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. ' . : ~ THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. (Copyright, 1895, by Irving Bacheller.) (Continued from Monday's Star.) CHAPTER I. Few houses were better adapted for the acéommodation of ghosts than the old Bil- lop homestead. The two mighty trees cast @ shadow over it, even at noonday; and its cavernous cellar and Dacdalfan garret seemed ideal stamping grounds for specters. ‘The aclivity on which the house stood—the site had been chosen with an eye to its de- fensibility m Indian times—sloped gently down in front, but fell away quite abruptly behind and at the sides. On the right side, almost beneath the roots of the butternut tree, 2 smali natural cave entered the rocky soll; it had been artificially enlarged so as to shelter the farm wagons and tools when the barn was overfull of produce. The barn stood further down the slope, near the meadow, and was itself a delightfully mys- terlous and scary place; both the cave and the barn had been highly prized by genera- tions of the Billop children, as well as by their mothers, when, in rainy weather, they Wanted to have some peace in the house. “May we play in the barn, or the cave, mother was a request seldom refused. Sometimes, no doubt, the children played ghosts, tlil they were ready to expire with delightful creeps and horrors, and thus con- firmed among themselves the weird legends which came down from generation to gen- eration. : ‘When Tom Linton, aged eleven, took up this abode at the hcuse, Nellie Brent was a mere baty, just able to walk and utter a few Orphic words; so he had to do the most of his playing by himself. But he was a boy of unusual resources and genius; and as his tenancy of the premises was unfortunately brief, and his fate grievous, we must make him as distinct as possible while he lasts. He had the energy and vitality of a whole school at nocn recess, and was as sensa- tional and indomitable in his manifestations as were Robin Hood and his merry men in Sherwood forest. He neither feared ghosts nor believed in them; but his noises and sur- prises were more terrible than a battalion of the disincarnate. He was on the jump trcm morning until night, arms, legs, lungs and brains in “11 function; he was the clev- erest pupil in the school, though of none of them did the master have less hope of evolv- ing a sober and useful citizen. He was in- evitably the center of all mischief, as the hub is the center of the wheel; and though nobody could help liking the young rascal, he was so good-tempered, amusing, and (so to say) contagious, yet all shook their heads over him, and opined that his future looked ominous. Nancy only, who suffered most from his cutragcousness, not merely loved him with all her heart, but had faith in his final triumph over all evil; she continued to believe in him, in the teeth of all evidence, when his misfortune came upon him; and, when, at last, the poor little drowned body Was picked out of the river, she thanked the Lord, on’her knees, through her sobs, that she had rever harbored an uncharitable epouene toward him. This is how it came abou ‘There was one person in the parish with whom Tom was at open war—Lawyer Cor- vin. His aversion from him, instinctive at first, was confirmed by what he heard and credited as to his shady conduct toward his deceased uncle. Tom expected, in due sea- gon, to become the master of Billop’s; and then he meant to take it out of Lawyer Cor- vin! Meanwhile, Corvin had a soi Peter, about Tom’s size. Peter was a bull: e was ence incautious enough to get into a fuss with Tom, and the latter thrashed him with such joy and thoroughness (as much on the lawyer's account as on Peter’s) that Peter ceased from that day to be a bully, and be- came a sneak. One day a lot of the boys, Tom and Peter among them, went in bathing at the ford in Fen Brook. Peter took occa- sion to remark that Tom was a Pauper anyhow, aad that his (Peter’s) father could sell him and his old sunt out tomorrow if he choose The moment he selected for saying this was when he was standing dressed 01 the bank, and Tom was swim- ming naked in the middle of the stream. Tom, as he made his way with all possible — towsrd skcre, was heard to retort that Lawyer Corvin’s money was not his own, and that one of these days he would wake up and find that he was a pauper himself. As Tom approached the landing, with obvious designs upon Peter's Person, the latter took to flight; Tom pursued him as far as his own undraped plight made decorous, and then came back with an ex- Pression significant of vergeance to come. Apparently, however, he soon forgot ali about the matter, ard parted from his com- Panions with his wonted good humor. But next morning a rumor ran that Law- yer Corvin’s house had been entered and robbed duriug the night; the boys discussed it outside the school house, and Peter,when he came up, confirmed it, and upon being asked whether anything were known of the thieves, put up a very pregnant look and said he guessed something would be known before long. The mester came; the boys took their seats, but it was found that Tom was absent, not, unfcrtunately, a rare occurrence. But Peter looked more sa- gacious than ever. School let out at noon. They swarmed forth into the elm-shadowed country road. ‘Who were these approaching yonder? One of them, as Peter observed, was his father. A boy walked beside him; it was Tom. And who was that man with his hand rest- ing on Tom's shoulder? Why, it was John Higgins, the constable! And there was Nancy Billop following on behind, with tears streaming dcwn her plump cheeks. What did it all mean? It meant, alas, that Tom had been ar- rested for the robbery. His jackknife had been found on the ledge of the back win- “Don’t ery, mammy.” dow, which had been forced. The threat which he nad made the day before was Temembered. But all this and more would have weighed nothing had not an over- whelming plece of evidence come to light in Tom's pockets; nothing less than a wad of bank notes which Lawyer Corvin proved he had drawn out of the bank the morning previous, as well as several coins and a gold ring, likewise his property. What could be opposed to such testimony as this? The boy put a bold face on the matter; he admittcd that he had been out a good art of the night, but he said he had been ying traps for woodchucks. He could not expiain about his knife, except that he had lost it some days before. As to the terrible contents of his pockets, he vehen:ently pro- fessed to know nothing about it; but he was quite sure he had never been near Lawyer Corvin’s. It was but a poor de- fense, and it was evident that his many friends were disappointed. As Tom looked ound the little room in which the prelimi- nary examination Was held, there were no eyes to meet his own with encouragement and faith. Yet kis self-command would not have faitered but for a sound of stifled sob- bing that reached his ears. He looked round and there was Nancy. “My darling good boy!" she crled out. “I know you didn’t do it, if an angel was to sit right there and say you did! If they send you to prison, I'll go, too, and Nellie with me! You was always the best boy in the world, and I'll lay down my life for you, I will, sooner than let them wrong you =I don’t care who they are!” So the oid fire in the Billop blood flashed out again, even in gentle Nancy. ‘Tom, remembering how far from considerate he had too often been to this beloved woman who so loved him, could not any longer keep the tears from raining down his stub- born brown phiz, and with a suddenness that disconcerted Mr. Higgins—who, how- ever, secretly wished the boy had spread a pair of wings and flown out of harm’s way altegether—he jumped over the high- backed bench that stood between him and her, and threw his arms around her com- fgrtable shoulders, and pushed his cheek against hers, and gulped out, “Don’t you cry, Mammy; they can’t hurt me—inside— for I didn’t do it; and goin’ to pris’n’s nothin’, if you know you're ail right. You'll see if I don’t make somebody sweat for this yet! I love you, you dear, and I wish I'd always done what you wanted me!” This, as the newspapers would say, cre- ated a visible impression favorable to the Prisorer. Mr. Corvin, after a pause, ob- served that nobody would be more pleas2d than himself if Tom Linton succeeded in establishing his innocence; at the same time, until the facts before them were sat- isfactorily explained, justice to all parties ‘The Boys Were Gone. required that the prisoner be kept in cus- tody. He had no doubt Mr. Higgins would make him very comfortable. Still, steal- ing was stealing, and the law was bound to take action according to the evidence brought before it. “Then,” said the unlucky Tom, with a flash in his eyes, “if you was to tell how you got your money, maybe you'd be go- ing to gaol for stealing ’stead of me!” That settled the question of bail; the magistrate said he thought it would be best to let Mr. Higgins retain charge of the prisoner for the present. In fact, every- body except Tom was more or less afraid of Lawyer Corvin, and really it was diffi- cult to see how Tom could be otherwise than guilty. Accordingly, the worthy constable con- veyed Tom to the village lockup, which was a room in the disused water mill be- low the falls. Fenbrook was a law-abid- ing tommunity, and the lockup was empty 350 days in the year; but this night it hap- pened to contain another boy, a young tramp, who had been caught a while be- fore in somebody’s hen house, and who Was awaiting transference to the house of correction in the neighboring town. It was an error of judgment on Mr. Hig- gins’ part to put the two boys together. Ine koy is slippery enough; but there is no place that two boys, working together, can- not get out of. It may be that Mr. Higgins thought of this, but chose not to act upon the knowledge. But, as people afterward sald, if he meant to give Tom a chance he only suc- ceeded in fixing his doom. The rext morning, when the constable cpened the door to give his prisoners their breakfast, he found a hole in the roof hardly big enough for a cat to get through, but no boys. The tramp, whom nobody wa’ concerned about, seems to have got clear off; why could he not have been drowned instead of Tom? It is to be feared that Nancy, in the anguish of her heart, asked the Lord of heaven and earth that question. The body, almost unrecognizable save by the clothes, was found ten days later. The boy had tried to swim the river, prob- ably intending to get down to the sea- coast, ond perhaps ship as a cabin boy in some outward-bound vessel. It was the spring of the year, and a late flood had swollea the stream and carried away the bridge. Tom was a stout swimmer, but a floating tree may have pverwhelmed him; at any rate, he was gone. The whole village turned out for the funeral. They felt, somehow, responsible for peor Tom’s death. Lawyer Corvin was there, too, looking properly downcast. But when, at the grave, Nancy lifted her tear- stained face and fixed her eyes, which al- ways were so kindly, upon him, he turned pale and got behind the others, and slipped away. He could not meet that look; and yet, what had he done that anybody in his piace could have helped doing? Nancy and little Nellie lived alone in the old house, and things went ill with them. But at last when Nellie was about eleven years old, a mysterious event happened. (To be continued on Wednesday.) —_—-__. GERMAN ORPHAN ASYLUM. Directors Meet to Investigate Mrs. Turner’s Charges. A meeting of the board of directors of the German Orphan Asylum was held last even- ing at the office of Mr. Simon Wolf, who is one of the directors of the institution. The principal object of the meeting was to in- vestigate the charges which were recently made against the conduct of the hospital and the especial charge of cruelty made against the superintendent, Mr. Henry Er- mold, by Mrs. Alice M. Turner, as reported in The Star last week. Mrs. Turner had stated publicly that her son, who was cared for at the asylum, had been cruelly beaten and injured by Superintendent Ermold. She promised to be present at the meeting last evening to tell her story, but she fafled to put in an appearance, and this of itself went far to discredit her charges. Col. Johu Tracey, the superintendent of charities, and Agent Wilson of the Humane Society were present at the meeting, and they made clear and exhaustive reports of the investigations which they had made into Mrs. Turner’s complaints. So far as they couid learn there was absolutely no ground for them, and Col. Tracey paid a high compliment to the manner in which the hospital is con- ducted. Superintendent Ermold spoke in his own behalf, and denied that he had ever had occasioa to whip the -Turner boy, or had ever struck him a single blow.“ The general opinion of the directors was that the charges were absolutely without foun- dation, and the result of the investigation will probably be the complete vindication of the superintendent. ——— Armor Makers Object. Secretary Herbert was visited yesterday by President Linderman of the Bethlehem iron works and his attorney, it is understood, to protest against the adoption of the recom- mendation of Chief Constructor Hichborn that hereafter the armor of vessels built for the navy be included in the contract for the ships themselves. The armor makers object to the change, on the ground that the present system is more economical for the government and at the same time more ad- vantageous to them. IS YOUR BRAIN TIRED? ‘Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate. It supplies the needed food for the brain and nerves and makes exertion casy. WILD FOR SILVER North Carolina Enthusiastic for the White Metal. PREPARING FOR THE NEY? CONVENTION It Will Be Attended by Members of All Parties. PLANS OF FUSIONISTS Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., September 23, 1895. North Carolina ig wildly enthusiastic for silver. In the eastern and central portions it amounts to a pesitive craze, and has el- bowed ordinary politics out of the way in & most astonishing manner. It has abso- lutely run away with the democrats, and has disorganized any plan their leaders may have made or had in view. It has practically effaced the party. Of course, the populists are like a machine, as they all move one way. They are all silverites of the most extréme type, yet there are democrats who are fully as extreme. In fact, it is difficult now to distinguish a country democrat from a populist, since both of them have dropped other‘issues and are for silver, while both, with equal bit- terness, denounce the administration and the present financial system. The Silver Convention. The silver convention, non-partisan, is called to be held here September 25. The call for it was drafted by Spier Whitaker, who is an ex-chairman of the democratic state committee, but who is himself non- partisan, and who was one of the chief ad- visers of the fusionists during the last ses- sion of the legislature. The call was sent out under the auspices of Ed. Chambers Smith, also an ex-chairman of the demo- cratic committee. Whitaker is quite ready to leave his old party and join the silver party, which he hopes to see organized or "set on its feet September 25, His idea as to the convention was to form such a party, to be composed of all friends of silver. With great adroitness he did not sign the call. Democrats signed it exclu- sively, among the signers being Governor Carr and Charles M. Cooke, the newly ap- pointed secretary of state; S. A. Ashe, also an ex-chairman, and Smith himself. Indorsed by Senator Butler. Now, after this call appeared, Senator Marion Butler, who no doubt knew well in advance about the movement and the plan, came out and indorsed the plan and called on all silver men to come. The call, which Smith issued, invited all friends of silver. The definition given is that there are men who favor free and unlimited coinage of silver; thag any who favor it with limita- tions sre not its real friends. At the same time that Butler, speaking as a representative of the Memphis free silver convention and not as the head and center of the populist party in North Caro- line, called on silver men to come, the populists extended a similar call. State ‘Treasurer Worth and other populists signed this. Then some of the republicans, head- ed by John J. Mott, ex-state chairman, issued a similar call to the friends of silver in their party. So all the silverites are bidden to the feast. % Some time after Smith Issued this call he arrived at the conclusion that as there were three factions among the democrats it might happen that the populists would ‘outnumber them at this silver conclave, There are the gold democrats, those who want silver, but will not consent to leave their party to work for it, and third, those who are ready to put party aside and go bolily in as silver men alone. Smith went to work to urge all democratic friends of silver to be here without fail. Fears of the Populists: ‘There were quite plain intimations in the newspapers that the populists, who always act as a unit and follow directions, would control the convention by reason of their superior numbers and perfect organization. Smith contends that the democrats can control and that no new fetters will be forged or old ones broken. But, say the populists and not a few democrats also: “If this be true what is the purpose of the convention?” The dem- ocratic convention last year indorsed silver. This spring the democratic state committee indorsed it. But, say the extreme silver men, the democrats can do nothing alone. They must needs co-operate with all the friends of silver without the least regard to party. The extreme silvyerites among the democrats say further that they have made up their mind to. vote for things, not men; that this convention is a declaration of independence, and that no one ever saw a time when party fetters we¥e so loose as at present. It is claimed that the signers of the call thereby declared their inde- pendence of party restraints. “The silver baby is born in North Caro- lina,” said one enthusiast. A Non-Partisun Scheme. It 1s one of the plans to have a democrat who Is not a strong partisan preside at the silver convention, and to have as vice presi- dents a populist and a republican, all this being to secure harmony. It is declared that nobody will be pledged at the convention, as {t {s not like a regular political convention, which alone has authority to pledge dele- gates. It has been asked what would be the effect of a resolution pledging all delegates to ablde by the action of the convention, this to be followed by another resolution pledging those present to vote only for a silver man. It 1s the assertion of some that this 1s the best way to test the sincerity of the convention. Senator Butler calls on the silver clubs to come here to this convention. These are sald to he nothing more or less than the sub- alliances of the Farmers’ Alliance. This or- ganization 1s the backbone of North Caro- lina populism. The alliance is a secret or- der, and this it is which gives Senator But- ler, who is one of the most able politicians in that state, his power of organization and control; a power many times greater than that of’any state chairman. Republicans Hanging Back. “The republicans will not attend the con- vention in any large numbers. The mass of that party Is inimical to the convention's ideas and purposes. Even some silver re- publicans will keep aloof, because they’ de- sire to see what their own party will do. Yet, some will come, their real purpose be- ing to show the populists their desire for a renewal of fusion with them, certainly on state issues. Butler and Matt see in this convention a good time for the populists and republicans to rearrange fusion plans. So the convention not only marks a distinctly new departure in North Carolina politics, but will have side issues of much import- ance. The negroes will not attend in large num- ters. .They are taking no interest in politics. Their much-talked-of state convention here last week was practically a failure. The only hope the gold democrats have is that by this time next year something may turn up to check or turn aside the silver tor- rent now sweeping over the state. ——— The Indiana’s Trial. It is reported to the Navy Department that the battle ship Indiana will be ready for her trial trip October 15. As she has yet to be cleaned and painted, she will. probably be sent to Halifax for docking in about ten days. ——__-e+____. Few More Post Offices ‘There are now 70,064 post offices In the United States, according to the annual re- port from the office of the fourth assistant postmaster general. Of these 66,56) are fourth-class offices and 3,504 presidential. During the year 2,422 post offices were estab- lished and 2,163 discontinued. The number of appcintments for the year was 13,142. Changes cn account of deaths of postmas- ters were 769. Se Granted by Error. Secretary Smith yesterday wrote the At- torrey General, asking that suit be brought WESTERN _PRESBYTERIANS eo ies Rev. Mr. Ennis Talks About the Fall Work of thp Church. — A Dispensary, 2 Jeading Room and a Gymnasium té Be Established— _ City Missions. ‘i —— The Rev. Howart Wilbur Ennis of the Western Presbyte! Church, on H street ketween 19th and 2th streets northwest, has returned to the:eity from an extensive and beneficial vacktion and resumed his ministerial duties. Mr. Ennis presides over a large and influential congregation, and from this time forward expects to have his time completely occupied attending to his duties as pastor of his flock. THis pleasant apprehension is largely magnified ‘by the fact that the Western Presbyterian Church proposes during the coming year to increase its usefulness among the people of the section of the city where it is located, and to enlarge its field of operations in the line of fulfilling Chris- ttar duty. The church will extend its char- {table functions, add to its facilities for missionary work and will reach out in many directions the hand of the Christian brother to both the erring and the un- fcrtunate. A Free Dispensary. “One of the features of our enlarged charitable work,” said Mr. Ennis to a Star reporter today, “will be the establishment a free dispensary, which we expect to eve in operation within a couple of weeks. This, while under the auspices of the West- ern Presbyterian Church, will not confine its benefits to any creed or. color, but will extend to all needy and deserving persons the help which thelr own peculiar cases may require. Everybody knows of the great Presbyterian Hospital in New York. It is one of the finest institutions of its character in the country, and the ‘work which it does among the poor of that city is pkenomenal. We have no such hospital in this city, but it is hoped that the pre: ent movement, although feeble at the out- set, may grow and extend with the aid given it, and become the nucleus of a great gathering of Presbyterian medical interests wkich will in time extend beyond even the hopes of its present projectors. The dis- pensary will be under the direction of Dr. J. Thomas Kelly, jr., who for two years was house surgeon at Columbia Hospital, and is one of the most prominent special- ists In this city. He will have associated with him another specialist on the eye, ear and throat, but, of course, every class of disease and ailment will ‘be treated and prescribed for. Not a Practicing School. “The dispensary, therefore, will not be a practicing school for medical students, but will be under the direction of skillful and experienced men. We have no dispensary in this section of the city, while in certain portiors of our bailtwick lying along the extreme southwestern edge there is a large population deserving treatment of this kind. Our dispensary will be of a pre- vVentive rather than reformative character. As it is now, if a man should become sick and cannot afford to call in a practicing physicion, he will, try to get along in the best way possible,and will do so, probably, until the disease becomes acute, when one of the physiciang, (of: the poor is called in. By this time it is often too late to do any gcod. Now, it is our idea to have it weil understood that “Whenever a poor person feels the need 92f “medical attention he should come to»us-at cnce and receive treatment. Tae dispensary for the present will be located in the rear of ihe church, but as soon as financial assistance is forth- coming better quartérs will be obtained. The Brotherhood’s Reading Room. “We elso propose to establish a reading rcom for the young men connected with our church and their, friends. This will be under the auspices of the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, Now, let me say a word about this organization. It is abso- lutely inter-dengmipational, and, in rhe membership of 5,000, thirteen denomina- tions are represented. Being non-sectarian in character it has spread rapidly among young men, and is doing a world of good. The reading room ts to be established for the benefit of young men to whom time hangs heavy on their hands In ‘the even- ings. We do not want them to stray off down town, stand around on the street corners, like Micawber, waiting for some- thing to turn up, for sooner or later some- thirg will turn up, and it will be nothing good. “In our reading room we will provide them with magazines, with the dally pa- pers and with games, so that they can amuse and enjoy themselves. We will also put in a good gymnasium adjoining, where the young men can train their mus- cles in the evening, and the young ladies of the church can use the room for the same purpose in the afternoon. Any young man of good character, no matter what his creed, may join the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip, and he 1s sure to be benefited by the act. The brother- hood performs many duties in our church. We have a hotel committee that visits the principal hotels of the city every Sat- urday night, learns the names of the guests and leaves a written invitation for them to attend divine services Sunday morning. The visitors are met in the ves- tibule by the brotherhood, cordially greeted and escorted upstairs, where other mem- bers of the order seat them. “Our church has already established a mission at the corner of Virginia avenue and 24th street, whose services are at- tended by four to five hundred people on every occasion. It is in charge of Elder W. L Simpson, and at present fs located in a tent, but we must get the mission from under canvas and house it comforta- bly for the winter. That mission is doing @ great work. It is located among poor people, who frankly say that they cannot, with their families, attend services in a church, but that if we will send scme- body down to them who will talk upon re- ligious topics amid surroundings of an informal nature suitable to them they will gladly attend and contributé their nickels and dimes to its) support. “This mission is a great training for our young men. We find that they can do better work among strangers than with their own friends and associates. It is good experience for them, and I have al- Ways said that mission work is the best kind of a theological seminary in which to receive practical training and expe- rlence in Christian duty. We will have lectures at our church during the winter, and on the evening of October 4 Rev. C. J. Latham, ‘a missionary to Africa, will deliver an illustrated lecture on the work in that country of the Presbyterian Chris- tian Endeavor Missionary | Union.” ——.—_ AN EPISCOPAL GATHERING. A Convention to Consider Special Work Among Colored People. At St. Mary's Ghapel, on 23d street near G street, this ‘evehing at 8 o'clock the eleventh annual ‘cofiference of Episcopal workers will op¢ t. Mary's is a mis- sion of St. John’s Church engaged in work among the colored ipeople. Rev. Richard Bright of St. Stephen’s Church, Savannah, Ga., will deliver'fheannual sermon. There will be present several prominent colored clergymen, sce lem Rev. H. L, Phil- lips of Philadelphia, president of tne con- ference, who has béei engaged twenty years in this work, and Rev. Albert Williams of Omaha, secretary df the conference. To- morrow morning at 40 o’clock Bishop Paret will deliver an address at the celebration of communion. Lunch will be served to the delegates at 1 o‘clock. Miscellaneous busi- ness will occupy’the?session at 2:30 and at 8 p.m. There wHl be a general discussion on the subjct, “What Shall We Ask of the neral Convention?” There will be sev- ‘al papers on this subject. Thursday thé Program will be continued at St. Luke's Church, 15th street, corner of Madison street. Morning prayer will occur at 9:30 o'clock, when the various committees will submit their reports and miscellaneous business will be transacted. Prayer for missiors will be at noon. Lunch will be served at 1 o'clock. A paper will be read at 2:30 by Rev. Jos, G. Bryant of Maryland, entitled “What Can Be Done to Promote the Work Among the Colored People?” ‘The paper in the eyening will be entitled “The Developing of Self- supporting Parishes,” by Rev. Geo. Frazier Miller of North Carolina. Friday will be women’s day at St. Mary’s Chapel. The sermon vill be at 10 o'clock, by Right Rev. Leighton Coleman, D. D., bishop of Dela- ware. There will be several papers read by to recover 5,0CO acres of land granted the | women of the church from New York, Phil- Little Ruck and Fort Smith road by error. adelphia and other places. AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA Mayor's Court Orowded After the Emanc!- pation Ball. The Grand Jury Refusez to indict Young Berry for Shooting New- som at Carlin Springs. The emancipation celebration yesterday, “hich wound up with a ball at the colored Cdd Feilows’ Hall, on South Columbus street, helped to swell the docket at the tmayor’s court this morning, and the result Was quite a long session. Mayor Thomp- son disposed of the cases as follows: Daniel Sullivan, a white man, charged with being drunk on the street, was fined $1; Robert Taylcr, colored, charged with introducing a bottle of whisky into the wgrk house, of which he is an inmate, and causing trou- Ble, was fined $5, in default of which he will go back for a longer term; Nathan Perry, colored, charged by Special Officer Reed with being drunk and disorderly, was fined $2.50; Fanny Thomas, colored, who says she is from Washington, was arrested for being drurk and disorderly. She could not re- member anything that occurred last night. She was fined $2.50. Wm. Spriggs, colored, was druak and disorderly, and attempted to assault Special Officer Cline. He has a cut head a3 a result, and also had to give up $2.50. Joe Mitchell, colored, was fined $2 for &rnoying Ella Hope; Lucy Lee and Edward Bland, colored, who came over from Wash- ington to the ball, were arrested for fight- ing. Bland made an assault on the woman because she did not do as he dictated, and ehe picked up a stone to defend herself. He Was fined $5, and the woman was dismissed. Ardrew Jackson, colored, had to pay $5 for assaulting Isabella Gaskins and hitting her on the head with a stick. Found Dead. An old white man by the name of Na- thaniel Fairfax was found dead at his home in the southern section of the city last might at about 7 o'clock. He was sitting on a lounge, and was in a perfectly natural Position when found, his eyes being open and his hands resting on his knees. He Was about eighty-five years of age, and was formerly a Methodist preacher, it Ig said, though but little is known of him here. He leaves a wife, who is very old. She states that she has property in Florl- da, which supported them. The old man evi- denily passed away quietly, as his wife, who was in the room, did not discover that he was dead until she spoke to him and received no answer. The body was viewed by the coroner, who gave a certificate of death from natural causes. Not a True Bill, In the county court yesterday the grand jury refused to indict Lewis Berry, charg- ed with the murier of Jas. Newsom en June 27 last, near Carlin Springs. It will be remembeced that Berry was protecting Several ladies at the house of Mrs. Carter from the insults of Newsom, who was un- der the influence of liquor. Newsom then made an assault on Berry, who shot him in self-defense. Berry, who has been un- der bail, was released yesterday afternoon, to the great satisfaction of his friends, Personal Matters. Mrs. Marshall L. King has returned home from a visit to Charlottesville. Rev. Thomas Semmes left yesterday’ for Louisville, Ky., where he will represent Christ Church Chapter at the convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Mr. Robert Downham has gone to Lex- ington, Va., where he will enter as a student at the Virginia Military Academy. Miss Maude Downham left today for Norwalk, Conn., to resume her etudies. ——__ A GARBAGE CREMATORY. South Washington Citizens Again Re- monstrate Aguinst Its Erection. A meeting of citizens of South Washing- ton was held last night at 1341 South Capi- tol street to devise ways and means for Preventing the erection of a garbage cre- matory in that section of the city. The meeting, which was largely attended, was held under the auspices of the South Washington Citizens’ Association, and Dr. C. C. Winter, the last president cf the as- scciation, called the gathering to order and presided over its deliberations. Speeches were made by a number of resi- dents of the section, including Messrs, Richards, Leonard, Schaffer, Martin, Dent, Fitzgerald, Prout, Ozer, McGann, Cullen, Webster, Delany, Taylor, Howell and Mur- phy. All were united in remonstrances against the preposed action of the Com- missioners in placing the crematory in their midst, and expressed their disbelief in the claim advanced by the Commission- ers that the institution will be odorless. and, therefore, not a nuisance. It was held that even if it were odorless it would be an objectionable affair at best. It was decided to carry the fight against the crematory into the courts in case the Ccmmissioners should prove obdurate to their appeals. Counsel will be engaged and an injunction prayed for to stop the erec- tion of the building. Subscriptions to a fund for this purpose eg ty for, and 3] es were made as follows: *john. NM rtin, $10; Mr. Litchfield, $5; Mr. Shaffer, $5; Mr. Prout, $5; Mr. Taylor, $5; Mr. James Horan, $5; Mr. R. J. Collins, ; Mr. J. F. Polly, $1; Mr. James Crop- per, $2; Mr. William Jasper, $5; Mr. George aston, $10; Rev. Dr. Dent, $5; Mr. Hixton, $5, and Mr. W. W. White, $1. ae Filibusters in Key West. | Capt. Abbey of the revenue cutter Winona, which captured the schooner Lark on the 7th Instant, in a report to the Treasury Department says he has no doubt that the party on the Lark were making for some rendezvous among the Fiorida Keys, either to joi other parties or wait for a suitable Seana to take them to Cuba. The Spanish ecunsel, in a sworn statement made to Capt. Abbey, declares that, to the best,of his be- Nef, there are 100 filibusters now in Key West preparing to go to Cuba. [PO ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys- tem effectually, dispels colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared*only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, ita many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, KY. WEW YORK, AY. AN AMERICAN CITIZEN A Oarpenter Named MoCormack Died in the Hospital at Guatemala. Report on the Case by Consul General Pringle—Objection to the Ad- ministrator Appointed. United States Consul General Pringle at Guatemala has made an interesting report to the State Department under date of Au- gust 31 in regard to the case of James Mc- Cormack, a carpenter by trade, who died in the hospital at Guatemala about the 16th of July last. “I was told,” says the consul general, “that he was an American citizen and at once telephoned to the hospital, and was told that no such person had died there. A few days afterward a contractor— Mr. Byrne, a well-known man and well thought of—told me that Mr. McCormack was a British subject. This statement was also made by Mr. Byrne's partner. I, there- fore, took no further steps in the matter. “A few days ago I received a notice from the first judge of the first instance, who informed me thnt an American citizen named James McCormack had died in the hospital, and he had appointed Mr. Javier Arroyo administrator of the estate. “I find Mt. McCormack had about $150 or $200 on his person and about $800 in the In- ternational Bank. “There would be no special reason for ob- jecting to Mr. Arroyo's appointment were it not for the fact that it was made by the request of the director of the hospital and that there exists a law which obliges the legal representatives-of any one who dies in the hospital intestate to present themselves within thirty days, otherwise the estate re- verts to the pial. “I had been told he left a widow and some children. I have seen Mr. Arroyo, and he has, at my suggestion, gotten an order from the judge extending the time for the legal representatives to present themselves to three months instead of one month. This is the limit allowed by law. “I fear before the widow has time to get the notice and to present her proofs that the three months will have elapsed. “Tt is supposed that Mrs. McCormack is in England.” ———_____+2+______ RIFLE PRACTICE. Assignments Made for Practice in the Gallery. At a meeting of the department of rifle practice, District National Guard, last even- ing it was decided that no member of the brigade will be permitted to fire the official score on the outdoor range at Ordway until he shall have completed the prescribed gal- lery practice. A list of such delinquents will be prepared, and transportation to the range refused gil whose names are written thereon. fe Gallery assignments for the completion of practice are as follows: Third battalion, Friday and Saturday, September 27 and fourth battalion, Wednesday, October 2; fifth battalion, Saturday, October 5; sixth battalion, Thursday, October 3; first sep- arate battalion, Monday, October first separate company and light battery A, Sat- urday, September 28, and Tuesday, October 4; engineer corps, Friday, October 4. The first battalion will practice in its own arm- ory on such nights as may be designated by the battalion commander. The second bat- talion assignment has not yet been made. A Startling Admission. In New York City, for five cone secutive years, the proportion of Deaths from Consumption has been three in every Twenty Persons. Epidemics of Cholera, Yellow Fever and other diseases of similar character, so ter- rible in their results, occasion wide spread alarm and receive the most careful consid- eration for their prevention and cure, while consumption receives scarcely a thought, yet the number of their victims sinks into insignificance when compared with those of consumption. Comparatively few people know what to do for their loved ones when they see them gradually lose strength, lose color, manifest feeble vitality and emacia- tion; or develop a cough, with difficult breathing, or hemorrhage. Cod liver oil was for a iong time given in all such cases, but the poor success attending its use coupled with its nauseating taste has led many practitioners, as well as the public at large, to place their main reliance in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It de- serves early attention and will prove effect- ual not in everycase but in a large percentage of cases, and we believe that fully 68 per cent. ofall cases of consumption can, iftaken in the early stages of the disease, be cured with the “Discovery.” Dr. Pierce does not ask people to believe until they have in- vestigated for themselves. A pamphlet has been published having the names, addresses and photographs of a large number of those cured of consumption, bronchitis, lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh ant kindred maladies which will be mailed free to those sending for it with their name and address upon a postal card, or you can have a medical treatise, in book’ form of 160 pages, mailed to you, on receipt of address and six cents in stamps. You can then write those cured and leam their experi- ences. Address for Book, WoRLD’s DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. ¥. that there are no worth prices left on anything we've got in stock. Our “Remoyal Sale” is blind to seasonableness and everything else. We have spared nothing. The very things that are becoming necessities at home are cut just as much as any of the summer stock that’s left. We're positively clearing out everything in our five stores—and tfral€ dozen warehouses— FURNITURE— CARPETS— TTIN Ss DRAPE RIES— REFRIGERATORS— BABY CARRIAGES— STOVES— DRIC-A-BRAC. ~ It’s a slaughter from e- ginning to end — with credit, if you want it, thrown in. House & Herrmann, The Leading Housefarnishers, 917, 919, 921 AND 923 7TH ST. 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