Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1896-14 PAGES, THE EVENING STAR hasa Larger Circulation in the Homes of Washington than all the Other Papers of the City Added Together, - because it Stands Up Always for the Interests of ALL THE PEOPLE of WASHINGTON; does not Strive to Divide the Community into Classes, and Array one class Against the others; Contains the Latest and Fullest Local and : General News; and Surpasses all the Other Papers in the City - in the Variety and Excellence of its Literary Features, It Literally Goes Everywhere, and is Read by Everybody. It is, therefore, as an Advertising Medium, without a Peer, Whether Cost or Measure of Publicity be Considered. es from -Well-Known Washington People. MUNYON’S NOBLE WORK Crowds Coming from Every Direction. ol PATIENTS YESTERDAY Treated at His Olice, 65 at heir Hones REMARKABLE CURES MUNYONS LUPPLE PELLETS Are Bringing Joy and Health to the Sick. HIS DOCTORS BUSY Telling the People What to Take and How to Get Well. 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He guarantees that his Dyspepsia Cure will cure any case of indigestion or stomach trouble, “I will demonstrate by this test that 90 per cent of all kidney complaints, including Bright's can be cured with my Kidney Cure. I know,” con. Unued the Professor, “that my Catarrh Cure will cure catarrh of the head, throat and stomach, no matter how chronic or long standing. I will prove by this test that deafness can be cured by my new system of treatment. I will show that nervous af- fous and diseases of the heart are controlled and cured by my Nerve aud Heart Cure. will ¢ that my Cold Cure will break up any form cold in a few hours. I will convince the most skeptical that my Headache Cure will correct an rm of headache in from 3 to 10 minutes, and that It is a splendid stomach and heart tonic. I will guarantee that my Asthma Cure and Asthma Herbs, taken according to directions, will relleve any case of asthma “ase 5 minutes and cure in a few days. my femedies for Female Complains and children’s diseases are positive cures and should be in every heme. I will prove to the medical faculty that my remedies are absolutely harness; th they will cure more than 90 per cent of all ses, Thus, it will be seen by these statements that Professor Munyon does not claim to cure all dis- eases with one remedy, but he bas a separate cure for each disease, The Professor invites physicians to bring their “1 incurable eases, faculties of colleges are invited to appoint investigating committees, the Board of Health is urged to keep a careful record of to ludividual case. Newspapers are expected e dally reports and publish facts of this great test The doors are opeu—all are welcome. 623 Thirteenth St. N.W. Pilgrim Mothers’ Dinner. The Pilgrim Mothers’ dinner, the annual feast of the New York City Woman Suf- frage League, took place yesterday in New York. Over two hundred members and guests were present. The president, Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake, in an address of welcome, referred to the change in public sentiment, brought about by the efforts for woman's enfranchisement. Mrs. Mariana Chapman. president of the state associa- uon, discussed “A Way to Victory.” “Pa- triotism of Pilgrim Mothers and of Present Day Mothers” ‘was the topic of an address by Mrs. Donald McLean, regent of the Daughters of the Revolution. Mrs. Edward Lauterbach, Mrs. Florence Sutro and Mrs. Sarah Sumner Teall responded to toasts. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson, a grand niece of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, read an original poem, AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN Local Notes of Interest From Across Rock Oreek, Wedding Bells and Social Events of Imporiance to Residents and Others, Last evening was students’ night at Lin- thicum Institute. This is an evening which the students annually appropriate for their own use, and Invariably marks the close of the school for the Christmas holidays. Ac- cording to the usual custom a committee of the students sent a personal letter to all the members of the faculty, requesting their presence at the institute last evening. The students took advantage of the occa- sion and presented each member of the fac- ulty with some gift, as a token of the esteem in which they are held. The large class room was well filled with scholars of the various departments anxious to witness the presentation exercises, which are usu- ally attended with much merriment and happy speeches. No one was forgotten, and each student in making the presentation, delivered a short address, to which the re- cipient responded in a brief speech. Mr. E. B. Hay was given a handsome li- brary lamp, the presentation address being made by Peyton Fletcher; Mr. Clinton R. Ralinger was given a beautiful onyx table, the address being made by Frank Van Sant; Mr. Edward L. Dent, a smoking Jacket, by Charles Brown: ' Mr. Nathan Weill, an umbrella, by W. Bowie Boteler; Mr. William Hedrick, whisk broom and sil- ver-mounted holder, by William J. Conlon; Mr. Frank J. Wissner, collar and cuff case, by John Gartland; Mr. James H. Taylor, box of cigars, by Peyton Fletcher; Mr. Al- bert Duvall, glass water service and tray, by Maurice Lanman. The enjoyment of the evening was closed with a pleasant speech by Mr. Hay. The institute will remain closed until Mon‘lay evening, January 4, when the ses- sion will be resumed without furthe: in- terruption until the commencement exer- cises, which will be held either in May or June. Wedding Bells. There are two young couples seeking bliss in the bonds of matrimony today. Mr. Nevin Coleman will be married this after- nocn to Miss Mabel Wilson of 1520 324 strect. The prospective groom conducts th tin shop at 1522 32d street. The wedding will be a quiet affair. The other wedding ceremony will be that of Mr. Edward W. Sartin of Brookland to Miss Aubrey Henley of this lace. The mony will cecur at 6:30 o’c.ock at the West Washington Lutheran Church, co: Ler and Q streets, Rev. Stanley Bi heimer, the pastor, officiating. Another marriage on the program is that of Mr. Leonard Meredith to Miss Alice Lucas, which will take place about January Death of Mrs. Keefe. Mrs. Annia Keefe died Tuesday at che Heme for Incurables, after an illness of some time. The deceased had beea an i mate of the institution for some yegr She had been an invalid, suffering from rheumatism and other diseases, prior to the date cf her admittance. She and her hu band, Will , Were acmit bem p same time, his death ov- curring some time ago, atter a long and painful illr The funeral of Mrs. K d to the will be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock from Trinity Catholic Church. The interment will be at Mount Olivet cem- The deceased comes from a_well- ly, and had a large number of Arlington Stock Yards. the Arlington sicck yards, Virgini: Monday there were tw hree cattle o fered and sald as follows: Lest, 4 to 41-4 cents per pound; goo 4 to 4; mediur ©ommon, 2 to Two hundred n sheep and lambs sold as fol- Sheep, 2 to 31-4 cents per pour lambs, 4 to calves, 4 to Sixteen tows and calves sold from $20 to 345 per head. The state of the rket was good. Notes. The public schools of this division closed today for the Christmas holidays. At the Curtis School building the scholars of the Western High School held informal e: cises, commemorative of the event. A pro- gram was rendered this forenoon in the lecture rocm of the school, in which the students and teachers formed the talent and audience. The first dance of the Georgetown As- sembly Club will be held next Tuesday evening at Linthicum Hall. Policeman Milton Fisher has returned to duty after a leave of fifteen days. Police- man Fritz Passau, who has been detailed on the patrol service during his absence, is again doing street du ——_ FOREFATHERS’ DAY. Celebrations in Brooklyn, Philadel- Dr. Parkhurst was the guest of honor at the New England dinner and forefathers’ day celebration in the New England Con- gregational Church in South 9th street, Brooklyn, last night. Fully 2,000 persons were present. Dr. Parkhurst said: You work with a reformer and believe you have won him to your ways, and six months have not passed when you find him hobnobbing with the enemy. Harmony din- ners! Way, they are ingenious devices of the devil. Mutual punch and sherry cen never reconcile certain differences which are irreconcilable before God. Harmony dinners help to play the traitor to duty. I mention no names, though I have a lot of them in my mind. “There are some men who can resist everything but temptation. I say that the average legislator is for sale because of the exigencies of his own personal ambition.” In Cincinnati. The dinner of the New Englaad Society at Cincinnati was served last aight. [el- lamy Storer, representative in Congress, and son of the first president, !s its present presiding officer, and he served as toast- master at the dinner last night. This so- ciety has 360 active members, including many men prominent in business and in the professions. Among the distinguished guests present was Theodore Roosevelt of New York. There were eighty at the din- ner, and among them was President M. E. Ingalls of the Big Four. Celebration in Philadelphia. Attorney General Harmon, Gov. Griggs cf New Jersey, Gov. Lippett of Rhode Island and other well-known men attended the sixteenth annual festival of the New Eng- land Society of Pennsylvania last night, at Horticultural Hall in Philadelphia. Covers were laid for 300. John H. Converse of Philadelphia presided. The toasts were as follows: “The day we celebrate,” by Chas. Warren Lippett, governor of Ithode Island; The New Englander as an Ohio man,” Attorney General Judson Harmon; “The moral element in our politics—a leg- acy from the Puritans, Gov. Jno. W. Griggs of New Jersey; “The southern mountaineer —New gland’s ally in the civil w: John Fox, jr., of Boston; ‘The democracy of the Mayflowe: James M. Beck; “New England idealism,” Rey. Samuel A. Elliott. > unterfelters on Trial. trial of George Sands, alias Dr, Clark, and Mary Knapp, for passing: counterfeit money in Hoboken was re- sumed at Trenton, N. J., yesterday in tho United States district court. George R. Bagg of the United States secret service was the principal witness of the morning. He identified the woman as the wife of Alfred O. Knapp of Boston, and testified that she had lived with Sands in Jersey City as his wife. Bagg then told of having visited Mrs. Knapp in jail a! having se- cured from her a full confession, Deafness *%4 Head relieved fnstant! the WILSON COMMON SENSE EAR DeUME. Cree inventor) Mr. Geo. H. Wilson, will be in Washington at the Willard Hotel, Dec. 30 and 31, from 9 A. M. to5 P.M, and 7 P. M. to P. M., for the purpose of showing and explaining the merit of the drums to aay one-| desiring to bave their own or their friends’ heart: restored. They are sheclutely invietble. safe ‘and comfortable, and have no or string attach- —, ‘Ask for our 144-page book uu ‘deafness. “WILSON EAR DRUM Co., 1122 Broads New York, and Louisville, Ky. 4033, 23,24, AT ae The &' BELL AND PORTER|* S!TE PROPOSED a « ued from First Page.) committee, consistingtof Judge Chaney, Mr. Foster and Mr. Stone, to investigate. Upon Judge Chaney and Dt. Howe Gevoived the duty of preparing the proposals, and they will be pritited ready "to send out’ as speedi- ly as possible. The time for opening the bids was fixed at January 15, Ex-Confederate, Representation. Chairman Hanna hag forwarded to Chair- man Bell a letter written him by ex-Con- gressman George E. Bowden of Virginia in relation to the representation of ex-con- federate soldiers in the inauguration pa- rade. Mr. Bowden states that A. P. Funk- heuser of Harrisonburg conceived and exe- cuted the visit of 1,300 survivors of the Stonewall Brigade to Canton dur? 4 campaign, and could take 5,000 to. Wash- irgton and make their appearance a happy feature of the parade, and one that would be productive of good results. This matter will be considered at one of the early meet- ings of the executive committee. The Virginia Republican Club, composed of colored members, has asked for assign- ment to a position in the inaugural parade. Chairman Wright of the public comfori committee reports that accommodations ve been secured and registered for 9, y. The Newport Artillery of Newport. Rt. has asked that quarters be secured for it during the inauguration. The students of the Ohio Normal Uni- versity, at Ada, Ohio, will send a represen- tative military body to the inauguration. A General Celebration Requeste What fs regarded as a very good sux. tion was found today in a letter re- ceived at headquarters from Mr. W. I. McClelland of Mulkeytown, Il. It was written td Chairman Hanna. In the course of his communication Mr. McClelland sald: “There are millions of good republicans all over the country who will not be able to participate in the ceremonies at Wash- ington March 4 next on account of the expense, and still they would esteem {i the greatest privilege of their lives to be able to do so. “Why not make this inauguration by the people? Why not make this the grand-st event of the kind the nation has seen? “With the literary and musical talent of the republican party at work on the mat- ter there could be an appropriate program rendered in every town and village of the United States. “Everybody could partici- pate, and the world-at-large would see that McKinley’s election was not the result of a mere impulse, but of a fixed Jetermina- tion.”” The executive committeemen who learn- ed of this letter were in favor of some- thing of the sort being arranged for. Notes and News, Conterno’s Band of New York has ap- plied for the privilege of furnishing music during the inauguration ceremoni Lafayette Sykes of 150 5th avenue, New York city, suggests a chorus of 10,000 voices to sing in an inclosure vast of the Capitol, on inauguration The Kansas National City, composed of war plied for free auguration. The Young Men's Republican Club of the University of Michigan will he r ented in the parade March 4 THE INAUGURAR FUND OF -93. of Kansas hs, has ap- to the in- eter transportation —zerral Denials Called Out hy Remarks Be- fore the Fin: 3 The statement made in the reports of the proceedings of the tinaugural finance committee last Monday tvening concerning what was done by the, ¢ommittee in charge cf the democratic inauguration four years ago in regard to repaying money to the subscribers to the gu‘ratitee fund, are still being diseussed. Mr. Sauyes L. Norris made a statement in yesterday's Star to the ef- fect that all the money subscribed four years ago nad veen ‘refiinded and a large as devoted to Charity. Mr. W. H. Moses, whose remark avihe meeting Mon- day night gave rise: t the discussion, ate? to a Star repohtsr that he had no intention whttever reflecting upon the committer of 1X :t had sin- ply repeated what a person had told him for the purpose of getting information as to what had really occurred. Immediately everal of those present who were qu surp! of ace inted with the transactions of the com- mittee of ‘9% denied emphatically that any person had failed to get his money back. Unfortunatel: Mr. Moses said, his remark which was made in an informal way, got into the newspaper report, while the denial was not mentioned. The purpose sim- ply to inquire whether it was true or not that the money had not been refunded and the answer given immediately by severai of those present was entirely satisfactory to him. Mr. R. O. Holtzman s dressed to The Star today “In your account yesterday of the com- mittee proceedings of the inaugural cere- n:onies of 1897 an article from Mr, James L. Norris appears in relation to a stat ment of Mr. W. H. Moses that small con- tributions were not returned after the in- augural ceremon‘es of 1803. In his article Mr. Norris seflects on the democrats pres- ent for not denying Mr. Moses’ statement. My name appears at roll call of the com? mittee, but I was not present when Mr. Moses made the remark, having retired from the meeting early. Had I been there Mr. Moses’ statement would have met with a flat denial from me, as I was chairman of the finance committee of the inaugural of 1893, and knew that bis statement was not correct.” Mr. Moses, in speaking of the matter to a Star reporter tcday, said that newspaper reports erroneously attributed to Mr. Stell- wagen a remark that that (referring to the it-auguration of four years ago) was a dem- ocratic inauguration. Mr. Moses said Mr. Stellvagen, who sat near him, did not make the remark. It was some other mem- ber of the committee, but Mr. Moses did not know who it was. —_——— Time of the Christmas Game. There has been some complaint that the hour fixed for the Christmas day foot ball game, 12 o'clock, is too early, as there are hundreds who want to see the game and do not get away from their churches until 12:30 or 1 o'clock. Why not, it is asked, have the game at 3 o'clock, 30 that every one can go? ys in a note ad- ——— A Rochester Clergyman’s Offense, Rev. David Kirkpatrick, pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Rochester, N. Y., was arrested yesterday on the charge of attempting, without authoriiy, to exercise the functions of a police officer. He is accused of accosting a woman on the street and asking permission to accom- pany her. She refused}!’ whereapon he threatened to arrest Yer, Kirkpatrick ac- knowledges talking wth,the woman, but states it was a method, aJopted by him for the purpose of obtaiging material for a series of sermons on. thy, Ten Command- ments, relating to t}jp, social and moral question. 3 tee Coffee Planting? in Liberin. There has been a ‘pherlomenal inerease of coffee planting in ‘Livéria, and the ex- perts for the last fisddl Year amounied to 3,000,000 pounds as agairist 600,000 pounds ten years ‘ago. Much’ of ‘this cofice conies to the United States, vie Liverpool, and United States Consul General Heard says, in a report to the Stdte Department, that if a direct line of steamers could be estab- lished to touch once in‘two months it would be a paying enterprise, as half of the coun- try’s imports would eome from the United States. a Lieut. Meign’ Resignation Accepted. The resignation of Lieut. John F. Meigs, United States navy, retired, has been ac- cepied, to take effect January 1 instead of June 40 next. The offer is employed by one of the jarge steel making companies and preferred that amore remunerative plece to his government commission. ———__+e.—_—. Survey of Mare Island Strait, Major Davis, corps of engineers,‘ has made a report on the survey of Mare Is- lard Strait, Cal, in which he shows the desirability of having a channel of suffi- clent depth to enable all classes of naval vessels to reach the navy yard at Mare Islend, and expresses his opinion that the work should be done by the government. Where a New Government Priating Office Should Be Erected. Mr. Milliken's BI Introduced im the House—What Mr. Bank- head Says. Chairman Milliken of the House commit- tee on public buildings and grounds intro- duced in the House, late yesterday after- noon a bill for the purchase of a site for a new government printing office. This bill has the approval of a majority of the com- mittee, it is said, and was offered in the House in order to be referred to the com- mittee and give them something to work on. : It is believed that the bill will be favora- bly reported at the next meeting of the committee, which will be held immediately after the reassembling of Congress from the holiday recess, Text of the Measure. The bill in full is as foliow ‘That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to acquire or pur- chase the following-described real estate, with the improvements thereon: All of lots F three, A, B, C, D, E, I, R, 8, 0, P, Q in square 514, of the plat books of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of said square 574 and tunning westwardly on the north line of B street north 334 feet and four inches to street west; thence north along the east line of 2d street 871 feet and seven inches: thence east i4 feet and seven inches: thence south along the west line of ist street west 371 2feet and seven inches to the place of beginning, containing in all about 124,000 square feet, at a cost not to exceed $2.73 per square foot, as per an offer of James F. Brown directed to the com- mittee on public buildings and grounds of the Senate and House of Representatives. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treas- ury be authorized to cause to be erected thereon a tire-proof building to be used as a government printing office. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Tre: ury be authorized to have made by the su- pervising urchitect of the treasury plans and drawings for said fire-proof building, such plans and drawings to be approved by the public printer; and to erect on said square 574 a suitable building, adapted to the use and purposes of a government printing officer at a cost not to exceed $700,000, What Mr. Bankhead Says. The property includes the building form- erly occupied by the District government, on Ist street northwest, taking in the whole square. believe this is the most advantageous site to be obtained,” said Representative Bankhead of the committee on public build- ings and grounds today. It can be reached by the cars of the Metropolitan line, the avenue line and the Belt line. Ft is near enough the Capitol to enabie a tunnel to connect the two buildings for the quick transit of matter by pneumatic tubes or otherwise, and within easy reach of sena- tors, representatives and other officials ne laily business at the printing office. ‘Of ourse, I take it that every one is agreed upon the necessity for a new print- ing office, and that if the question of a site can be arranged the Congress will be glad to maki the required appropriation. rely hope the bill can be pa: session, menced in the sed o that work can be com- spring.” — Pillxbury’s Latest Feat. H. N. Pillsbury, the chess expert, gave a complimentary sfmultancous performance at the Metropolitan Chess Club in New York last night, playing against twelve men on four boards, three men consulting ch. The performa began at 9 and Pillsbury won all four games, Christmas, Woodburn Athletic Club will cle races on the Brightwood track Friday morning, two for Wood riders only and one novice race. have aerate = Hardly a Case of Suicide. It has been learned that the young wo- man, whose dead body was found in a Philadelphia boarding house yesterday inorning, was Miss Mamie H. Powell, a ‘hool teacher living at Winona, Md. It ‘as not until evening that In one of her shoes was found, together with a railway return ticket from Salisbury, Md., to Phila- delphia, good until December 25, $20 in bills. Nothing was found in her room which would indicate that the theory of suicide was correct. The cracks of the door which hung unevenly upon its hinges were not stopped up, nor was tae keyhole. There was no writing of any kind; in fact, nothing to show that she intended that sleep to be her last. The key of the gas fixture works very easily, and the room is so small that it ts believed that in get- ting into bed she brushed against it and turned it on. —+e<- A Protest From Chicago. The Chicago board of trade yesterday adopted resolutions protesting against the adoption of the Cameron resolution on Cu- ba by Congress. The resolution says that the board of trade sympathizes with any people struggling to be free, but it believes the recognition of independence to be in- cpportune at this time. : = No Disorderly Proceedings. The report that there was a disorderly demorstration, hooting and groaning, when the Rev. Mr. Brownjohn made his protest against the consecration of the Archbishop of Canterbury, In London, yesterday, is Pronounced untrue. After leaving the church, Mr. Brownjohn distributed leaflets to a few persons outside the building, and the policemen on duty made them “move on,” as reading the leaflets obstructed traffic. Otherwise there -was no disturb- ance beyond the formal protest which the royal commissioners declined to hear, as already cabl cee = The Denver Bank Wreckers. In the United States circuit court at Denver, Colo., yesterday, Judge Hail announced that he would overrule all motions on behalf of Dow, McClurken and Miller, the convicted bank wreckers of the Commercial National Bank, and that he would not listen to any arguments. He gave counsel until January 22 to prepare papers in an appeal. Bail was fixed at $20,000 for each prisoner. ee Lynching Alabama. A Birmingham, Ala., special says: Joe James, colored, was lynched at Woodstock Monday night. That day he attempt- ed to assault Fannie Smith, aged sev- enteen, while she was on her way to school. The negro was pursued ten miles and brought wack and identified by the girl. He confessed and said he wanted to steal the girl's lunch. He,wes strung up in front of Strecklin’s store in Woodstock. Saute FREE A National Bank Call. The controller of the currency has called for a report of the condition of national banks at the clese of business Thursday, Deceniber 17 last. ee ae ee Claim Against Spat Senor Jose G. Delgado and his son, Dr, Jose M. Delgado, naturalized citizens of the United States, are in the city to urge the speedy settlement of their claim against Spain for the destruction of their estate, Dolores, near Baino, Cuba. —————————————— Mr. Gannom Takes Charge. Third Vice President and General Mana- ger-elect Frauk S, Gannon of the Southern Railway Company yesterday visited general offices of the road in this city selected the rooms on the second floor occupied by the purchasing agent future headquarters. The latter staff will hereafter have “Some time ago,” said the County Attorney of Bourbon County, Ky., ‘ Saw the advertisements of ipans Tabules and believing it was the remedy I needed, I determined to get some. I had been greatly troubled with sick headache, but since I secured Ripans Tabules, whenever I begin to feel symptoms of sick headache or sour stomach, I take one or two Tabules and Exabe all the iter terrors of a splitting headache. One taken after eating has aided my digestion and made me feel like a different person.” CO | This is the very best Smoking Tobacco © made. Blackwell’s Genuine BULL DURHAM ‘You will find one coupon inside each 2 ounce bag and two coupons inside each 4 ounce bag. Bay a bag, read the coupon and see how to get your share of $250,000 in presents. THIS GAME ¥ ARS ‘Two Devoted Pinochle Players’ Long and Yet Unfinished Contest. From the Chicago Times-Herald. What poker is to the American card player, pinochle is tg the German, although perhaps the game could be bette pared to whist. For, as in whis is no opportunity to bet except on points, and no @pportunity to raise bets. At the same time the game is played very differ- ently from whist, or any other game. Pinochle languishes during the summer, when the German sits out doors in sum- mer gardens sipping beer. Only the most devoted of the game's votaries then play it, but with the advent of winter the pin- ochle season begins. During these months there are thousands of Germans who sit by the hour in some convenient spot and play the game, either in pairs or four- handed, and almost always where liquid refreshment can be ob‘ained The man who wanders into cne ot the small, Ger- man saloons around town almost any day can see a party of men deep in the mys- teries of pinochl>, Not a word is said unless it be necessary to claim points in the game. There are pinochle players In Chicago for whom the game has so deep a fascination that they spend all their time playing i Usually a party of two or four will play together with regularity for long periods. There have beea many cascs where the same men have played pinochle against each other with unfailing regularity for a period or one, two or more years. Man: have played with each other for an even longer period. Two of the best pinochle players in Chicago are August Schmidt and Carl Meyer. These two men have played pinochle ageinst each other every day, Sundays included, for twenty-two years. They first met in a north side saloon on November 3, 1574, and each be- came so delighted with the other that they heve been antagonists ever since. Schmidt used to live on the west side, but four or five years ago he moved to the north side so that he would not have so far to travel to reach the saloon where they always play. The game has lasted so long that it has ceased to attract any attention among the habitues of the saloon. But should one or the other fail to appear at the ap- pointed time end take their stations at the table which has been set aside as theirs by right it would create a bigger sensa- tion than anything els? which could be imagined. % A good deal of pinochle is played in that saloon, and it is very seldom that any other game is indulged in there. They tell a story of a party who entered and wanted to play poker. They celled for a pack of cards and sat down to play. But with the very first hand there was trouble. There were five in the party, and five hands were thrown around the board, and then the betting began. Never had the first hand dealt in a poker game been provocative of so much speculation. Every- body stayed, and all only took two cards. The betting was lively. Nobody seemed to mind the old gaming superstition that the winner of the first pot in a poker game is sure to quit loser at the end of the game. Esch of them bet lively. The first man staked the limit at once, the second raised him, the next raised him, the dealer called, but the age raised. And so it went for several rounds, unt!) three of the players began calling each time, while the other two raised, and they were determined to stick. In course of time they ran out of chips and money, and the showdown came by universal con- sent. One hand showed four aces and a king, another four kings and an ace, four jacks and a queen, a full house on queens, and another full on kings was exhibited. It looked for a while as if there would Each man believed when the words grew very high men were about ready to fight with each other the proprietor, noticing the threat- ened disturbance, intervened. the Facts. Frem th (Scene Buncom) Office.) First Witne: Yes, I saw the r ‘rom the very start. The man done the shooting was passing down one of the street, when he seen three men running across a vacant lot, trying to away from him. Then he draws his gun and fires, and that was the end of Jim. py said a word during the whole affair. Second Witnes through It all. came running « Rodgers, who was County Corow whole at- wna , T was right who was street going along, minding his own business. Somebody yelled, “There he goe and then Rodgers was t on the head with « brick and knocked down He tried to get up, but six fellows were beating him, and pulling out his revolver he shot, one of the assailants falling a. Third Wisness—“Well, T'll tell you how it was. Rodgers, here, was down the strect in a top buggy, and pretty soon Bullock, the man who was killed, came along on a bronco. When he caught up to Rodgers the Lronco began io buck and there was a bad mixup. The buggy was upset and Bullcck was thrown off. Then I heard the report of a pistol, and when the dust had cleared nobody was anywhere to be seen All the witnesses having been heard, the coroner flips a penny, “Tis ‘heads,’ and the verdict is that “deceased came to his death because of a fatal bullet wound in the left breast, the identity of the shooter being as yet unknown.” — see A Theft Paid Back by Win, Frem the New York ‘Times. Louis Davenport of Mosier, Ore.. was robbed of $8,000 worth of gold dust more than thirty years ago. Recenjly a stranger came, vaguely hinting that he might sibly make a disclosure about the theft The man went down to visit Dr. Davenport at Mosier last week and Friday, as a result of thai visit, Mr. Davenport went to The Dalles. . The stranger has been’ very reticent, but by putting disconnected statements togeth- er Mr. Davenport has gathered that the man who took the $8,000 in gold dust was known to this stranger; that some time since, realizing that he was approaching the grave, the thief made a will, in which he provided for the repayment of the $5,000 with interest at legal rates from the day it was taken until it shall be paid. The ill-gotten money, it seems, prospered in his bands, and $27,000 will be paid to Mr, Davenport. ——_+-ee How Did He Know It? From the New York World. The other day, on a Sunday school excur- sion, the assistant minister found a satchel in the grove. He opened it and noted the contents. Presently a woman came up to him and asked if he had found the satchel which he held. * He pleaded guilty. “It is mine,” said she. “Describe what is in it,” answered he. “A baby’s bottle, a towel, some lunch and a small bottle of gin for the baby. “Quite torrect,” said the worthy divine, as he smiled at the conclusion of the in- ventory, and handed her what she asked for. He repeated the story to his rector when they were sailing home, with great gusto. “Yes,” said his superior, “very funny. But how did you, my worthy brother, know that bottle contained gin? The assistant minister was nonplussed. a Robert J. Henry, one of the Baltimore boys bitten by the St. Bernard dog Decem- ber 2, and who had taken the Pasteur treat- ment, has died of hydrophobia. SS