Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1896, Page 11

THE: EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, 11 TO WOMEN Women suffer-from _ many weaknesses! Women complain of bearing down sen- sations and back~ ~aches; Women are often- times'weak, gloo- my and despond-. ent, Women need not suffer if they will be wis Women can avoid all this suffering by taking Warner's Safe Cure. Women who have tried it know that it always gives re- lief. Women who wish to know more about his great health- giver should write to Warner's Safe Cure Co., Roches- ter, N.Y., for treat- ment blank and il- lustrated pamphiet IN GEORGETOWN e AFFAIRS College Students Preparing for Mardi Gras Celebration, Death of Charles Kaiser and Other Local Notes From Across Rock Creek Bridge. The stud-nts of Georgetown University ®re making big preparations for the annual mard! gras cel+bration, which will come off next we The boys manifest great inter- est in the celebration this year, which it 4s expected will eclipse those of former years. At a recent meeting committees einted by the scholars to work miraries up m good shape. Mr. Robert Dick Douglass, the popular manager of the field and track athletics, has charge of the program, while Mr. Monaghan, the correspondent of the ‘varsity, will look af- ter the finence. Outerbridge Horsey is the chairman of the entertainment committee, while Robert Nelson will be at the head of the flcor committee. Mr. Berry is chair- man of the costumes committee, Mr. Slat- tery of the banquet committee and Mr.Val- entine of the music committee. ‘The mardi gras celebration at the George- town Academy of the Visitation will be kept up this year, and already the girls are arranging for the jollities, prior to the en- trance of the period of fasting and praying For ferty days and nigh Death of Charles K ser, a well-known young man, g of consumption at his fa- ther’s resid, 3142 O street. The deceased ‘was about twenty-eight years of age, and had bee ck for some years, though not confine o his bed. His last illness was of short duration, he being confined to his room a very short tim soz of John Ka for a quarter of a centu’ street. The deceased enjoyed a wide c of acquaintances. When he found that con- sumptii ad a hold on him he did every- iser. thing to effect a cure, taking trips abroad, ut to no avail. Altair Cycle Club. Tho Altair Cycle Club will hold tts first annual Hall, wh et this evening at Masonic ‘omises to be a very success- ful affa ljaborate preparations have been m for the banquet and after pleas- vre. Contracy to the usual run of affairs, the festive board will be graced by pretty girls, who will add to t evening, ev 2 pleasure of the mber Z supposed to bring his best girl. Mr. R. W. Darby, the ident of the club. will act as master of ceremonies, call upon the members present for speeches and happy remarks. Euchre Party. Mrs. J. W. StohIman gave a progr euchre p y last evening at her residen . The atten ce was limited to layers, tables. The game pro and resulted+in Mi: winni he leading ladi nt to fill up six O'Donoghue prize, while Mr. ah of all the men at i E ion prize was Allen. After the game eated to an excellent col- Real Estate. William Messrs. er Porter Morse, as trustees, have sold to A. Gordon and Alexan- the Franklin Insurance Company for $1,900 & part of the Tudor estate, in square 111 of Beall’s addition. The estate occupies the southern half of the square and fronts on Bist, Q and Valley streets. Jacob B. Clark has bought of Hough and William E. Lewis lot block 11 of the White Haven subdivi Whe consideration is placed at $750. jotes. » Miss Trene Entwisle of this city is quite sick with inflammatory rheumatism at At- Janta, Ga. whither she went for her health. Policeman J. H. Kinnamon, who was transferred to this precinct from South Washington, resigned from his position a few days ago, his resignation taking effect today M Robert Lowe of the Linthicum Stu- , now in the city with the Sol Smith el Company, is stopping with his parent. ‘The new administration building at Fort Myer has been completed and accepted by the War Department. Its occupancy wiil gcon occur. — Transfers of Real Estate. Deeds in fee have been filed as follows: W. Henry Walker, assignee, to Dennis Culloty, part lot 143, Long Meadows; $678.40, J. Walter Cooksey, trustee, to Jno. J. Sul- livan, part original lot 14, sq. 512; $1,415. Jas. F. Hood et al., trustees, to Margaret L. Cassidy, part original lot 8, sq. 795; $700. Jno. H. Soule, trustee, to Thos. G. Hensey, lots 12¢ and 125, sq. 750; $10. Katherine Pine to Virginia Harris, lot 4, block 12, East Deanwood; $125. Antonia Adams to Edgar R. Musser, part lot 4, #q. 871; $10. Jas. N. Burn et ux. to Francis EL Lingelbach, lot 20, sq. 982; $2,860. Heirs of Wm. Fletcher to Annie M. Ennis, part Jot 4, sq. s. of 825; $1,300. Wm. A. Gor- don aid Alex. P. Morse, trustees, to the Franklin Insurance Company, part of Tu- dor Place, sq. 1271; $1,800. Diller B. Groff to Adelbert W. Cox, lot 97, sq. 764; $4,650. ‘Avarella Lambert to Gertrude Quinn, lot 17, sq. 412; $10. Jas. H. Meriwether et Ux. to Elias S. Hutchinson, lot 162, sq. 69; — Maurice EB. Shipley et to uel Jackson, north half lot isadore 485; $2,500. I ton Dammann, Saks et ux. to Milton }» lot 26, Bellevue; $100, AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA City Council Met and Transacted Business ee Pa Runaway Boys Found and Returned to Their Homes—Other Local Notes of Interest. The regular monthly meeting of the city council was held last night in the council chambers in the market building. The, ordl- nance to increase the police force four men was passed. Mr. Caton offered a resolution, which was laid over in the board of alder- men until the next meeting, which provided that the city council shall elect eight substi- | tutes, or as many as necessary, who shall | recelve the same wages as the person for whom the serve, and when vacancies occur the mayor shall report the same to the eity council at their next meeting thereafter, that these places may be filled by an elec- | ton. This resolution passed the lower board unanimously. A resolution was also adopt- j ed for the appointment of a committee to consider the advisability of the recodifica- tion of the code up to July 1, 1896, ard re- port cost of same. Mr. McCuen offered a resolution reducing the cost of gas from $1.40 to $1.25 per 1,000 feet after April 1. The city engineer was instructed to pre- pare and submit as soon as ngacticable an estimate of cost of sewering Queen street from Pitt street to the river, and also from Wolfe street to the river. A request of the Mary Custis Lee Ohapter, asking for the free vse of gas at an entertainment to he given on the 24th of the month, was granted. Dr. E. S. Leadbeater then addressed a joint session of both boards on the need of a third steam fire engine in this city, after which council adjourned. Three Runaways Caught. Yesterday afiernoon, while Officer Beach was patrolling his beat in the neishborhood of the local depot, he was attracted by the strange actions of three small boys who were loitering around there. He placed them under arrest and took them to the station house. To a Star reporter they gave their names as Wm. Anderson and Robert ana Walter Thackeray. and said that they lived in Washington. ‘they acknowledged that they. had run away from their homes, but would give no reasoa fcr so doing, simply ' saying that they were going to tramp it through the south. The Washington au- thorities were notiti2d,and the boys’ mothers came to this city late yesterday evening, and took them back to their homes in Washing- ton. A Tramp in the Yard. Last night about 7 o’clock several small white boys met Officer Young and told him that a colored man was in the yard of Mrs. Amiss, on Duke street between Fayette and Payne streets, and that Mrs. Amiss was yelling “Murder!” ‘Police!’ ete. The officer proceeded to the house, but fafled to find the man. Mrs. Amiss stated to the officer that she had gone into the yard to set a bucket of water at the hydrant, and that she had run into a man. She gave the officer a descrip- tion of the man, and he was found later at the station house, where he nad applied for lodging. He was locked up. and this morn- ing Mayor Thompson sent him to Jail for ten ays. i Took an Overdone. Mr. John D. Purcell, a well-known young man @ this city, had a very narrow es- cape from death yesterday. He took an overdose of a drug that he had been using. Drs. O'Brien and Gibson were hastily sum- moned and by the prompt use of the proper means soon had him out of danger. Purcell has been quite indisposed for some time. Whether he was prompted to com- mit suicide or not by his suffering is not known, as his family refuse to say any- thing upon the subject. Corporation Court. In the corporation court yesterday, Judge “J. K. M. Norton presiding, the case dof John Underwood against J. H. Hellman, to restrain the latter from selling oil on the streets of the city, as per contract made with Mr. Underwood some time ago, was argued, and injunction granted and bond fixed at $250. Mr. Joseph J. MeNally of Washington qualified to practice in this court. Police Court. The police on duty last night report the night as being clear and cool, with three prisoners and nine lodgers at the station house. Mayor Thompson this morning dis- posed of the following cases: Mongomery Ford, colored, arrested by Officer Young, charge, susp! sent to jail William rested by Notes. Mr. Robert Bell, jr., who has been con- fined to his home for some time by sickness, has recovered and 1s out again. A literary entertainment for the benefit of Trinity BE. Church will be given in that church tonight. A fine program has been prepared. Sarepta Lodge of Odd Fellows at their meeting last night conferred the degrees of the order upon one candidate. : The trial of Poss and Henry, the Alexan- dria boys indicted for highway robbery will come up for trial at Fairfax Court House Tuesday next. The Junior Order of American Mechanics yesterday afternoon erected a flag pole on Hollowell public school (colored) building. ‘The flag will be raised on the 224. Mrs. Bordon, the forelady at the Dulaney shoe factory, in this city, has resigned and elphia to accept another posi- WHAT’S PROPER TO WEAR. Men Who Make the Fashions for Other Men. A report was presented to the merchant tailors’ convention at Baltimore yesterday by Mr. B. R. Merwin of New York city. Light overcoats are one of the principal things discussed in the report. It is stated that the Chesterfield, or fly-front oversack, will-be the favorite this year. In length it will be from 38 to 39 inches, shapcly, but not close-fitting to the waist, with ample “seat room” and a moderate amount of fullness at the bottom. For ordinary wear the covert coat and the surtout will also be popular, with the Inverness cape for evening wear over a suit. The Inverness is to be made of “s wools or vicunas, with a velv=t col- lar. he cape covers the hands and closes to the throat with a fly. For dress suits the peaked-lapel coat is to be decidedly more popular than the shawi-roll style. The vest, if of the same material as the coat, is single breasted, closes with three or four buttons, has a plain collar and a U-shaped opening, but if the material is silk or Marseilles the double-breasted style, with a wide U-snaped opening, is preferred. The trousers have no perceptible spring, and the side seams are ornamented with plain or soutache braid. In full-dress for day wear the double- breasted frock coats are strong favorites over the cutaway frocks, whether for morn- ing weddings or afternoon social functions. They are worn closed for the spring style and opea for summer. A new feature in the materials will be gray worsteds of fancy weaves for summer wear and tor morning weddings. The muicrials most favored for trousers of a different piece are striped, checked or plaid worsteds or woolens. The three-button cutaway frock is de- cidediy preferred for half dress and “gen- teel business.” For general business the sack suit will be much more favored, but the short-skirted frock suit, made from striped or plaid material, will be well liked. The sack coat is worn double-breasted, es- pecially ir spring. The cutaway frock is cut away slightly below the lowest button, and the skirt has a well-defined bottom of liberal width. —————_+ee______ An Officer Suspended. Policeman Hugh Espey of the fourth pre- cinct was on duty at the fire yesterday, and it is claimed he showed a fondness for a demijohn of whisky intended for the. fire- men, which resulted in his getting in trouble. His condition was such that Lieut. Vernon escorted him to the police station and sus- him. There are other c! against him, snd the officials of the department say he- will no longer do ty as fm officer, OPPOSING CONTRACT SYSTEM A Workingmen’s Oommittee Heard at the Ospitol Arguments in Favor of Having Dis- trict Government Work Done by ' Workmen Directly Employed. A subcommittee of the Senate committee on tke District of Columbia, composed of Messrs, McMillan, Proctor and Baker, lis- tened to arguments yesterday afternoon in favor of the passage of Senate bill 1417, introduced by Mr. Lodge, to regulate the labor on public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia. The bill provides practically for the abo- lition of the contract system and the do- ing of public work by workmen employed d@rectly by the District, and under the supervision of District officials. Mr. E. M. Blake and J. J. McCarthy, rep- resenting the legislative committee of the Federation of Labor, appeared before the | subcommittee, Mr. Blake spoke at some length on the bill. He said that the good the measure he advocated would do the workingmen was so obvious that he would confine his remarks to the presentation of facts and reascna in support of the bill as a measure to promote the general public good. Corruption in City Governments. “It can safely be asserted,’ said Mr. Blake, “that all ‘the corruption in city governments which has been so great a scandal to our country has heen closely identified with the contract system. One need not go away from Washington or ex- tend his review over a long period of time to find examples, which, if we were not as u people so wedded to our iniqnities, would have resulted in an immedate aban- donment of so ruinous and zcaceful a public practice. A mogt glaring instance is the aqueduct tummel, which, after millions had been expended upon it, was found worthless because of the scamped work done by contractors, who could not resist the temptation to fraud. The con- stant discoveries of botched work in pub- lic buildings and on public werks of all kinds afford abundant testiniony that the public, though paying the highest prices, gets the cheapest work. Every summer witnesses ridicule and ineffectual efforts en the part of the District authorities to se- cure the proper performance of the garbage contracts, yet, yearly the same process is repeated and the system, so generally con- demned in the summer, manages to get a new lease of life in winter when appropria- tion bills are drawn up.” Mr. Blake explained that in the District of Columbia the contract system exists by congressional mandate, and positive legis- lation required to change the existing sygtem. The law requiring municipal of- ficers of the District to give out by contract work costing more than $1,(00 was quotcd by Mr. Blake. The day’s work system he favored— s “First. Because the system proposed by the bill is cheaper than the contract sys- tem, and hence is commended by considera- tions of economy. “Second. Because it will rid the public service of the many scandals growing cut of the contract system. “Third. Because it will institute a system of competition in quantity and quality, and not in price, and thus secure for the public better work for the money expended.’ Experience of London. In London, Mr. Blake said, a system sim- ilar to the one he proposed had been in force for several years, and millions of dol- lars heve been saved by it. The London movement had been brovght abcut by an effort in Lekalf of the workingmen, result- ing in the councils inserting a “fair wages” clavee it. contracts, requiring contractors to pay recognized standard wages, and the conirectors, thinking to defeat the enforce- ment of this clause, refused to bid on such work, which resulted in the establish- ment of a public works committee. Many public works had since been executed by this committee with a saving of 8 per cent to the government, and the contractor has practicatly disappeared. Great railway cor- porations had practically abandoned the contract system long ago. Mr. Blake reierred to the State, War and Na Department and the new Congres- sional Library building as giving evidence ef the character of work obtaincd under the days’ work system. “He quoted also from a recent rerert of Capt. Derby as to high prices obtained from the government by combinations of ccntractors. “A great evil attending the contract sys- tem,” he said, “one from which the Dis- trict has sorely suffered, arises from the practice of avaricious contractors of im- porting into the District gangs of workmen employed at low wages. Many such work- men when their employment comes to an end are stranded here, and their presence serves to depress the local labor market and to increase the general poverty in times of distress, so the gains made by the contractors, through employment of cheap labor, have to be paid over and over again by the community. “Tt is difficult to imagine what can be sald in favor of the contract system as ap- plied to work done under the District gov- ernment. The District government main- tains a complete corps of supervisors and inspectors, which would not have to be ma- terially increased if the contract system were abolished. Why, with this machinery atready provided, the government should re- quire the services of middlemen to come between our own officers and the working- men is not clear. The contract system as thus applied becomes merely a system of speculation in human labor, in human life and happiness. An enlightened government should never give its approval to such a system. I confidently believe the day will come when the contract system will be re- garded, as slavery is now, as belonging to an age when the nation was unenlightened, and men will be amazed that it ever existed by authority of the government.” Impressed the Commiitee. The arguments advanced by Mr. Blake yesterday afternoon seem to have made a decided impression upon the Senators who heard them. The District Commissioners had advised an adverse report on the bill, and unless the other side of the question had been advocated it is hardly likely that the messure would have received much additional consideration. Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate District committee, in speaking to a Star reporter today, sai “Mr. Blake made a very effective argu- ment for the hill to do away with the con- tract system, and I am now inclined to favor it, but wish to secure further infor- mation before recommending any action. I have asked the Commissioners to furnish Gata regarding the. amount of contract werk on hand, etc., and when I receive their reply I hope to be in a position to ccme to a conclusion about what should be done.” gee Debate on the Bond Bill. After the conclusion of District business in the House yesterday afternoon debate on the bond bill was resumed. Concurrence was opposed by Messrs. Hill (Conn.) Lacy (owa) and Burton (Mo.). Messrs. DeAr- mond (Mo.) and Ogden (La.) spoke in its favor, when a recess was taken at 5:30 to 8 o'clock. There were only thirteen mem-' bers present at the night session of the House. The speakers were: Harris (Ohio), c. W. Stone (Pa.), Brown (Tenn.), Howe N. Y.), Fowler (N. Y.) in favor of non- concurrence in the Senate free coinage sub- stitute, and Otey (Va.) and Baker (Kans.) in favor of concurrence. ———_+2+____- Mr. MeVicker Recovering. J. H. McVicker of Chicago, who had a stroke of apoplexy Monday, is much better and his physician says he will be around again in a day or two. NURSING MOTHERS Please accept my highest recom- mendation for JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT, as it has no equal for nursing mothers. As a proof I send my darling’s picture, not ten*weeks old. Yours truly, Mrs. A. Derfus. Meadville, Pa. Dec. 12, 1895. a for the Genuine JOHANN HOFF’S MALT EXTRACT. All others are worthless imitations. Avoid substitutes, WASHINGTON AQUEDUCTIREADY FOR DEATH Gapt. Gaillard’s Report of Operations Daring the Montffof January. The Water Was Turbid for Twenty- Seven Darjma ‘Break in the Channel. 3Qe Capt. Gaillard tastes a report to the chief of engineers] gf operations on the Washington aqueduct, from which it ap- pears that during the month of January the height of water on the gauge at Great Falls varied from 186 feet to 151 feet. The condition of the water as regards clear- ness, he says, was Very unsatisfactory during the greater part of the month. Ac- cording to the scale for recording the con- dition, the numbers 1 to 7, inclusive, corre- spond to very turbid water; 8 to 14, to turbid; 15 to 21, to slightly turbid, and 22 to 36, to clear water. During the month the water at Great Falls was very turbid fifteen days, turbid seven days, slightly tur- bid five days and clear four days. At the distributing reservoir effluent gate house curing the same period the water was very turbid twenty days, turbid five days, slight- ly turbid one, and clear five days. “It is necessary to state, in explanation of this table,” says Major Gaillard, “that a period of a single month does not show accurately the effect of the reservoirs as settling basins, owing to tie very different rates at which the reservoirs and the river change their condition; yet, in spite of this, and in spite of the inaccuracies which un- doubtedly exist on account of the different personal equations of the three observers, the table shows very clearly the smali amount of sedimentation which occurs in cold weather from the time the water leaves Great Falls until it passes into the mains at the distributing --servoir.” A Break in the Channel. On January 24, at about 7:30 o'clock, a break about eight feet in width occurred in the nine-foot channel of the protecting works of the Dalecarlia reservoir about 450 feet above the head of the tunnel under Brooks’ Hill. Through this break the en- tire discharge of the channel, about thirty cubic feet per second, was flowing. The work of repairing the break temporarily was commenced as soon as practicable, and ali flow through it was completely checked by noon of the same day. Permanent re- pairs were completed before the end of the month. Capt. Gaillard says the break was undoubtedly caused by muskrat holes through the embankment. On the morning of January 25 it was discovered that all of the discharge of the five-foot channel of the protecting works (which discharge, however, was small at the time) was escap- ing througi the bottom and under the bank at a point about 150 fect above the east ond of the Mill Creek dam. This out- flow was quickly stopped temporarily, and permanent: repairs were made before the Close of the month. A careful investigation, Capt. Gaillard says, disclosed that the trouble was due to the fact that blasting operations, when the channel was constructed, had shattered-the sandstone under the bed of the channel and permitted the water to escape through the shattered rock into the contiguous seams and cracks. During the month the fence around the 27th street pipe yard was repaired; the wootien' flume, 140 feet in length, at waste wejr No. 2 was completed; the two new iron gates to replace broken ones in the gate house at Great Falls were put in operation; thé old picket fence at the westerly approach of the Pennsylvania ave- nue bridge across Rock creek was replaced by a new one, and repairs were made to a portion of the Condult road on the Dale- carlia division. Cleaning the Conduit. The work of removing the accumulation gt deposits In the conduit was continued during the month, .and, the cleaning of the Great Falls division was completed from the gate house at-Great Falls to manhole No. 20. On the Dalecarlia division the total distance cleaned was 4,618 feet, and the amount of sediment:removed was 478 cubic yards. The total distance cleaned on both divisions during the nonth was 4,838 feet, and the total amount of sediment removed was 857 cubic yards. No cracks were dis- covered in the conduit, The total length of conduit yet to be cleaned is three miles. Work on the project for raising ihe height of the dam at Great Falls was suspended December 14 for the winter. Authority has been.given to obtain stone for completing the dam by contract in case it shall be found that this method is the most economi- cal. —____+e.__ THEY SPOKE OF LINCOLN. Bethel Literary Association Devotes an Evening to the Martyr President. The Bethel Literary Association never had a larger attendance at any of its meet- ings than-last uight. The large lecture room of the Metropoiitan Church was packed densely with an audience tnat re- sponded with unquenchable enthusiasm to the sentiments expressed by the various speakers of the evening in tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. The musi- cal features of the evening, a plano solo by Miss Moten, a soprano solo by Miss Cole, and a tenor solo by Mr. Walker,were highly creditable and heartily. applauded. Prof. G. W. Cook, the first speaker, dweit on Lincoln's birth, boyhood and Iong strng- gie for a chance in life. Prof. W. H. Rich- ards spoke of him as a lawyer, telling of the leading case with which he was con- nect2d and how shrewd and svre he was as @ cross-examiner and reasorer. L. M. Her- shaw was assigned to the humorous phase of Lincoln's mind and character, and he told numerous anecdotes whica brought out this most interesting side of the great man’s life. R. H. Terrell spoke eloquently of Lincoln as an orator, as shown in his writings and speeches, notably the second inaugural address, the Gettysburg and Cooper Institute ' speeches. Prof. Hart made an interesting address on Lincoln as the emancipator, narrating how all along through his life he had practical object lessons, strengthening his feeling against slavery. Among other things the speaker described Lincoin’s trip to New Orleans on a flat boat and there seeing slaves sold on the biock, a sight which forever dedicated him heart and soul to the struggle against the great barbarism of the nineteenth cen- tury. Four statts—New York, New Jersey, Illi- nois and Washington—celebrate the day as a legal holiday. Abraham Lincoln was born eighty-seven years ago. 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Although the man has himself given up, it is reported, all hope of escaping death on the scaffold, the counsel of John, alias Patsy Harris, sentenced to be hanged here Friday next for the murder of Matthew Spruell the 4th of Jast July, Messrs. Thompson and Frailey, today forwarded to the President a petition signed by a ma- jority of the jury in the case, praying that the death sentence be commuted to life im- prisonment. 3 Several days ago Harris’ counsel sub- mitted the record in the @se to the Attor- ney General, also asking for a commuta- tion of the sentence. Their petition was referred to Judge Cole, who presided at the trial, and also to District Attorney Birney for a report by them. The judge declined to make any recommendation one way cr the other, and Mr. Birney reported that in his opinion the law should be allowed to take its course, there being, in his opinion, no extenuating circumstances in the case. While the President has not, it fs un- derstood, yet taken any action in the case, it is believed that the Attorney General will decline to advise him to commute the sentence, It is also apparent that the counsel ofgHarris have little, if really any, hope of saving their client from the scaf- fold, although they will continue to make every effort in that direction, and they hive asked for a personal interview with the Preside * in which to urge a com- mutation of entence. Awaiting His Fate. Realizing fully his unfortunate position, Harris is calmly awaiting his fate, having, he declares, made his peace with God, firm- ly believing that he has been forgiven, as he claims to have forgiven. Indeed, he is sald to be serenely happy in the belief that his death will open the gates of paradise to him. He is now daily visited by Father Matthews of St. Cyprian’s Catholic Church, and receives the utmost consolation and satisfaction from the clergyman’s visits. About ail of his time is spent in praying and religfous reading. He sleeps fairly well, enjoys a good appetite, and also en- joys a smoke, indulging in a pipe or cigar whenever not engaged in his religious duties. He is naturally somewhat nerv- ous, but the jail officials express them- selves as confident that he will die calmly and bravely. Everything is in readiness at the jail to carry ont the sentence of the Jaw, and yes- terday the rope which will be used, was duly tes‘ed and found to be sufiicient and in perfect condition. The scaffold will be the one which has been utilized during the last sixteen years, the one on which Stone, the negro murderer, was beheaded, and the one on which Guiteau died. It was last used the 26th of July, when Joseph A. Beam was executed. As announced in The Star Monday last, Warden Leonard will limit the number of spectators to those authorized by law to be present, and to- morrow he will notify the witnesses he has selected. ———_—> Her Will Filed. 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