Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1895, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMB ER ~ 20, 1895—SIXTEEN PAGES, SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF BAL- the wonderful wedium, every FRIDAY awing day. for privute sittings, 905 H st. m.w. ery FRIDAY NIGHT, Wonn's’ Hall, 721 6th st. SH RITE CATHEDRAL—ALDERT PIKE Consistory, No. 1, will meet ou FRIDAY, Dev. 2v, IN05, at 7:30 p.m. Work 32d deg. By order G. W BALLOCH, 33d Dex., V. M. K. RT BALL, S31 Deg., Registrar. del9-2t TING OF THE STOCKHOLD- ers of the West End National Bank will be held ft the office of the bank, 14 TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 1806, for the election of directors for the ensuing year. Polls open from 12 to 1 v'clock. CHAS. PL WILLIAMS, Cashier. T THE PAI ven & Lrennan, ts been dissolved by ut, M. F. Brennan to ail the ‘frin, and pa by M. A. GE! D OF 8 PE m&nths ending Dece tT FOR THE SIX WIL be pad to ak on Pp COMPANY At a meetin company held T that the sun of plus fu huis hie quarterly’ dividend of cent he stockholders of 'r Decewuber 31, company will be Anelt sive. tors of this Mt was resolved red to the sur- WD, cmd Chaat at f one-halt . books of th lcsed from January 1 to 10, 1$96 JAS. FL HOOD, Secretary. TICISE OUR Soe 3 NOTHIN Tot ABOUT re made them “as ne dinners can be. Mighty provement om them, AM t in Ipts of onr own dishes--inost de- vked and served in faultless styl Sund 1 REUTER'S, COR. VA. DINNERS. an ideal dinner—as au ard to make im- Lau at the lowest possible pri eam Heaters, Mw ach Lights, Silk Lamp Shades, Drop Lights, &e. d19-2t THE SUBSCRIBERS, HAVE ENTERED THIS ed parthership, agreeably of chapter 17 of the Revised of the United States relating to the Di Columbia, and do hereby certify that the name of m under which sald partnership is to be ys anil bi also ted Is W. B. HIBES & that the gen- L nature of the business to be transacted fs a aking and general counnission business, and runsacted in the District of er ts William B. is George C. the capital con- er is ten dollars hich said partuer- is November 30, 1895, and it November 30, 1905, Bloomer, tribut $1,400 int notes, RISTMAS > and artistic; es from antique stands, pen racks, Ink . lanterns, lamps, rs, fireplace fixtures, ‘ete., ete. J. i. istu' st. det HOLDS PRI m. to 7 pan. Also je every FRIDAY at 8 del6-6t* IL, busigess aud test _me- dium, has resumed practice for the fall and win- and will be at home dal! ‘s examinations a special! teed. 1914 1ES r lour, Grain 14th street .w., ee bis friends and COMPANY OF THE WASHING » Policy heiders in’ this company fled to bring thetr policies to delay and have them indorsed, ‘ ent"? to the lust hese whe HAVE eir receipts, in refunded. OH -dind3o- J. WESLEY BOTELER, CALENDARS FOR '96. Hundreds of designs bere. Prices frow $20 1eQUEEN See. de2 Dk. removed n ‘Spe’ given to, ladies and children; ‘consults m* G PAINT IS LIKE BUYING “A PIG IN A bag’"—you don’t know what you're buying unless you have bought it before—you're at the merey the merchant. ‘Model’? paints are guaranteed - Bring thein back if not satisfactory. $1.50 x: CHAS. E. HOE 913 7TH ST. Blank Books. EvY Cash Books, &c. All Blank Books, — ils-and & big va Books made to ord: to suit any business, E one bought means $04 © - Blank Books. Jo a eee Easton & Rupp, 421 11th St., POPULAR PRICED STATIONERS. (Just above ave.) d20-1id Ladies Talk a Great Deal About those very handsome Solid Gold Watches I am selling for $12! Fine tmekeepers—beautiful cases, SPIER—210 9th st., near Pa. ave. d20-Gd. ‘Columbias’ for Ninety-six. ~The recognized standard of bicycle construction the world over. Nothing has been ‘eft undone to perfect the mivutest part that enters into the make-up of a COLUMBIA BICYCLE. ISTRICT CYCLE CO., 452 Pa. ave. “Hartfords."* “Colunbias alg-14d, WE ANNOUN Special.— on ttc: lies’ and gent! 4 5 years, perfect timekeepe oc23- 2m.9 jovement; guaranteed a 0. A. KAHN, 935 F now. Leave your order for a full Dress Suit Now—tf you wish to have it in time for the holidays. — Especial expertness in the fashioning of Full Dress Suits and Tuxedo Dress. 8: you are assured of ne most skilled and high men only empl I soli un inspection of the many ‘new cloths: shown. SCHUT. ; 805 Vt. ave., opp. the Arlingten. Is-14d Your Christmas Wines, &c. uid be purchased of us to insure thelr pure and whclescnie. Only the purest and best have shelf room . ‘Telephone (1), sour oder and we will promptly de- wer it, James Tharp, 812 FSt.N.W. aIs-10d How have you beon doing trying to reach “Make things fairly Inu,” fe,Peovlg ty the old, too lerg- more than reach person to whom addressed, se it's a CIRCULAR on the face of it. Here's a new Way—a process of duplicating typewritten letters thet look ike reach the people BYRON 8. ADAM ais-14d If You Are in Need OF COMMERCIAL OR FINE STATION personal letters. ‘They us about it. ‘rompt Printer,’ 512 11th st. a = In any form positively and perma. Camcer i ctiy Garca ya at theory ue Teatinent; city ©. HL. ferences. no8-3m That Altered the Case. From the Thompson Falls Montantan. A Horse Plains girl found a package of love letters that had been written to her mother by her father before they were married. The daughter read them to her mether, substituting her own name for that of her mother and a fine young man for that of her father. The mother jumped up and down in her chair, snifted her feet, seemed terribly disguste nd forbade her daughter having anything to do with a ycung man who would write such sicken- ing and nonsensical stuff to a girl. When the young lady handed the letter to her mother to read the house became so still that one could hear the grass growing in the back yard. HARRISON'S FRIENDS They Are Satisfied With the Coun- try’s Patriotic Outburst. CLEVELAND AND THE EX-PRESIDENT The Latter’s Surpassed in the Recent Message. Americanism Not BENEFITS NEXT YEAR The friends of Gen. Harrison do not dis- guise their great satisfaction at the fine outbursts of feeling throughout the country over this assertion of the Monroe doctrine. The present jubilation is nuts to them. It recalls the shining record their favorite made while President on a similar line, and causes them to recount Its leading features. The refusal to be hurried or directed by Italy in the matter of the New Orleans massacre, the prompt calling to book of Chile for the assault on American sailors in the streets of Valparaiso, and the firm dealing with Great Britain in the matter of the Bering sea, are ali tall feathers in their eyes In the cap of the ex-President. He stood up for the country from first to last, they are pointing out, ard, although with but a few weeks in which to consider it in the clhsing days of his term, he grasped the whole Hawaiian question like a states- man and a patriot. The lcuder the cry for the flag in the United States the better the Harriscn men will like it. Harrison to Benefit. Gen. Fully a year ago The Star quoted a dis- tinguished republican, friendly to Gen. Har- rison, to tue effect that the success of the movement for the renomination of the ex- Presicent would depend a very great deal om how the second term of Mr. Cleveland appeared at the time of holding the na- tional convention. He advarced the propo- jon that a complete failure on Mr. Cleve- and’s part would injure Gen. Harrison. He insisted that the anti-Harrison republi- cans would be able to capitalize such a failure aginst him by an argument some- thing like this: “Beware of calling a man back to the great work of the presidency after he has surrendered it for a term. Look at Mr. Cleveland. He made a very good President during his first term, but being called back to the place under conditions altogether different from those of the first term he bas proved unequal to the emergency. AS a result, he has suffered and the country has suffered. Now we admit that Gen. Har- rison made a «ood President, but don’t put him to the test again under new conditions. Better let him rest on his laurels, which he deservedly wears, and which will long remain green. Renult of the Message. This sam2 gentleman was asked by a rep- resentative of The Star today for his views about this matter as affected by the Presi- dent’s message. ly views are mixed, so to speak. On the one hand, we have the congressional elec- tions of 1894, and the state elections of last month, both in emphatic condemnation of the democratic party as led by Mr. Cleve- land. Until Tuesday he had failed absolute- ly to score with the country. It appeared that his return to the White House was a mistake from every point of view. I thought it looked dark for General Harrison. It seemed to me that his opponents had a card in this which they might play with telling effect against him. But here, in a day, we have a new situation. Mr. Cleveland not only scores, but on General Harrison's own line, and so as to bring out in new and clear relief the strongest of General Harrison's own performances. Meritorious as_ this message of Mr. Cleveland is, it is no better assertion of American right and dignity than that that proceeded several times from General Harrison. General Harrison has not been surpassed. Mr. Cleveland, after three years, has only drawn up to him. In the matter of felicitation, therefore, over the enunciation of a popular foreign policy the democrats in Mr. Cleveland have noth- ing more to boast of than have the republi- cans in General Harrison. If that is to be the keynote of next year’s campaign, then General Harrison as a candidate will most decidedly benefit before the national con- vention. He stands for all that Mr. Cleve- land does on that line, and more. Probabilities for Next Year. “But suppose this message does not con- trol the action of the democracy next year.” “I do not care to go further than the mes- sage. But of this much I feel sure: If the message becomes the democratic platform, Mr. Cleveland, or Mr. Olney, who inspired it, must be the candidate, and that will mean the renomination of General Harrison by the republicans,” + -._____ Hotel Arrival Willard’s—Geo. W. Ray, New York; E. N. Squires, Geneva; E. N. Irwin, Philadelphia; G. N. Southwick, Albany, N. Y.; James El- verson, Philadelphia. Raleigh—G. W. Call, Thos. C. McLaugh- lin, New York; A. D. Willard, Maryland; R. H. Parks, Alabama; A. J. Parker, New Jersey. Arlington—Mrs. H. H. Ackerman, Denver, Col.; Geo. L. Chase and wife, Hartford, Conn.; S. M. Moore, Chicago; W. F. H. Lock- man and wife, Cincinnati. Shorenam—James ©. Wood and wife, Maryland; F. P. Fitch, Boston; J. O. Hem- ming, Richard N. Dyer, New York; Francis J. Heney, Texas; Howard Greene and wife, Providence, R. I.; Edward L, Beach, Bos- ton. Riggs—R. H. Long, Alabama; Jas. 0. Rankin, Erving Rankin, Henderson, N. Y.; H. Y. Jennings, E. C. White, New York; E. B. Wellen and wife, Brockton, Mas: Regent—G. F. Day, Lynn, Mass.; S. M. Taylor, Pennsylvania; H. G. Carroll, Con- necticut. Normandie—G. Winfred Pearce, New York. Page's—Henry Lee and wife, New York. = CONCESSIONS TO RUSSIA. Siberian Railway to Be Extended Through Manchuria. The Nichi-Nichi of Yokohama, Japan, confirms the report that China has offered Chan-Sombay to Russia for a winter sta- tion. Advices received there from Vladivostock say that the secret treaty between Russia and China is an accomplished fact, and that a survey of the proposed railway from Siberia through Manchuria has been order- ed. ———_+0+— BOY MURDERER CO) VICTED. Moyd Montgomery (Killed Father, Mother and Another. The jury in the trial of Lloyd Montgom- ery, at Albany, Ore., the eighteen-year-old boy, for the murder of ‘his father and mother and Daniel McKeecher near Brownsville, has returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. . Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKB TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. NO HEART PALPITATING. NO DYSPEPTIC ACHix:;. =-NERVOUS. AN Tl “DYSPEPT Ic, 2 THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP, EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian time. bars or lines of cqual air pressure, drawn for each tenth ef ar. Inch. lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. ‘ag twelve hours, The worls “High” Small arrows fly with the wind. snow has fallen during pree areas of high and low barometer. Solfd lines are 1so- Dotted lines are isotherms or Shaded areas ure regions where rain or and “Low” show location of ‘TOMORROW'S WEATHER. Threatening, With Light Showers, Followed by Fair; Cooler by Evening Forecast till $ p.m. Saturday: For eastern New York, eastern Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey and Delaware, generally fair, but possibly local showers uear the ccest; continued warm southerly winds, followed by cooler Saturday evening. For the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, trreatening weather and light showers, follcwed by fair weather; south- erly winds; cooler by Saturday evening. Weather conditions: An extensive baro- metric depression occupies the lower Mis- scuri and central Mississippi valleys, where it nas remained necrly stationary during the past twenty-four hours. It has been ettendeg by heavy rains in the cen- tral valleys. Heavy rains have also fallen cn the gulf coast and light rains in the luke region and northwest. The barometer has risen in New England and the south- west an? fallen generally elsewhere. It is warmer from New England and the lower lakes southward to the South At- lentic coast and in the northwest, and de- cibedly colder in the lower Mississippi val- ley. The follcwing heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours: Pen- secola, 1.20; Springfield, Ill, 2.32; Chicago, Springfield, Mo., 1.01; Grand Haven, Milwaukee, 1.06; Portland, Ore., 1.4: Vicksburg, 1.18; Boonville, Condition of the Water, Temperature and condition of water at 8 2m.: Great Falls, temperature, 30; condl- tion, 36. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 36; Condition at north connection, 36; con-li- tion at south connection, Distributing reservoir, temperature, 38; condition at 'n- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 5:01 a.m. and high tide, 10:51 a.m. and 11:06 p.m, Tomorrow—Low tide, a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; high t.de, 11:33 a.m. and 11:51 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 7:18; sun sets, 4:37. Mcon rose, 10:31 a.m. today; sets, 9:03 p.m. teday. The Bicycle Lamps. All bicycle lamps must be lighted at 7. The potice reguiations require that All cycles, bicycles and tricycles in motion after sundown shall carry a suitable light.” The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by guisting begun at 6:01 a.m. The lighting is tegun cne hour before the time named. Narhtha lamps all lighted by 5:56 p.m.; extinguishing begun at 6:16. The naphtha lamps burn fifteen minutes later in the morning than the gas lamps, and the moon schedule does not apply to them. A Storm Bulletin, Prof. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, has just issued a storm bulletin covering the Atlantic coast storms December 9-12 and 12-15, The violence of these storms is shown by the following rates of velocity of the wind occurring within these dates, viz: 60 miles an hour at Hatteras; 6S at Block Is- land; 56 at Nantucket; 68 at Kittyhawk, and 56 at Block Island. A total of 385 vessels, from ocean steam- ers to fishing smacks, valued, with their cargoes, a. nearly $7,500,000, the report Says, seem to have been detained in port by the weather bureau storm warnings. From the experience of the vessels that en- countered the storms an immense saving in property, and probably in lives, must have resulted from the heeding of these warnings. Range of the Thermometer, The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather Mareau today: 8 a.m., 34; 2 p.m., 63; maxinvum, 64; min- imum, 52. Bergl t os McKINLEY IN KANSAS. Support of Allison and Reed Growing There. Spectal Correspondence of The Evening Star. TOPEKA, Kan., December 18, 1895. Three months ago Kansas was conceded to William McKinley for President. To- day it looks as if he will have to be con- tented with such scattering support as his friends can secure on an uninstructed dele- gation. A year ago Gov. McKinley could have had an instructed delegation from Kansas without an effort. Since that time a gradual change has taken place, until now it is difficult to determine whieh of the presidential candidates is strongest with the republicans of thé state. The members of the congressional dele- gation have done much to change this sen- timent. Every one of them is for Reed for President. During the recent sam- Paign they sowed the seed that may give to the Maine statesman the majority of the delegates from Kansas. Congressman Curtis, Congressman Broderick and others have teen outspoken for Reed, and an or- ganization has been effected in many coun- tes which will trouble the McKinley men when the local county conventions are held. The present state administration is re- sponsible for much of the antagonism toward Gov. McKinley. Last year and in 1894, when the governor visited Kansas, Chairman Leland of the state committee escorted him through the state and invited as guests only a few of his most intimate friends. On those trips, it is alleged, Le- land promised the Kansas delegation to the Ohio man. ‘This greatly angered many republicans who did not have an opportu- nity to meet the governor, and the result is many prominent men in the pariy are fighting him in order to rebuke Leland and Gov. Morrill, who, in interviews — six mouths ago, said McKinley would have Kansas without effort. Leland is also the Kansas member of the national committee. The feeling is so strong that he will proba- bly be defeated for re-election. In fact, he will have a big fight to get into the convention as a delegate from nis district. It looks now as if ex-Goy. Thomas A. Os- born would head the Kansas delegation and succeed Leland as member of national committee. There is a growing sentiment for Senator Allison in Kansas. He has many friends in the state. Thousands of the early set- ters of Kansas came from Iowa and they are for Allison to a man. Then Iowa is a neighboring state and the republicans feel that with Allison as a candidate the party would hold its full vote in the west and as- sure a trivmph in every state west of the Mississippi river. If sentiment continues to grow for the Iowa man he will secure the most of the delegation after the first ballot. His friends, as well as those of Speaker Reed, are fighting for an unin- structed delegation, and the McKinley men, while contending for a delegation that shall be friendly to their choice, have abandoned the hope of instructions and will be glad to get a share of the votes. They will not ask for a solid delegation, nor will they attempt to secure instruc- tions, for in doing so they might loose all. —— NEWSPAPERS IN TURKE They Are Poor in Quality, Few in Number and Circulation Limited. From the Hartford Times. The founder of the newspaper in Turkey was a Frenchman, Alexander Blacque, who in 1825 published in Smyrna le Spectateur de l’Orient, and afterward the Courrier de Smyrne. In 1831 M. Blacque went to Con- stantinopie, where he edited Le Moniteur Oootoman, an official paper under auspices of the Sultan Mahmud. In 1834 appeared the first paper printed in the Turkish un- der the special and exclusive direction of the historian of the state, Essad-effendi. In 1860 there were in Constantinople four- teen newspapers, two Turkish, four French, four Italian, one Greek, one Armenian, one Bulgarian and one Servian. In 1876, before the last Greek war, there were in Turkey over sixty newspapers, twenty-one in French, sixteen in Turkish, twelve in new Greek, ten in Armenian, one in German, and tnat one was soon discontinued. In 1880, notwithstanding war calamities and considerable editorial diminution, the total number of newspapers in Turkey in- creased to 121—in European Turkey, seven- ty-four; in Asiatle Turkey, forty-seven. Among the newspapers printed in Turk- ish, the following are worthy of notic Saadet, Servet and Hakikat. These dre everyday political papers, while Tarik is a semi-official pa receiving the news directly from Hdiskiosque (sultan’s palace). The most read political papers are pub- lished in French, such as La Turquie, tamboul, Moriteur Oriental and the s crn Express, the last two printed half in English. Journal de la Chambre de Com- merce de Constantinople, with Turkish text, is the organ of local business. Greeks publish in Constantinople Neolo- ges, Konstantinoupolis and Epiteorizis. Extensive improvements are in progress at Bay Ridge, Md. A sewer several thou- sand feet long is being dug, which is to af- ford sewerage to all the premises. The band stand is being removed to between the cafe and hotel, and some cottages are to be erected. welt AN EASTERN CITK: WANTED. Democrats Who Oppose a ‘Convention in‘the Wexts ™ Special Correspondence of The Z3¢eythe Star. ST. LOUIS, Desemher 18, 1895. There Is a growing feeling thet the democ- racy of St. Louis is not goin’ to overexert itself in an effort to securé the’ hational con- vention of the party. It,is,asserted, with some show of truth, that the.administration wing of the organization, headed by ex-Gov- ernor Francis, would prefer/ta'see the con- vention go somewhere else«There are rea- sons for this which the freétsttver men are not slow to magnify, or at least to make the most of. The farther west’the convention is held the better will be the showing made by the silver extremists. For example, Bland’s heme congressional district is only five ride from this city. If the conven- hould be held here every able-bodied rat in it would attend, and most of. ‘ould shout for free silver. That is the only section in the state where the financial issue is still a dominating one. The rest of the state seems disposed to let the subject of currency take a breath- ing spell. Bland's personality and rugged honesty (no one has ever doubted his sin- cerity) will keep it to the fore there for at least another year, or until after the next presidential election. _If the convention should be held in New York or any eastern city, it is argued, the contingent from Laclede and surrounding Missouri counties would keep away, for the gcod reason that as a whole it would not have money enough to do otherwise. The anti-administration faction in the state is all worked up over the opposition that has developed to the convention. The Stone partisans declare that it is due solely to cowardice, that their enemies are afraid to give them an opportunity to show their strength. In the meantime all is not entirely har- monious over the spoils incident to the con- vention already secured. A large number of commercial organizations were taxed heavily to aid in getting the convention, and now som» of them assert that the Business Men’s League has “hogged” all the tickets. The league is made up of representative business men of both parties. They were largely represented on the committee that went to Washington, and they made it a condition that they were to have a certain number of tickets. These they propose to distribute where they will do the most good among their customers in the southwest. ee City Dental Society. At the twenty-ninth annual banquet of the Washington City Dental Society, held last evening at the Cochran, Dr. A. W. Sweeney read the annual address and Dr. L. C. F. Hugo officiated as toastmaster, while the following responded to toasts: Dr. Wm. M. Hunt, Dr. H. B. Noble, Dr. H. C. Thomp- son, Dr. William Donnelly, Dr. G. L. Hills, Dr. M. F. Finley, Dr. A. W. Sweeney, J. Ro- land Walton and C. H. Lyme. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follow: Dr. William M. Hunt, president; Dr. D. E. Wiber, vice president; Dr. W.'N. Cogan, ecretary; Dr. M. F. Finley, treasurer; D: N. H. B. Noble, librarian, afd Dr. Garnett L. Hills, essayist. = Election of Officers. Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 5, Knights of Pythias, has elected officers as follow: Willard S. Robbins, changellon commande: Geodwin D. Ellsworth, vice chancello: Henry Yenney, prelate; George T. Galleher, master of the work; James Frank, master of exchequer (re-elected); John M. Kline, master of finance (re-elected); Henry F. Barnard, keeper of records and seal (r elected); Joseph E. Kleindieyst, master-at- arms; Wilber H. Frank, inner guard; John T. Moling, outer guard; ‘representatives to the Grand Lodge, A. J..Gumming (re-elect- ed), John M. Kline (re-elected), M. Wallace (re-elected), John -A. Frank (re-elected), H. F. Barnard: trustees, A, J. Gunning (re- elected), John M. Kline (re-elected), M. Wallace (re-elected); member of the gen- eral relief bureau, John ‘A. Frank. ———— A Silent Journey. From the Chicago Tribune. Jack Clark, a Manhattan club man of New York, and Cash Henderson, a wealthy dry goods man of Wichita, Kan., have made a wager, the result of which is that precisely at midnight, when the old year dies, Mail Carrier George Mold of Wichita will start out penniless for a tour around the world, during which he is not to utter a word except through ventriloquism. Robert Kennard, city circulator of the Daily Leacon, has resigned his position to ompany Mold as representative of Mr. Henderson. to see that he fulfills the con- ditions cf the wager. Mold speaks and sings in all the central European languages, and it is in this man- ver he expects to earn the expense of his trip, even though the music is to pass ap- parently through the dumb figure. He is a cousin to Sachtleben, the man now in Asia Minor searching for Lenz. —— 9 Yesterday afternoon a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was organized at the Johns Hopkins University. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS ATTORNEYS . -Page 16 -Page 4 AUCTION SALES. -Page 14 BOARDING . -Page 4 BUSINESS CHANCES. +--Page 4 CITY ITEMS...... = -Page 16 COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS. = DEATHS ... . DENTISTRY EDUCATIONAL . EXCURSIONS FINANCIAL FOR EXCHANGE. FOR RENT (Flats). FOR RENT (Houses), FOR RENT (Miscellaneous)... FOR RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stables) FOR RENT (Stores). FOR RENT (Warehouses). FOR SALE (Bicycles). FOR SALE (Houses) FOR SALB (Lats). FOR SALE (Miscellaneous). HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOTELS LEGAL NOTICES LOCAL MENTIO: LOST AND FOUND. MANICURE MARRIAGES . MEDICAL . i | eee RR EUR ATR ARR EAR R ER Re RROD AKA PIANOS AND ORC POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS RAILROADS, SPECIAL NOTICES STEAM CARPET CLEA) SUBURBAN PROPERTY. ERTAKERS 4 WANTED (Heip) WANTED (Houses). WANTED (Situations). TOMORROW'S STAR. Twenty-Four Pages Full of Interest- ing Rending. The Star tomorrow will have many fea- tures of peculiar interest just at this sea- son of the year. It will not be wholly a Christmas number, however, as is shown by the wide variety of the special chapters, of which the following form a partial list: CHRISTMAS CROWDS. (llustrated.) Scenes caught at random in the busy city marts, where hurrying throngs are engaged in“holiday shopping. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. (Illustrated.) Santa Claus chats with Frank G. Car- penter about Christmas with the Presi- dents. c: NEWS OF CONGRESS. (Illustrated. A visit to the press galleries in both houses at the Capitol. BRANDT, THE JAILER. (Illustrated.) An interesting story with the scene lald in Washington. Written exclusively for The Evening Star by Julia Schayer. PERSIAN LAMB. (illustrated.) New ideas in fashions for women, with popular colors and materials. BALLS IN PARIS. (llustrated.) Particularly the famous affairs at the Grand Opera, described by Sterling Heilig. AN EMPTY PURSE. (lllustrated.) A charming New England Christmas tale by Sarah Orne Jewett. THE BOYS’ BRIGADE. (llustrated.) A local military organization in connec- tion with church work. THE LOST CHILD. A French Christmas story by Francois Coppee. WITH THE SPEAKER. A day spent with that busy official and a glimpse of the many duties imposed upon him. THE NEW WOMAN. Pauline Pry visits her in Boston and dis- cusses her from various points of view. ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREES. How these popular holiday decorations are secured for the local market. A TREASURY WATCH DOG. The urique authority exercised and en- joyed by the Controller. SEED AND CONGRESS. Secretary Morton talks of the proposed investigation and about the third term and other matters of public interest. VAN NESS’ WIDOW. A celebrated case in the old Circuit Court over a famous estate. NORTH AND SOUTH. Pen pictures of features of the celebra- tion of the Christmas festival in Ger- many and Italy. THEY LIKE TO RIDE. Well-known Washington men who use the bicycle for vusiness and pleasure. RANDOM NOTES. A page of bfight and entertaining stories and paragraphs about men and things. ee FOR DIVORCE. Mrs. Jacob J. Souder Makes a New Legal Move. A petition for @ separation from bed and board was filed yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Jacob J. Souder, after she had declined to prosecute her husband in the Police Court. Through Attorney Leo Simmons she prays the court to also grant her alimony, and an injunction to restrain her husband from in any way interfering with or molesting her and from visiting her home, 1206 K street. Chief Justice Bingham granted a temporary restraining order, returnable on the 28th instant, when Mrs. Souder's charges, here- tofore reported in The Star, will be heard. —_ Centennial Lodge. At the regular meeting of Washington Centennial Lodge, . No. 14, F. A. A. M., Wed- nesday evening, the following officers were installed for the ensuing year: Franklin W. Harper, W.M.; C. K. Berryman, S.W.; J. H. Davis, J.W.; E. C., Elmore, secretary (fif- teenth term); J. W. Barker, treasurer; Ed- son Phillips, $.D.; S. P. Johnson, J.D.; Geo. F. Zeh, S.S.; Ernest H. Daniel, J.S., and J. J Hill, tiler. ——_.>-—_— Gave a Banquet. Mr. Thomas H. Brush, the proprietor of the Hotel Regent, last evening entertained the Ad.-Writers’ Club and a number of in- vited guests at his remodeled hostelry. The feature of the evening was a banquet,served in a sumptuous manner, and the presence of a number of prominent invited guests, In- cluding Mr. Wilton Lackaye and Mr. Wil- liam Hoey. Mr. Isaac Gans presided, and, after the menu had been discussed, Ed. Hay was announced as toastmaster, and he called on a number of those present for short addresses. The affair proved thor- oughly enjoyable in every way, and mid- night arrived before the guests departed. In addition te the members of the club and those mentioned, there were present: E. H. Allen, Emory Foster, Dr. Frank T. Howe, Gus Nordlinger, Abraham Kaufman, Ge F. Kinnear, Thomas Wilkinson, jr., T. Pliny Moran, S. M. Goldsmith, Edward H. Droop, J. A. Shafer, Albert Harz, Frank Pierce, Fred. Marble, R. H. Armstrong, Harry King and Samuel Gans. —_——__ Construction of the Will. Attorneys Lavender, Waters & Catch- ings have filed for Lucy Lee Brice a bill in equity against Sarah A. Young for the con- struction of the will of her father, the late Jobn C. Young. She also prays for an ac- counting in the matter of, a legacy of $1,000 left her by her father, which, she claims, has not yet been received by her. FINANCIAL. REPORT OF THE CONDITION the CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK, At Washington, in the District of Columbia, At the close of’ business, December 18, 1805. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts Overdrafts, secured und unsecured. U. 8. bonds to secure circulation Premiums on U.S. bonds. Stocks, securities, ete... Banking house, furniture and fixtures Due from national banks (bot reserve e banks and ‘bankers: od erve agents. banks. : Fractional paper currency, nickels. ‘and cents. : Lawful money resi Specie. a Legai-tender notes. 235,206 00 4,500 00 $1,441,074 53 Redemption fuad with U. © per cent of circulation). . Total .. treasurer $100,000 00 160,000 00 $10,452 80 bankers 9,972 15 Indiv ject to checl Demand deposit. Certified checks. ‘Total .. Distriet of Co 1, A. B. Kurt, do’ solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and A. B. RUFI nd sworn to before we this 19th day W.B. LEVI Wor F. P. MAY, W. K. MENDENIHALL, Directors. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE WASHINGION LOAN AND TRUST CO., At Washington, in the D. C., at the close of bus- iness, December 13, 1895. It RESOURCES. Loars— Real estate... +$1,116,403 34 Collateral, ume. + 890,712 9 Collateral, demard..... 347,950 78 Other loans end dis. counts ... : Overdrafts, secured and ursecured. Stocks, secarities, & é Banking house, furniture and fixtures, vault and safe work. Other real estate and mortgages owned Due from national banks (uot reserve agents) .... ses ° Due from state banks and bankers and 42 trust companies. . + 119,189 42 Checks and other cash items: + 4,018 50 Fractional paper currency, nickels and CONG 6ewkda nnn A757 ‘i 74 15 Lawful money reserve in berk, v! Specie... $5 Legal tender notes. 137,874 15 ++ $3,049,493 30 Total... LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in Surplus fund... = 100,000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and _ ex es pod... S ~ 84,382 71 Due to other national banks. + B.BSS BF Interest unpaid, real estate trust bonds 152 50 Dividends unpaid... 1,078 14 Individual deposits ‘sub- Ject to check... $1,851,122 $5 Demand certificates of de- posit. . 13,051 48 Time certincutes of de- tified checks... . = ———-—— 1,711,611 61 Real estate trust bonds. 146,900 00 Total... 5 District of Columbia, I, Jno. John Edson, p company, do solemnly ment is ‘true to the best of my knowledge and be- Nef. INO. JOY EDSON, President. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day cember, 1895, sae TENNEY ROSS, Notary Public. Correct—Attes ‘0. A. SWOPE, JNO__ RL CARMODY, ALBERT F. FOX. WILLIAM B. GURLEY, JOHN B. LARNER, AUGUSTUS CRANE, J: PE S. Cl NGS | Directors. E. BARKER, ARLES BAUM. £0. TRUESDELL, A. A. WILSON, BR. THEODORE W. Cc. T. Havenner, Member Washington Stock Exchange, Rooms 9 and 11, Atlantic building, Stocks, Bonds & Grain. Private wires, New York and Chicago. Investment Securities. For sale—75,000 Lehigh and N. ¥. BR. R. Co. Ist mtg. 50-year 4 per cent gold bonds at 94 and int. ‘Tel. 453. 029 The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W., Pays four per cent interest on savingsaccounts. Open until 5 p. m. on Govern- ment pay days and Satur- day evenings between 6 and R, it ‘NOYES, | 220-204 FINANCIAL REVORT OF THE CONDITION COLUMBIA NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, At Washington, in the District of Columbia,” At the close of business, December 15, 135. Toans and discounts. noe picts agents)... e from approved reaery ‘Checks and oeber cash items, Exchanges for clearing house Roles of other national banks. ractional paper currency, nlskeis ‘and ea R Lawful mioncy reserve in ‘bank, vi . pee seve seers $58,412.00 ‘ Legal tender notes: 21) 168;200°00 Redemption fund with U.S reas ™tl? urer @ per cent of circulation) ..... 2,250 00 Total oo... oe eee pense $1,818,089 02 LIABILITIES. . Capital stock paig in $250,090 00 Surplus fund. ~ — 100,000 00 Undivided profits, Tess’ expenses and ‘ fzes, nal s 22,477 16 National bank’ notes “ouista Due to other maton. ome ree banks =... wee 7 Due to siate bauks ana “252 3 bankers... 70,391 86 Dividends tmpaid: é "100 30 Individual deposits” sub- Jeet to chee Demand certiticates deposit. Certified ci ————— 806,211 86 _. Total $1,313,089 02 City of Washington," Dis Eeealncagnig ed T, CLARENCE CORSON, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that th Statement is true” to the best of my Kyowledge and pellet. CLARENCE CORSON, Cashier. of WeCTived and sworn to before me this 20th day FREDERICK GRAY, agate RAY, Notary Public. ALI : INO. JOY EDSO: JNO. B. LARNE! MYRON M. B. H. WARNER, Directors. ‘TED—GOOD SECOND TRUST NOTES OR fcnal C pital Traction Co. stock for equities in real estate. Address &, G. It., Star office. del9-6t PROFIVAGLE SHORT-TIME INVESTMENT —$3 SECOND TRUST NOTES IUNNING 1 PEARS PAYABLE §:00 MONTHLY; LIBERAL INTER? EST A 10 COMMISSION KITY AMPLE; GILT-EDGED _ N. RES. PROPERTY. AD: Ww LIBERAL COMMISSION, STAR OFFICE, 1405 F Street. Member Washington Seek derchange Stocks and Bonds. FOR SALE—Bank of Washington Stock, National Safe Deposit. Capital ‘Traction, de18-tt SILSBY & GOMPANY ‘ncorporated). Commission Stock Brgkers. “ar J. R. Willard & Ce. Toney to Loan AT 5, 5% and 6 Per Cent ON Real Estate. Our charges reasonable, and loans made without delay. WESCOTT, WILCOX _& HIESTON, d14-1m 1907 Pa. ave. nw. The Acetylene Gas Co. The Carbide Co. Owning exclusive rights for the city of Washing- and its suburbs for Light, Heat and Power. J, J, HEMPHILL... . + -President B. H. BUCKINGHA! ice President F. L. PAYSO: N.W JOHNSC LEW NSOD Subseriptions for a limi be received by the treasurer at $30 per share; par value, $50—payable in six monthly payments of $5 enc! Applications for the gas will be received at the companies’ office, 819 17th st. nw. ai3tt T. J. Hodgen & Co., BROKERS AND DEALERS. STOCKS, COTTON, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Rooms 10 and 11, Corcoran bldg., cor. 15th and F sts., und 605 7th st. n.w. : OFFICES, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. 4e10-16¢ f° ARE YOU INSURED AGAINST FIRE? YOU should be, on both your houses and furniture. I represent the best ‘city and foreign com Lowest rates. SOHN Le Weavi no23-3m F and 8th sts. nw. W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1421 F Street. Correspondents of LADENBURG, THALMANN & 00., de6-164 ew York. INE. OE Te INDOWMENT AND PAID-UP INSURANCE POLICIES PUKCHASED AT A FAIR DISCOUNT. apt-tf EDWAKD N. BURNS, 1419 F st. nw. WE TAKE AS COLLATERAL ANY LISTED STOCK © or bond in ans city of the United States; also old line life insurance polictes, syndicate certifi- cates, warehouse receipts. real estate mortzages and trusts. YERKES & BAKE, 40 to 46 Met erott building. Do%-tt HILL & JOHNSTON, 1503 Vennsylvania avenue. MONEY TO LOAN, 6 PER NT AND 6 PES CENT, Op approved real, estate tn the District of Colombt "A WELL-TRAINED RAT. He Keeps the House Free of Mice and Plays the Violin Fairly We! From the Philadelphia Times. It is a well-known fact that rats and mice do rot infest a house at the same time. Working upon this hint as to the nature of rodents, N.K.Laureson of Vicks- burg, Miss., has adopted a scheme by which he keeps himself rid of both pests. This he accomplishes by capturing a young rat and training him to catch mice. This sin- gular mouser, whose name, by the way, is Czar, 1s doubtless the most successful one on’ record. He has been taught to pounce upon a mouse on short order, with- out fear and without favor, and he shows no mercy. Of course, he can follow the mice into close quarters, and never has been known to lose his quarry. Strange to relate, large rats have given the house the go-by ‘also, seeming to understand that the place belongs to Czar, and that there must be no encroachment upon his prerogative. Laureson is very fond of his queer pet, end has taught him many interesting tricks. Among others, he has trained him to handle a bow, and with a miniature violin Czar manages to scrape the strings in a way that {s not unmusical. Of course, it has been impossible to teach him really to play a piece, but sitting up on his hind legs, with his fiddle grasped in his uny claws, Czar produces a sort of nalf-serzech- ing sound that is altogether weird end fantastic. Laureson is himself a violinist of no mean order, and Czar likes nothing better than to sit on his master’s knee and listen to his playing. ———_+0+___. Scalded by a Volcano. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. San Augustine Peak, forty miles east of Las Cruces, N. M., is in a state of eruption. A week ago last Tuesday Day King and Lige Davis, who were out upon the moun- tain, heard a rumble in the earth, which was followed soon by a distinct explosion, About half a mile from them on the north side of the peak a large granite boulder soared aloft and fell with a crash among the loose rocks. The flight of the boulder was fol- lowed by a puff of steam and ashes. The family of Mr. Hufford also saw the eruption. The next day Mr. Bergernot went to the place where the explosion occurred and found a depression partly filled with ashes, from which the boulder had been ejected. The snow was gone for some distance around the hole, and the ground was per- fectly dry. Mr. Bergernot soon became aware that his feet were uncomfortably warm and that steam was going up his trousers and scalding his legs, and, fearing a repetition of the volcanic eruption, he hastened away from the spot. O Boys! fe) Girls! Teil your folks that Gould's Wonder Store 1s Itke Fairyland. A million pretty fancies in Scrap Book Pictures, ‘Tree Ornaments, Favors, Fancy Paper, “snow,” Santa Claus Masks, Candles and Puper Dolla, Cornucopias, Monkeys, An!- mals, Candy Boxes, &e. deit-6t* FRANK WILSON BROWN BROKER, 1335 F St. N. W. Stccks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cotton. - Direct private wires to principal cities, Long-distance telephone 1414. Correspondent of Messrs. Theo. W. Myers & Oo., Wo. 47 New st., New York, members of the New York Stock Exchange. Je10-28t The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE. Chartered by special act of Congress, Jan, 1867, und acts of Uct., 1800, and Feb., 1802 CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DOLLARS. SAFE DEPOSTi DEPARTMENT. Rents safes inside burglar-proof vaults at $3 per annun upward, ‘Securities, jewelry, silverware and valuables of all kinds {n owner's package, trunk or case SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Oo INGS BA} ‘MENT. Deposits. recelved from ‘TEN CENTS upward, and interest allowed on §% and above. ‘Loans money on real estate and collateral security. Sells first-class real estate and other securities in sums of $500 and upward. FRUST_ DEPARTMENT. ‘This company is a legal depository for court and trust funds and acts as administrator, ex- ecutor, receiver, assignee, and executes trusts of all kinds. Wills prepared by a competent attorn in daily atte nce. BENJAMIN P. SNYDER, President. THOMAS HYDE, First Vice President. JAMES M. JOHNSTON, Second Vice Pres. THOMAS R. JONES, Third Vice Pres. EL FRANGIS RIGGS, Treasurer. ALBERT L. STURTEVANT, Secretary. 0019 CORSON & MACARTNEY, MEMBERS OF THE NEW ¥ EXCHANGE, Lato F et, Glover ballding. os Correspondents fesars. Moore ley, Broadwas, Bankezs and Dealers in Government Bonds, Deposits. Exchange. 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