school—no charge if you buy a ‘Columbia’ lartford.”” District Cycle Co., * 452 PENNA. AVE. Is There Anything you need In the Stationery line for your bus- inese? Needn't ask where you'll be able to get eedn't take the trouble to inquire in other s. WE HAVE IT, if it can be had in town. ter what you require, if an up-to-date mery store should handle it, it'll be here. dle cost as much here as In many stores, Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., Popular Priced Stationers (just above ay.) sel3-1td Do You Ride a Bicycle? If not, why not?—It's the most permanent and pleasing fud yet taken up by the “leisure class. If you do not belong to that favored class you can make spare time for yourself by riding. The most rapid mode of transit in Washington, by long odds. ‘Time's money to most people; why not save time at a small Investment? Two dollars for a lady— one dollar for a gentleman—will teach you to . propel and steer a wheel and is deducted from the price of a bieyele if you purchase a RAMBLER. By the wa; we might remark right here that when you see a RAMBLER you may know {ft cost “an even hundred’’—no cut prices or bargains. Conntleas bleycles at our store. Glad to show them (Ramblers) to you at any time. GORMULLY & JEFFERY 1325 14th st Down-town Store, 431 10th st. n.w. se: iV 99 A Cool Drink ‘‘Gees Good ‘This kind doesn't it? Isn't a nicer drink for * than PALMER'S BEL- FAST GINGE! &. None other you'll enjoy you so much good. Just as deliclous as the est imported ales—comes in same size bottles COSTS BUT HALF AS MUO! soda fountains and grocers-or order from us. Saml.C. Palmer, sinha: fINERAL WATERS, 21D ST. SW. TEL. 480. 214d A California Vineyard —coulda't supply you with Claret for as little money as we can. Tharp's California Claret, only $1 for five bottles! JAMES THARP, 812 F ST. sell-7d Geo. W. Herold, MERCHANT TAILOR, _ Formerly at ». $24 Oth st. n.w., will be pleased to see his patrons at his new place of business, x 7o2 Oth st. now., where he will display a new and complete lve of Fall and Winter Goods. se10-6t® Yow’ll Buy It If You Try It— THE LIBERTY BICYCLE. Mon’s and Women's High-grade Wheels, including ali that's good in bicyele construction. Visit the Counectient avenue wheel headquarters and bave a look at them. W. D. HADGER, 1024 Cenn. Ave. 0 cents buys the famous “Demon” Lamp. ac2-3m,28 John Alden and Priscilla. From the Boston ‘Transcript. The Standish and Alden houses are both still standing In Duxbury; not those occu- pied by the Pilgrims, but bulit about 1650, on the grounds where the criginal houses Ptood, when the settlement was first made here. These houses are several miles apart, strange as it may seem, at almost the ex- treme ends of Duxbury village. The old Standish house has not been occupted for a good many years, but the Alden house fs inhabited by the ninth John Alden, in di- tect descent from the John to whom Pris- ella Why don’t you speak for your- self, J By the way, this John has a Ultle Priscilla Mujlins, named for her far- away ancestor, but his oldest son, John Alden, the tenth, was killed last summer, he being in the stable of McNaught when ITHIRD TERM TALK How Mr. Cleveland Can Make Known His Attitude. EITHER BY LETTER OR IN HIS MESSAGE Many Think There Shou!d Be No Delay in the Matter. EFFECT ON THE COUNTRY —— Upon the assumption that Mr. Cleveland does not intend to stand for another term as President, there is some discussion of how he might, and how soon he should, make public declaration of his attitude in the premises. Two Ways Suggested. As to the means, two ways are suggested. He could be drawn cut by a letter from some friend. This friend—and there are many democrats any one of whom, upon a hint, would be glad to perform the service —could state the case in terms of polite fullness and pardonable interest, and ask for a reply written so that the public might share its contents. This method is often rescrted to by public men, and is always effective. The other way would be for the Presi- dert, in his next annual message to Con- gress, to give, in some fashion, a plain in- timation that he is serving his last term as chief magistrate. He could do this, it is believed, with perfect propriety, without assuming either that another nomination awaited him or that a word from him on the subject was considered necessary. Such a declaration, it is pointed out, would make his next message a highly interesting docu- ment. Should Be No Delay. As to the time, anti-third-term democrats feel that if Mr. Cleveland is to speak at oll it ought te be done as scon as possible. He ought not to delay the matter longer than this year on any account. This al- lows for the opportunity of the annual message. The argument Is that the party alone is to be considered. Mr. Cleveland personally has nothing to lose by the agi tion of the question. He has not originated the agitation, nor is it contended even by his opponents that he is a party to any plan for promoting !t. His more enthusias- tic admirers are its authors, and are mov- ing in their own way their wonder to per- form. Mr. Cleveland is not abetting them, except by silence, nor can he call them down by any means short of an explicit refusal to be considered in next year’s race. But the party may suffer, unless the mat- ter is settled before the opening of the state campaigns for delegates to the na- tlonal convention. Democrats must know, or ought to know, for whom they are work- ing. The possibilities of the struggle should be explicitly spread out before them. Any doubt on so important a point as a third- term project would cause confusion and might lead to high feeling A convention composed of men selected in such circum- stances would not be able to perform its work satisfactorily. Effect on the Party. Then the effect on the country at large is suggested. Would the people in ma- jority be likely to give their support to a ticket thet would appear to have been nominated purely by Mr. Cleveland's favor? The republicans would charge that the democratic standar#hearer had no positive strength; that he had accepted only what Mr. Clevelard could not by rea- son of precedent afford te take; that Mr. Cleveland was the cnly man of positive strength in the party, and so forth. This sort of thing, while largely assertion, would, it is held, be very hard to combat. There would be much to make it plaus- ible, for the belief 1s that until the matter is set at rest, demccratic aspirants for the presidential nomination will find it hard to flourish in Mr. Cleveland’s shade. No One-Man Party. So that, as the anti-third-term men in- sist, Mr. Cleveland, by putting a stop to all talk about himself, would give the country the proper opportunity to study the proportions of all the other men whose names, barring his own, are on the pub- lic’s list. The party, they concede, cannot hope to win if it is to go on till the very eve of its national convention, appearing to have but one man altogether suitable to meet next year’s emergency. The one- maa party would be voted as objectionable as the one-man power. ——— Tomorrow's Alexander Island Entries First race, one-half mile, maiden—Po- noma Belle, 110; Cy Cooper, 110; Hands Up, 110; The Moor, 110; Sentinel, 110; My Jennie, 100; Little r, 100; Countess, 100; May, 100; Mistle- toe, 100; Hungaric, 100; Achilles, 100; Granger, 100. Second race, six and one-half furlongs, seliing—Trojan, 1 Reform, 105; Jarley, 105; Jack Wynne, 105; Dr. Reed, 102; Joy- euse, 102; Mohawk, 102; O'Hearn, 102; Miss Lou, 102; Hobby, 102; Mrs. Stewart, 1 Third race, one mile, selling—Contest, 105; Andrew D., 105; Little Bravo, 105; Jacl Dennison, 102; Fassett, 102; Tioga, 102; Blizzard, 102; Hazel, 102. Fourth race, one mile, selling—Romea, 105; Airplant, 105; Avon, 105; Prince Klamath, 105; Foxglove, 105; Pulitzer, 102; Brooklyn, 102; C. O. D., 102. Fifth race, five-eighths mile, selling,—So- nora, Prince John, 1 Forest, 107 Jersey, 107; Craftsman, 102; Jo. Jap, 102 Little Charlie, 192; Grampian, 102; Grand Prix, 102; Foundling, 101; Irish Lass, 96; Herry Keister, 96; Al. Helenbolt, 81; Mono- lith, 81. Sixth race, six and a quarter furlongs— I ly Boy, 17; Mirage, 107; Pottowattomie, Imp. Frolicsome Lass, 104; Con Lucy, 104; Fagin, 104; Frank R. Harf, 101, Third race declared off. Fourtk divided; split forming third. —_—>_—_—_ Struck With a xe Ball Bat. John Ridout, residing on Prospect avenue extended, Georgetown, got into an alterea- tion with George Dover at a colored picnic down the Potomac yesterday, when the latter struck Ridout a severe blow over the head with a base ball bat. The injured man was brought to the city, and now iics in a critical condition at his home. Dover has been arrestel and ts now at the seventh precinct station. = In a Critical Condition. Miss Eloise Christiana kins, famous fifty years ago as a belle and beauty of Washington, and the only surviving child of Asbury Dickins, for twenty-five years secretary of the United States Senate, is iat wassstruck by ehtaine, 2 caus sg ina eritical condition at Providence sep tne otic oHm Aiden must Soy Pe Hewpital: or thls city; witha brokenties. +o — ———— ———— — ‘The Fool in the Carriage. From TM-Bits. When you are traveling there is always a fool in the carriage. He ts the man who opens the window every time the train slows up at a station and plunges out up zo his shoulders to see what is going on. If the thermometer is twenty degrees be- lew zero he opens the window the minute he hears the whistle, and he keeps It open until the station is out of sight. He always sits in the s ectly in front of you, and it only takes him three tions to burden you with a cold that il last you till spring, and then have a balan to carry over for the next winter's account, Ho never h her r know the Ine of the road; he ne ything wher does look out; but all the same he neve: Is to look out; His own station is t t one he looks at, and when he gets out of the carriage he leaves the w open. eee wate. raph. Dick, u From the Harrisburg T ‘eacher—“No the golden text. "I don't dast; me fadder Is you may repeat Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKE MCAIOL POUC TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. NO HEART PALPITATING. NO DYSPEPTIC ACHING, -NERVOUS. ANT Icpyspeptic. [ THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP, EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. Solid lines are tsobars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for cach tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are isotherms or Ines of equal temprratnre, drawn for each ten degrees, Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. bigh and low barometer. The words “High and ‘Low’ show location of areas of Small arrows fly with the wind. COOLER WEATHER. That 1s What ix Predicted by the Forecaster. For eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, fair; cooler Saturday morn- ing; northeasterly winds. For the District of Columbia and Mary- land, generally fair Saturday, probably cloudy and threatening at night; cooler in the morning and temperature not so high during the day, and cooler on Sunday; winds shifting to easterly. For Virginia, generally fair; cooler Sat- urday morning; northeasterly winds. ‘Weather conditions and general forecast— The heated conditions which prevailed Tuesday and Wednesday in the western and central portions of the country extended on Thursday to the middle Atlantic states, causing the highest temperatures -ever re- corded by the weather bureau during the second ten days of September, the excess ranging from two to six degrees. Maximum temperatures of 92 degrees were reported from New York, Harrisburg and Atlantic City, 94 degrees from Phila- delphia, Baltimore and Parkersburg and 96 degrees from Washington and Lynchburg. The cool wave, of which announcement was made yesterday, has extended south- ward over the Ohio valley, Pennsylvania, New York and New Engiand, causing a fall of 10 to 15 degrees in temperature, and will be felt along the coast rorth of Norfolk tonight, continuing during Saturday and Sunday. It is much cooler north of the Ohio valley and in New England and the interior of the middle Atlantic states; it is warmer in the extreme northwest. Local showers are reported from the upper Ohio valley, New York, the gulf coast and northern Iowa. Fair weather contin- ues generally in all other districts. The weather will be generally fair Sat- urday in the interior of the southern states, and thence northeastward to New England, but conditions are favorable for local show- ers today on the middle Atlantic coast. As the temperature falls with northerly winds today there is a possibility of local showers along the middle Atlantic coast thfs afternoon. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 8:48 a.m. and 8:50 p.m.; high tide, 2:04 a.m. and 2:32 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 9:56 a.m. and 10:11 p.m.; high tide, 3:07 a.m. and 3:41 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 5:39; sun sets, 6:13; moon rises at midnight; moon sets, 3:04 tomorrow afternoon. The Bicycle Lamps. All bicycle lamps must be Ighted at 3. The police regulations require that “All cycles, bicycles and tricycles in motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:19 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 4:31 a.m. The light- ing Is begun one hour before the time umed. Naphtha lamps all lighted by 7:19 p.m.; extinguishing begun at 4:46. The naphtha lamps burn fifteen minutes later in the morning than the gas lamps, as the moon schedule does not apply to them. Condftion of the Water. Temperature.and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi- tion, 16; receiving reservoir, temperature, §2; condition at north connection, 16; con- ition at south connection, 08; distributing reservoir, temperature, 80; condition at in- fluent gate house, 09; effluent gate house, 18. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thern:ometer at the weather bureau tod: 2 p.m., 76, maximum, 83; min- imum, 74. GEN. BILLY FITZGERALD A Picture of the Man Who May Help to Oonvict Durrant. ‘The Attorney General of California Well Known Here—An Episode in His Legal Career in Vicksburg. The telegraphic announcement that At- torney General Fitzgerald may be called upen to make the closing argument for the prosecuticen in tne case of Durrant, who is on trial for the murder of Blanche La- mont in San Francisco, has occasioned much interest among his many friends in Washington. Tiere is not a southern man who Goes not know ‘Gen. Billy Fitzgerald of Vicksburg” by reputation, and not a Mississippian of any note who does not know him personally. He was prosecuting attorney of Vicksburg for many years, and, although an extreme republican in politics, never had any opposition for the place. He was regarded while holding this office as the best criminal lawyer in the south, and when an important case was being tried in Vicksburg the leading papers of the south invariably sent their good men to report Billy Fitzgerald's speech. One of his mest remarkable successes was the conviction of a man who was charged with murder. Fitzgerald had but the nsiest evidence to work upon, and that Was entirely circumstantial. Still, he once told the writer, he was absolutely sure of the prisoner's guiit. Upon the night that the crime had been committed there had been an unusually severe thunder storm. When the evidence was all In the defense was coniident of acquittal, and its lawyers based their arguments upon the absolute failure cf the testimony to connect their client with the crime. The jury seemed to have already settled the case in the pris- oner’s favor, when Fitzgerald arose to make the closing argument. He admitted that no human eye save that of the victim saw the crime committed, but said that the Almighty saw it and expressed his anger in his elements. Then he proceeded to vividly describe to the minutest detail the murder as he had assured himself it had been com- mitted. He pictured the murderer stealthily creeping upon his victim; the short, sharp struggle; the plea for mercy stifled by the thrust of the knife. Then he followed the murderer fleeing from the scene, the storm enveloping him, “every flash of lightning the angry glance of an Omnipotent eye; every peal of thunder a sentence of ven- geance from an outraged God.” As he pro- ceeded in this way the strain upon the dense crowd in the court room grew ter- rifie. The prisoner shook as if with palsy; his face grew ashen and his teeth chattered. He was a pitiable object as Fitzgerald pcinted a trembling finger at him, and in ringing, withering tones hurled at him the declaration that the avenging Almighty had saved him that night from His wrath in order that he might be dealt with by his brother men. There was no use for any- thing else. The accused had broken down and was pleading for mercy between the sobs of a confession, and the jury found him guilty without leaving, the box. Gen. Fitzgerald spent some time in Wash- ington during the latter part of President Arthur's administration, and was appointed by the latter a justice in Arizona. After Mir. Cleveland took office, he went to Call- fornia, where his legal attainments soon secured for him most lucrative recognition. In a very short time he was elected a mem- ber of the supreme bench of California, and at the last ejection was chosen attorney general of the state. He is short in stature and quite stout, with a strong, smooth face. that bespeaks ‘h's Celtic ancestry. He al- ways dressed in black when in Washing- ton, with an expanse of white linen shirt bosom, and wore a high hat. He was far- sighted, and was a prodigious reader. In the morning he would walk up and down the avenue from Mth to 15th streets, in front of Willard’s, reading the paper. He would tip his beaver slightly back from his brow, hold the paper at arm’s length and walk with something that closely re- sembled a pompous strut, although he was the most unassuming of men in every way. One morning Maj. Eugene McMichael of fhe War Department and the writer were standing at Willard’s awaiting Fitzgerald. ‘As he came down, reading his paper In the manner described, a stranger touched Me- Michael's arm and politely inquired: “Can you tell me who that gentleman is?” Me- Michael cast a glance towerd his friend, took in his entire appearance, which un- consciously gave the impression of supreme importance, and then quietly remarked: ‘WWell, he looks a good deal like one of the twelve apostles, but I think he's Gen. Billy Fitzgerald of Vicksburg.” The stranger broke into a laugh that shook him al! over, and went into the hotel 1 shaking. It was Mark Twain, and he enjoyed McMichael's dry humor to the full * Those who know Gen. Fitzgerald, there- fore, are anxious that he may take upon himself the duty of closing the case of the state of California against Durrant. They know that speech would be the effort of his life, and {f it is announced in time that he 4s to make it there are three or four men {n Washington who will gladly cross the continent to hear it, TOMORROW’S STAR. Some of the Features of amiAttractive Saturday Evening yaue. Tomorrow's Star will con fata, among oth- er features of excepticnal interest, the third installment of Anthony Hope's fascinating taie, “The Crime of Count Nikolas of Fes- tenburg,”” and also a complete story by Harriet Prescott Spofford,, “The Steps of a Ladder.” The other departments of this great Issue will be replefe with articles that are sure to please every taste. The list is too long to give In Its ‘entirety, but the following sample titles will be a sufficient earnest of the high quality'cf\the ‘double- sheet” Star of this weeks, TAUGHT BY PICTURES (Illustrated). Frank Carpenter has en _ interesting “Chalk Talk" with Frank Beard, the celebrated cartoonist. HUNTING THE GOBBLER (illustrated). A clever description of how to hunt wild turkeys, the most wary of American game birds. OCCULT PHENOMENA (Illustrated). Some wonderful visions that are reported by members of a London society of psychical research. ITS NEW OFFICERS (illustrated). The work of the local Christian Endeavor Union described. A HEAD FOR BUSINESS. Another of John Habberton's bright sto- rles for boys. IN CASE OF SHOCK (Illustrated). The furmation of a life-saving crew by the Washington electricians. THE COTTON STATES (Illustrated). Preparations for the great Atlanta expo- sition. ON BLOODY FIELDS (Illustrated). The Military Park at Chattanooga and the story of the great campaign. THE KRANKEN HAUS (Illustrated). A description of the world’s greatest hos- pital at Vienna. GRANITE CUTTERS. The powerful local union of workingmen that was organized nearly a century ago. —.___ To Open Their Doors Tomorrow. Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock the doors of the Misfit Clothing Parlors, 407 7th street, will be opened to the public. This will be one of the most perfectly appointed and handsomely arranged clothing estab- lishments in the city. The proprietors are Messrs. Kempner & Greenberg, men of long experience in the clothing business, and the owners of similar establishments in Buffalo and Rochester, N. ¥. Both Mr. Greenberg and his partner are artists in the matter of dressing and equipping stores, and the appearance of their Wash- ington house attests their cleverness. It is their purpose to establish here a house on the lines that have brought success to their enterprises elsewheré. Every piece of clothing sold will be, they “gay, guarantesd for at least one year. Before“a purchaser leaves the house their fittérs Will see that he has secured a perfect fit, Then for one year they offer to make any afd all repairs necessary. free of charge.’ This, of course, means pressing as welf! It is the an- nounced policy of the fi t6 handle no trashy goods, but to convince the people e that they have come‘to stay, and will n at all times just wHat they say. Idlenes« That is Not Profitless. From the Critie. yas I wonder just what is’meqnt by “idle hands?” Does {t mean simply, hands that have not their living to xatny hands that are not answerable to their owner or some one else for the accompifgnment of a cer- tain amount of work? Or/hands that won't do anything, but hang listlessly at their owners’ sides? We are told that Satan “finds mischief still for idle hands to do.” I don’t see why Satan should find mischief for hands to do that are merely not engag- ed in business. One can bo idle—that. ts to say, the master of lis own time—with- out being engaged in mischief. I think that if any umiably disposed pergon should give me a living income without requiring me to earn it, I could enjoy myself immensely withcut intervention on the part of Satan, I dare say, it does add a certain amount of zest to one’s enjoyment of time to know that he has Ittle of it to enjoy, but I think Tam quite capable of enjoying myself ang still keeping out of mischief. There must be a gocd deal of natural depravity in those idle persons whom Satan gets the better of. To me idleness would mean a constant round of delightful occupation. ACTIVELY AT WORK Harrison Men in Missouri Preparing for Next Year. REVOLT AGAINST FILLEY'S DICTATION Mayor Walbridge of St. Louis Shows Independence. OTHER MAYORS WITH HIM Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. ST. LOUIS, Sepember 11, 1895. The Harrison men are actively at work in Missourl under the leadership of John W. Noble, ex-Secretary of the Interior, and George D. Reynolds, ex-United States dis- trict attorney.” For a while it looked as if they would be in such a hopeless mincrity that it would be impossible for them to make anything of a fight, but the levelop- ments of the last few days seem to indi- cate that they hav? an excellent chance to secure a part of the delegation from this state to the national convention. Chauncey I. Filley, who was turned down by Hurri- son in spite of the fact that he had the in- dersement of every republican organization in the state for the St. Louis postmaster- ship, is out for revenge, and makes no bones of deciaring that he will do all in his power to secure the defeat of the Indiana man. He has with him the state central com- mittee and neerly all the county comimit- tees, to say nothing of the lower house of the legislature. Within the last week he has bumped against a snag, how2ver, that fs likely to knock a big hole in his plans. The man who has made all the trouble is Cyrus P. Walbridge of St. Louis. Two years ago Filley and Walbridge were in perfect accord, and the former was the absolute dictator of his purty. Defeated at Minne- apclis by R. C. Kerens, a silver republican, for national committeeman, he had gath- ered together the fragments of his prestige and was again in control of the machin His enemies had gloated over what thi considered his downfall, and were prepared to take charge of the party organization; but it was just at that point that they slipped ja their calculation. Filley still had the confider.ce of the men who do the prac- tical work in politics, and it took him only atout three months to get control of the political machine again, from the Missis- sippi river to the Kansas line. ‘Wm. Warner, who is an ex-commander- in-chief of the G. A. R., refused to be rec- onciled, but he was promptly turned down fer Webster Davis, an aspiring young at- torney, who was made mayor o? Kansas City. Walbridge Sarprixes Filley. ‘Then Cyrus P. Walbridge, 4 business man who had served with local distinction as president of the city council, was taken up by .Filley ard nominated and elected mayor of St. Louis. Filley in the meantime was chosen chairman of the state committee. So complete was the hold he gained on the party organization that it looked as if noth- irg could break it. Walbridge, in making his appointments, offered him the position of commissioner of streets, a very import- ant positicn, becavse of the large amount of patronage attached to It. Filley declined with the understanding, his friends say, that he was to neme the man. Much to the surprise of every one an unknown—a West Pointer—wes selected, mainly because of his social position and apparently on a count of hir absoluté ignorance of political matters. The republican city central committee al- most went daft. The thought of surrender- ing all the patronage of the street depart- ment to a man who wouldn't know a repub- lican rally from a Salvation Army parade if he were to meet it in the street was heartbreaking. Vigorous remonstran were made, but all to no purpose. Wal- bridge forced his appointee’s confirmation by threatening to withhold patronage from members of the council who opposed it. Trying to Senre Walbrldge. Up to this time Filley rezarded Walbridge favorably for the republican nomination for governcr, but his jjeutenants suddenly transferred vheir allegiance, and from ev- ery part of the state came word that Web- ster Davis was being groomed by the ma- chine for the honor.ef heading the state ticket In '96. This it was supposed would frighten Walbridge, but he refused to scare worth a cent, and it soon becam+ evident that there was a battle royal cn between him und Filley. ‘The latest development came the other day, when the mayor appointed his private secretary, Wm. F. Saunders, as republican member of the board of election commis- sioners for St. Louis. The last legislature passed a law providing for an election com- mission, consisting of three members, two to be appointed by the governor and one by the mayor. Filley’s chief Meutenant was an applicant for appointment by the mayor, and was indorsed by ali the machine lead- ers. He was not even considered by the executive. What Filley is Going to Do. Now doliticians are telling what Filley is going to do about it. and if they are right this local fight will have a bearing on national politics. Bet so far as local elections are concernel Filley fs in an awk- warl position. Under the new law the re- publican commissioner will name every judge and clerk to represent his party at the primary elections. He also has the distribution of one-half the patronage of the commission. He is not only known as a pronounced anti-Filley man, but is a stick- ler for the reformaticn of politics. He will be influenced by men like Noble and Ker- ens, which is equivalent to saying that he will not give a solitary friend of the ma- chine an appointment. This means, of course, that a solid Har- rison delegation from St. Louis will go to the state convention when {it assembles to select delegates to the rational convention. It is no wonder then that the Harrison men are beginning to pick up courage. While making very little fu about it they are very industriously patching up their fences all over the state and are car- rying on an interesting flirtation with all the factions opposed to Filley. Alliance for Harrison. One of the mayor's closest friends has been In consultation with John W. Noble twice within a week, It may be that the conferences were of a professicnal nature, but the story has become current in po- litical circles that an allianee, offensive and defensive, has been formed in the in- terest of Harrison for President and Wal- bridge for governor. Without a decided change in the situation, Commissioner Saunders belng opposed to Filley, it is dollars to red apples that the “poss” cannot and will not secure a dele- gate from St. Louis to the state conven- tion. Filley is said to lean strongly to McKinley, with a high regard for Allison for second choice. But over and above all he is a Filley man, and it is a part of his political history to favor the candidate with whom he can make the best terms. His troubles do not end with his set- back in St. Louis. The spirit of revolt has spread to other cities of the state, and he is going to find his hands full tf he at- tempts to check it. Gen. Wm. Warner, in spite of his temporary set-back, {fs still a tremendous power in western Missourl, and the indications are that he will have the aid of Mayor Davis of Kansas City and Maj. John L. Bittinger, who dominates the republican politics of St. Joseph. Before Walbridge made his final break from Filley, the latter and Davis had al- ready fallen out. Davis is an impetuous, hot-headed fellow, with a remarkable gift of oratory, and for months he has not Jost an opportunity to air his opinions at county fairs and barbecues. Some of bis utterances were distasteful to “the Gld man,” who proceeded to call him down with more energy than diplomacy. The result was that Davis intimated that he was quite capable of attending to his own affairs, and did not propose to be dictated to. Filley quickly decided that Davis was not the man for governor, after all. Then it was that the name of Russell suddenly loomed into prominence as a candidate. Russell has followed Filley faithfully in all his campaigns. Gen. Warner has always been a Harrison man. The ex-President offered to make him commissioner of pensions, but he de- clined. Now, with these forces opposing him—Walbridge, Noble, Kerens, Davis, INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS ATTORNEYS AUCTION SALES. BOARDING .... BUSINESS CHANCES. CIty ITEMS COMMISSION EF DEEDS. COUNTRY BOARD... COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. CHIROPODISTS DEATHS ... DENTISTRY EDUCATIONAL . EXCURSIONS . NANCIAL FOR EXCHANG! FOR RENT (Flats) FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). ..... FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stables) FOR RENT (Stores). FOR SALE (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Houses). FOR SALE (Lots) FOR SALE (Miscellancous) HORSES AND VEHICLES. . Page 12 -Page 5 pene envBaasaaeen LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUND. MANICURE . MARRIAGES MEDICAL . OS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS SPECIAL NOTICES. STEAM CARPET CLEANING. SUBURBAN PROPERTY. SUMMER RESORTS... UNDERTAKERS, WANTED (Board) WANTED (Help) WANTED (Iouses) WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms). WANTED (Situations). Ree Cre or ee ts Crs Warner and Bittinger—it seems certain that Filley will lose at least three con- gressional districts and St. Louis, which would give the opposition fourteen dele- gates in the national convention. These delegates would almost certainly be for Harrison, should the ex-President’s name be voted on at all. —___. GAS ENGINES. Building Regulations Changed Suit the New Affairs. The Nelson Morris gas engine case has settled itself. The building regulations were amended to suit the case by the Com- missioners today, and in the future there need be no trouble about locating engines of this character. The new regulation, as decided by the Commissioners today, now reads: Engines and boilers for driving machin- ery, for grinding coffee, spices or for othcr similar purposes in stores or for elevators in hotels, stoges and warehouses, where under ten horse power, or for heating pur- poses or gas or electric motors may be permitted under such restrictions as the inspector of buildings may direct in each case, upon the notice in writing by the owner or agent intending to set up such boiler or engine to the inspector of build- ings, fully describing said boiler or engine and the use for which it is intended, but not until a special permit shall have been obtained. 4 to BUILDING PERMITS. The Fall Activity Has Started in This Line. The fall building season has opened. In- spector Brady reports a good week's busi- ness and exhibits a record of elghteen per- mits for new buildings, aggregating in cost $98,700. This amount was divided among three sections. The northwest got the buik, with nine permits, aggregating in cost $86,- 10; the county, four permits, $4,600, and the southeast, four permits, $8,000. John W. Foster is building two handsome stores and flats at 1204 and 1206 G street and_ 616 12th street northwest. The house cn G street Is to have a frontage of 23 feet, while the one on 12th street has a’ frontage of 48 feet 6 inches. Clarence Harding is the architect, and Theo. H. Harding the builder. ——_—=_—_ HOW CRIMINALS ARE TATTOOED. Queer Inscriptio: Found on the Bodies of Some of Them. From the Boston Traveler. Perhaps the most curious Hterary objects of interest at New Scotland Yard, the head- quarters of the metropolitan police force, are the archives containing particulars of the marks, &c., found on criminals who, at one time or another, have had dealings with the police. There are several volumes of extraordi- nary interest, and their contents are, nat- urally, of the greatest assistance to the police force in tracking or recognition of old offenders. It is very odd to note that nearly every man who has come within the reach of the arm of the law ts tattooed in one or another part of his body. And when the thousands of criminals are taken into account, it will be seen that tattooing must be carried on somewhere on an ex- tensive scale. Most of the prisoners tat- tooed belong to the lower-middle and lower classes, few of those who are entered as of fair education bearing any tattoo marks vpon their bodies. Bricklayers, leborers, navvies, common thieves, sailors, pickpockets who “snatch” handkerchiefs, &c., are those who chiefly enjoy the doubtful privilege of bearing the most “marks.” One young man desirous of making a permanent record of his sweet- heart’s name has pricked on his chest the words “I love Mary Jane,” while another to say “In memory of my swe=t- The records show hundreds cf cases of this kind. The man who inscribed on his chest the words “I love,” followed by the initials of fifteen girls, must certainly have been a criminal Don Juan. The entries of the phrase “I love’ found on prisoners’ during the past three years fill s pages of a large book. Other marks of affection are “‘In memory of my gister and mother” and “Sacred to the memory of my dear cousin,” while one criminal of relig- ious tendencies has the ‘Lord's prayer” in- Serivett on his back in letters of blue and red. Not a few prisoners show, a predilection for the sea, if tattoo marks go for any- thing. One man rejoiced in being tattooed from the neck to the calf of leg, the pictures representing sea fights, ships in full sail, &c. Another bears on his chest a Union jack, with the words “In memory of the old flag,” and vet another glories in the pessession on his chest and back of a mermaid, three ships of war, three wo- men’s heads and three men, the latter fish- ing from a boat. Ships in fwll sail are tattoo marks very frequently found on the body of prisoners, one man actually being tattooed in this manner on the sole of his right foot. That this mark should nave been observed is a good illustration of the strictness of the search made by the police authorities. A crucifix is a favorite tattoo mark; and one man went to the length of having the twenty-third Psalm inscribed on his back. Many prisoners apparently indulge in strong drink, if the marks on their bodies mean anything. One man had depicted upon his chest two foaming tankards of beer, several pipes and a tobacco pouch. Several, too, go in for fisticuffs, many prisoners—chiefly young men and _ boy: bearing the words “Smith and Kilrain, &c., on different parts of thelr bodies, An Irishman was found to have completely covered his chest with a large design of ‘the harp of Erin. The above are only a few examples of the large variety of tattoo marks found on the bodies of prisoners, who probably, if they knew how useful to the police for pur- Poses of identification tattooing was, would keep away from colored inks in future, Many prisoners have apparently tried to obliterate the marks, but never with any great amount of success. Weight of Storage Batteries. Professor Durand, in an article in Cas- sier's Magazine, discusses ship propulsion by storage batteries, and concludes that for the same amount of energy storage batteries at present weigh about 550 times as much as coal and occupy about 220 times the space. FINANCIAL. 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Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, eal Estate and Stock Broker, Booms 9 and 11, Atlantic building, 930 ¥ at. now. Investment Securities. Stocks, Bonds and Grain Lought and sold for cosh or on margin. ogttton bought and sold in New York or New leans, Private wires to Now York, Chica; Orleans. ‘Telephone 453. “a ‘aloe Tilford & Maynard, BROKERS, 1341 F Street. x Cyrrespondents of Price, McCormick & Ov., Ne® Members New York Stock Exchange, Cotton Ex- chance and Chicago Board of Trade. Private wires to New York and Chicago. FRANK WILSON BROWN BROKER, 1335 F St. N. W. Btocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cottom, Direct private wires to principal cities, Long-distance telephone 1:14. Correspo: dent of Messrs, Theo. W. Myers & Ca, No. 47 New st. York Stock Exchange. CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK’ STOCK EXCHANGE, 1419 F st., Glover butlding. Correspondents of Messrs. Moore & Schley, Broadway, Bankers nnd Dealers in Government Bons, Deposits. Exchat 5 Loans. Ratircad stccks and onde” and ni! securities Usted on the exchanges of New York, Philudelphia, Reston and Baltimore bought and sold. A, specialty mule of investment eacuritics, Dis. ret and 2ll local Reflroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock dealt in American Bell Telepbonc Stock bought and sold. The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savings accounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern- New York, members of the New Jel0-28te ment pay days and Satur- ed evenings between 6and fe20-2046. Water Fleas Killing Frogs. From the New Orleans Picayune. The trouble which now broods upon Col. Ben. Cason, the well-known superintendent of the Pacific Express Company, and which is swiftly bringing his raven locks to the complexion of cotton, is all brought about by what is known as the water flea. The water flea has suddenly appeared in Col. Cason’s famous frog pond, and the poor little and large frogs, for the colonel says he has some as large as a smali-sized dog, are being gradually killed off. The water flea is a very peculiar kind of animal, Col. Cason says, andehe is at some loss how to deal with it. He says the water flea has a long bill-sort of mouth, similar to that of a vampire, and that it sinks its bill deep into the top of his frogs’ backs, and there sucks their very life blood. He caught one of his best and fattest frogs yesterday and found on it over one hundred water fleas. Col. Cason has a very large frog pond now, and this trouble comes very near to his heart, for he is devoted to the culture of this animal, so much so that he has built a large pond and has supplied it with all that a frog would need In his business. He says that the latest crop of young frogs which he is raising, and which as yet have hardiy gotten out of tadpoledom, are grad- ually being bitten to death by the water flea, and there is no remedy. Col. Cason would be very grateful indeed if some one of his sympathetic friends would suggest something to stay this fell frog destroyer which has smitten his pond. ——+ee Reform in Penmanship. From the Boston Globe. A concerted effort is being made, it is said, among the publishers to try to in- duce educated people to learn to write so that their manuscript can be read, and an attempt is being made to this end to change the old round-hand system of chirography, ‘The poor man who learns to write in the evening school writes a very legible meaty and is proud of displaying it. It woul seem taat the more edveated the average man becomes the more he regards it as his especial privilege to circulate a scrawl that means anroyance and loss to printers and cthers to whom time is money. If a man should select as a verbal mes- senger to another to explain what would cover a half column of type a foreigner who could only stammer out most unintel- ligibly the English language, it would be regarded as an insult. Has the man any more right to insult a pullisher by sending half a column of chi- rography that it requires long and exas- perating efforts to decipher, even if success is possible? Now and then a literary or professional man of assumed high prerogatives in the matter of unreadable scrawls has received a short stop in the notification by some publisher that in the future he must send typewritten matter or have ft returned. Who will say that he was treated unjust- ly? The publishers interested In the penman- ship reform movement say that the num- ber of learned men who have not yet learned to write is almost incredible. In this, as other matters, reform is necessary. Puzzled by Conl Prices. From the Hartford (Conn.) Courant. ‘There are some things about the coal business that ordinary folk cannot under- stand. Perhaps all they need to xnow is that coal burns, and they must have it. But here are our Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners talking of the rulnous condition of trade, when we consumers have to pay $5 a ton or more for what we use; yet do in New Brunswick they are quoting Penn- sylvania anthracite at $3.90 a ton, ow ch nearer is New Brunswick than Con+ necticut to the mines? i