Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2,- 1897-24 PAGES: Woodward *, Lothrop, roth, 11th and F Sts. N. W. eS Monday, and Until Further Notice, Store Will. Open at 8:15 and Close at 5:30. ~*- We open the business of 1897 with the best selected stock of merchandise we have ever shown.. To this we shall add each week the newest and best productions of. the home. and foreign markets, to which we shall invite attention, confident that eur high values arf low prices will be evident to all. Our Sixteenth Annual Sale of Monday, January Fourth, Begins Muslin Underwear For Women, Misses and Children. The stock, direct from the factories, has been selected with especial reference to refinement and good taste, and is fully equal to the best of home work. The materials, the finish and the strength of all the gar- ments are right, even in the lowest grades. The prices are remarkably low, in many instances less than the materials alone would cost. This sale includes, besides wonderfully complete lines of Women’s, Misses’ and Children’s Underwear, everything desirable in Infants’ Goods, Aprons and Corset: also many novelties in FRENCH HAND- MADE LINGERIE—Silk } Vegliges, Bridal Sets in Silk and Nainsook, Breakfast Sacques, Boudoir Gowns Silk Petticoats, &c. mens of Parisian handiwork of our own able elsewhere. beautiful speci- personal selection, and unobtain- The few garments named below are the medium and lower-priced goods, and are merely suggestive of a stock of underwear that is intrin- sically the best we have ever offered. Women's Muslin Gown: soke in ba Tuffle around neck and on sleeves. Women’s Muslin Gown: Hubbard yoke of of tucks and Hamburg inserting ruffle around neck and sleeves. Ea: Yomen’s Muslin Gown; vm tered tu burg around neck and sleeves. Each... “3 Muslin Gown: yoke of tucks and inser- 1 Hamburg around neck and Each fle, t Women’s Cam ruffle and inserting; t Eich burg: Wom: med with finished Pp And among these are some ver mth "s Muslin ruttl shri Each. . Women’s Muslin Skirt tucks above rutite. “s Muslin Short wid with tucks above Cambrie hort Skirt, cambrie ruf- Ea. 3 beading: justers 75¢- es. Women's Cambri Frocks, etc. Children's Heavy and but ruffle : wide Ham- 2. = Foe and’ sleeves, Children's clusters of tu and sleeves and down. fron Children's Cambrie Gown Durg inserting and fine and neck and sleeves, Children's ‘Cambri wide ruffle of Ham- s’ Cambrie band. Pi umbrelt nes ‘lace and bos $1.50. ~ | narrow beading C. | with raffle. Enc ty booty ‘ nue a Monday, January Fourth, Begins Our Annual January Sale of Linens and Housekeeping Goods. While we have a very extensive variety of the substantial, every- day sorts of household linens, the Linen Department is especially equip- (round, square and oblong) for Receptions, Banquets, Dinner Parties, etc. These are exclusive, being our own direct importation, and are un- obtainable elsewhere. We name in part: Women's Cambric Corset Cover: 's Muslin Chemise; inserting: Hamburg around neck Chemise v inserting and edge; lace around armhol finished with ribbon. Each... Children’s Drawers, W Children’s Muslin Drawers; tucks above hem: buttonholes. Short Ea: e neck les. Muslin Drawers; wide Hambui felled ‘seams; butte it. Ex ; Hubt tucks; Each. or Short Siip: neck and sleeves finished stripes and chee circular yoke with wid» rnfite and thre Hubbard style: double | Women's Cambric Corset Cover: square neck; tucked yoke in front; cambrie 2Q0 | wide Hamburg fnserting back and trout: Each... 3OC- | Hamburg around neck and armholes. Each, 50C. 7 : ind neck and armholes; pearl en’ cambric 25 | Hamourg around neck and armholes; pean seen, 50. | puttons. Bach. Sta ee oS Hybbard yoke of clus- | Women’s Cambric Corset Cover: square neck; Wa- sand inserting: ruttle of Ham- 75 oa nes ee ae aa and armbok $1.00 3 + | ribbon: pearl buttons. i: ‘ yoke of tucks and 50c. rita lace 12}c. ing ruffie; 50c. f Ham- Ham urg 75¢ tucked uifle around neck and sleeves, Ea... 25C- Nip: cambrie rule puch. = 25¢c. of rows of 50¢. | in all its branches to meet the demand for the finest grades of goods. , beautiful designs in extra size cloths Double Satin Damask Pattern Cloths, imported this season from Ireland, Scotland and Be signs, including Ivy ium. Iris, Pansy, Maiden Hair Fern, Grape, Satin Stripes, ete.: each 3 Napkins to match, per doz., $3.75. yards, yands, yards, sards, yards, + yards, yards, yards, x4 yards, each Hemistitched Double Damask Dinner Sets h). yards, Made of per set per set $13.00 | aa $15.00 | 2135 yards, per sete... tra Size Cloth and Napkins to mate H4x3ly yards, per set..... ig Extra fine quality and exquisite de- and Oak, Fleu de Lis, Tiger Lily, Poppy, Scroll, $5.00 $6.00 $7.00 $8.00 $6.50 $7.50 $8.50 $10.00 } Napkins to match, per doz., $5.00. In Ready-to-use Bedwear Dept. We Offer a Special Purchase of 500 Dozen Muslin Pillow Slips, Wamsutta” and New Bedford” muslins, at the following prices, which are exceptionally low for such high-grade goods, and can- not be duplicated when these are sold. Wamsutta. 45x28%4 inches, s inches, Sty inches, « inches, 5x90 inches, « Pillow Slips to n New Bedford. 16C- | 42x36 inches, 17C. | s2x38% inches, IBC. | 45136 inches, IQC. | 4525814 inches, ZIC. | ssa3siy inches, 23¢. | 25¢. DOX3RY Inches, 4 s4x3%1g inches, Muslin Sheets--Good, Reliable Quality. 81x90 inches, eac Extra Heavy Muslin Sheets. 72x90 inches, each. 81x90 inches. each goxgo inches, each, 60c. 45c. natch, 42x36 inches, per dozen............. $1.25 Z ant low Slips to match, 45x36 inches, per dozen... ....00......$1.65 i ‘| indignant over her. arres' wm THE COMPANY WITHDRAWS Oona The Long-Pending Contest Over a Street Occupied by Farm ~~ Wagons, In the case of the Washington Market Company against the District Commission- ers, filed.November 7, 1895, the complainant today withdrew its application for the granting at this time of an,injunction pend- ing the final hearing of the suit. Judge Cox thereupon discharged the temporary restraining order granted the day the cuse was filed. The company asked the court to restrain the Commissioners from taking any steps to prevent the occupancy by market wag- ons or stands of produce dealers of any portion of the sidewalks or roadway on the rorth side of B street between 7th and ‘th. The complainant also prayed the court to restrain the Commissioners from beginning any proceedings at law because of said occupancy against the produce dealers, or any of them, or any officer, agent or em- Ploye of the Washington Market Company. In’ withdrawing its application at this time for an injunction the company did so without prejudice to its right'to apply for a rule to show cause why the same should rot be granted at any future stage of the proceedings, should the same become ma- terial Probable Action. The attorney for the District as soon as the matter had been settled in the court, repaired at once to the District building to inform the Commissioners of thé court's action in the case. His report was receiv- ed with considerable satisfaction on the part of the Commissioners, who have main- tained all along that B strect was the property cf the District. After his depar- ture, a reporter of The Star interviewed the Commissioners. Major Powell said? “The attorney for the District has just informed me of the ac- tion of the market company in withdraw- ing its case upon the question of the right of the District to B street. While the board bas as yet taken no action in the matter ¥ am satisfied the Commissioners will at once Cirect the police to enforce the police regulations along that street.” “Does that mean, major, that the farm- ers will be driven from urder the shed on the north side of the street abutting the marret building?” “Not necessarily. Of course this injunc- tion and the restraining order which fol- lowed emanated from our order directing the removal of the farmers. I do not an- ticipate that the Commissioners will take any immediate action looking to a clearing of the street. What we will do, however, is tc stop immediately the paying of fees by the farmers to the market company for the use of the public street. I am still of the opinion, however, that a majority of these who stand along the north side of B street are not farmers, but hucksters. We have been ready to try this case for a long time, -but the market company has beer active in putting the trial off. The reference of the bill to the Commissioners several days ago, which confers certain rights and privileges upon the clerk of the market company, brought matters to a fo- cus. The Commissioners could not report upon that bill until the pending case was settled. So we urged an immediate hear- ing, with the result that I have just told you. Ccmmissioner Ross said he had not heard officially the result of the trial this morning. He was not in a position to say what action the Commissioners would take in the matter. When the board met he would call attention to it. He did not think that there would be any immediate action looking to a change in the farmers’ status there, except so far as the payment of fees to the market company was concerned. Of course that would have to cease, for it was marifestly unlawful for any’ one to pay a private corporation for the use of a public street. The action of the Washington Market Company today was taken, it 1s under- stood, in view of the passage by the Sen- ate of a resolution prohibiting the Com- missioners from disturbing the market com- pany and dealers. The resolution is now before the House of Representatives, hav- ing been favorably reported by the House committee. Because of this situation of the controversy, the Washington Market Com- pany did not care to prosecute the matter in the courts. — Hotel Arrivals. Raleigh—£. G. Edwards, F. C. Travers and G. W. Aiken, New York; J. F. Hill, Chattanooga, Tenn.; W. S. dones, Florida; Dr. C. M. Drake and J. A. Dodson, Atlanta, Ga.; J. H. Maddy, Baltimore, Md.; E. D. Harrington and H. B. Greening, Philadel- phia, Pa.; C. D. Rooney and wife, Winches- ter, Mass.; W. H. Mead, Detroit, Micn.; 8. P. Emery, New Castle, Pa. Willard’s—H. L. Fairchild, Rochester, Y.; F. P. Lynch and wife, Hartford, Conn.; H. A. Higgins and H. C. Todd, Chicago, Tu. Riggs—D. Discan, New York. Wellington—W. M. Britton, Chicago, Il.; J. J. Montgomery, wife and daughter, St. Louis, Mo.; W. O. Syning.on and wife, Sel- ma, Ala. Hamilton—B. D. Buckler, Chicago, IIL; W. C. Winchester, Grand Rapids, Mich.; W. Rutherford, Oakland, Cal. Shoreham—C. E. Aldrich and C. E. Gibson and wife, Boston, Mass.; E. F_ Rosenbaum and wife, Chicago, Ill.; F. A. Glafey, Pitts- burg, Pa.; W. 8. Pierce and W. Herbert, Ne ork, F. W. Hendrick and C. D. Hen- drick, Minneapolis, Minn. Ariington—F, 8. Darling and F. F. Hatha- way, New York; G. A. Stafford, St. Louis, M N. P. Morton, Philadelphia, Pa.; W. 3. surgess, Boston, Mass.; G. A. Wagener, Charleston, W. Va. Normandie—J. Carty, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. 8. Corey, Newark, N. J. Cochran—E. Miller, Jacksonville, Fla.; J. H. Browning and wife, Atlanta, Ga.; C. Grosvenor, wife and daughter. Athens, Ohio. Oxford—L. Loyd, Philadelphia, Pa.; C. A. McAllister, City Island, N. Y. Ebbitt—J. W. Murphy, Superior, Wis.; R. Smoot, Salt Lake City, Utah; L. H. Rose, Yonkers, N. Y. Metropolitan—V. O. Friday, Pittsburg, Pa.; Louis J. Kick, New York; W. T. Kirby and wife, Newport News, Va.; L. M. Scott, Greensboro’, N.C.; N. V. Dee, Philadelphia. Johnson—M. A. Lindsey, Indian Springs, Ga.; W. H. Harding, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. E. Steele, Wisconsin. National—Jno. H. Walsh, New York; F. Light, Norristown, Pa.; T. A. Darby, Pi latka, Fla.; Jno. Kuffer, Philadelphia, Pa. bd M. H. Lockwood, Cleveland, Ohio; L. E. Moore, Hagerstown, Md.; J. W. Dudley, Newark, N. J. ed CHARGED WITH FRAUD. False Pretenses the Reason Given for Arresting Mrs. Ross. A woman who gives her name as Mrs. Addie Wilson, and who refuses to give any further information concerning herself, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of false pretenses. She is about sixty years old, and her arrest was made at the solicitation of Mr. Samuel Ross of the firm of Barber & Ross, hardware dealers, at 11th and G streets. About a year ago, Mr.Ross charges, the woman came to himi and asked for the loan of $20. She said that her daughter had been betrayed by a drummer, while working in a hotel, and that she wanted to shield her child. She did net want her husband to know of the sad happening and the amount she wanted was needed fer hospital treatment. Mr. Ross realized the sad condition of the family and he readily gave her the mon y. She said she lived near Landover, Prince George’s county, Md. Nothing more was heard.of the woman until today, when the woman and Mr. Ross met on the street near police headquarters. Then he-induced her to call on Inspector Hollinberger with him and turned her over to the detectives. To them she said she had once lived in Jersey City. She admitted that she was the woman who had borrowed the money, but said she never had any idea of defrauding Mr. Ross. It is also alleged she defrauded Lawyer Colbert to the extent of $11.50 by filing a claim for that amount inst the estate, of the’ late. Annie .C. Smith. Mra, er name, was v. hut further than Stated ‘Bhe' was station for a | precinct AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN. — Local Notes ef General and Especial ed Intgfest, The hunt of the Chevy Chase Club yester- day proved. to be extremely interesting and exciting, «ad the large field thoroughly en- Joyed, the spirited chase. Dr. French, the noted English cross-qguntry rider, was suc- cessful in getting ‘the brush, while among the riders of the faigysex in the hunt Miss Holloway carried off the leading honors. The starting point was set at Kensington, and at 9 o'clock there was a good assem- blage of huntsmen ent. Mr. George L. Dunn took charge Of, the hounds, and Mr. Sidney Holloway became huntsman. There were about a dozen er riders present, all with good results, ant? fully confident of se- curing the brush. re’ were ‘twenty-four hounds in the bunchy and all after’a red fox that was knowh fo be in the vicinity, but which had never been caught napping. Dr. French was in ‘the lead most of the time, displaying his good horsemanship. Several riders were thrown from the sad- die, but’ none so badly hurt as not to be able to continue in the chase. The hunt carried the party nearly to Laurel before the fox was run to cover. While Dr. French Wa» given the brush, Miss Holloway was given the mask and Messrs. Brown and Barnard the pads. Christmas Servicen. The Christmas services of the Tenley- town Baptist Church were held during ‘the week, and proved to be extremely success- ful. The church was tastefully decorated with evergreens for the occasion, and the music was pleasing, especially the solo given by Miss Amanda Queen, and the th- strumental music rendered ‘by Messrs. Yowell and Furr. The children did- well with their dialogues and recitations. At the Close of the evening’s..services the re- nowned ‘Santa Claus made his- appearance and ‘produced considerable merriment for the children. Boxes of candy and toys Were distributed to all of the children, and their hearts made happy and light. : Im the Churches. The Rev. Charles E. Buck, rector of St. John’s Church, being confined at his home with a@ severe cold, the Right. Rev. Bishop. Henry Yates Satterlee. will take charge of the services tomorrow. : Rev. Eugene May, D.D., will conduct the services tomorrow evening at the Dumbar- ton Avenue M. B. Church. . Revival services will be held every evening next week at the ehurch, with the exception of Monday and Saturday evenings. Notes, The periodical raid against the policy players was made by the police this morn- ing. Policeman: Cornwell was Statianed at the entrance to the free bridge, dressed in citizen's clothes, but very few arrests were made. Samuel Wilson, colored, who gave his age as sixty-five, was one of the unfor- tunates locked up in the raid. There was nothing that could be proved against him, yet he was held on suspicion of being con- nected with the policy concerns. Isaiah Brooks, colored, who has 4 good Police record, was arrested yesterday by Policeman Harry Lohman, upon complaint of Lizzie Jackson, who charged that he as- Saulted her. The woman refused to prose- cute, however, and the charge was accord- ingly nolle prossed. Considering the fact that yesterday was New Year day, and a holiday, there were very few arrests made, eight people being taken in during the twenty-four hours, four of whom were charged with plain drunk, ee \. SICK QUITE ILL, GE An Attack of Avate Nervous Pros- tration Brought én by Overwork. From the New York Heed. General Daniel EP Siékles is now very il] from the effects of overwork, which has produced an acute attatk of nervous pros- tration, entailing extreme insomnia. “I fear I am an ill man,” said General Sickles when seen at his residence, No. 23 5th avenue, last night. “My physician tells me very frankly ‘that my afiliction is quite serious. But n it must be re- membered that I ay an.old man now, as I have passed my seventieth year, ani I have experienced matiy*txposures and have done plenty of hard Work. So it is noi strange that I'should begin to seriously feel the effects of it. i “No doubt the work ¥ did during the last campaign is responsible for my present condition. I know I overworked. 1 was sustained through ft by patriotic motive: and was held up to the last by the de interest I took in the cause. ‘There was an inspiration in the campaign like that which comes to a soldier amid the cxcite- ment.of battle. Now the reaction has set in, and I must expect and accept the re- sults to be looked for at my time of life. But I am content. I would as lief lose my life in such a battle as in veritable warfare. It was a victory, aud if one of the costs was my life I am satisfi “The work of those eight weeks, during the very heat of the campaign, when we truly felt that the election of Mr. MeKinley would be the salvation of the country,” continued General Sickles, “was contin- uous and frightfully wearing. “In one car I rode sixtecn thousand miles, passing through thirteen states and making 2) speeches. It was a terrible undertaking, and I entered upon it knowing what the effect might be. It was the ex- citement, the continuous stirring up of the deepest feeling, the loss of sieep and the drawing on a vitality which had but little in reserve beyond the ordinary daily re- quirements that leaves me in this plight. “But that self-imposed and now unre- gretted: task wes accomplished, and has brought full and complete reward in the part which it accomplished in the great campaign. “Besides the campaign work, I have or- ganized a thousand branches of the Union Veterans’ Patriotic League, compiled doc- uments, prepared literature and done other work incidental to the labor of erganizing. “Now, the disease, which naturally fol- lows the exhaustion which I endured, is racking me, for I am suffering from’ an acute attack of nervous prostration, and an apparently unconquerable insomnia is doing its work in shattering my over- strained nerves. “I am: fighting against it, with but little hope. 1am very restless, and eannot keep my. mind continuously—even for a brief time—on any one thing. I must continual- ly change. my thoughts and ¥hysical posi- tion. I try diversions in the way of amusements, but they tire me in a few minutes, “Much work that I had hoped to accom- plish I have had to turn over to others. I took deep inferest in the organizing of 10,000 soldiers to’ take part in the inaugura- tion of Mr. McKinley, a self-imposed task, for the consummation of which I have had the brightest aséurances, and have been Promised 2,000 confederate veterans in the number. ‘They are men now deeply and earnestly patriotic, who voted for Major McKinley. “More than likely I will not even Le able to attend the inauguration, but the 10,000 soldiers will be-in line, for I have turned the matter over to General Horace Perter. He has accepted its ,regponsibllities, which means its success.” Sligh Goes‘to Jail. Judge Miller in “jhe ‘Police Court this afternoon imposed 9 §ne of $10 on E. Brooke Sligh for the larceny of $34 from Paul Black, a Treasury,Department clerk, several weeks ago. )Thg court further di- rected that Sligh make restitution of the amount stolen. — Sligh, it will be femembered, is from South Carolina, and, is ell known ja that locality, being promjnently connected. He insisted that he was Mhocent of the charge. Today a motion for a new trial was argued and overruled. fz «te In disposing of the ase, Judge Miller remarked that site s unquestionably guilty. He gave tl lefendant a lecture abounding with good adt'ce. Siasct ‘The fine not being pad, Sigh was re- turned to jail. The defatlt is thirty days. he ee Bicycle; Mad. Sarah E. C. Taylor has the bicycle craze to, the extent ‘that this afternoon “she was .sant cver to St. Elizabeth's for treatment. She is a colored girl-about eighteen years old, and was picked+up-en ‘the:street yes- terday by Policeman Reith, who: found her wanGering , about, the , streets, im- ag'nes herself a fancy rider, and exp: 3 a desire to enter the contest at the rink. All the time she wag iparoetatede at the | seccnd precinct she | herself ‘rid- fe betans ding a silent steed: Today’ ~she somewhat violént and had to be handcuff and: strapped inthe ambutance'to be ‘ake AFTER THE HOLIDAY| 12th St Bet. F andG. Light Orowd of New Year Prisoners in the Police Oourt. Charged With Intent to Kill—Casen of Interest to Stadents of Crime. Not only the hospital records, but those of the police department as well, show that yesterday, so far as the District of Colum- bia is concerned, was one of the most or- @erly nolidays in years. The docks of the Police Court, mirror-like, always accurate- ly reflect the disorder of the community, and the picture this morning was highly satisfactory to those peacefully inclined. In both the United States and Distri branck:es of the court the business was ex- ceptionally light, and, strange to say, charges of vagrancy predominated, the drunk and disorderlies not numbering more than one or two. In Judge Kimball’s court by far the most interesting prisoner was John Gardner, an old and decripit white man, who has prob- ably passed the three-score-years-and-ten pest in the gourney of life. “As I was patrolling my beat along East Capitol street yesterday,” said Policeman Vandeschaf, “this man deliberately picked up a heavy cobblestone and hurled it at a lamppost. His aim was poor at the start, but he continued firing at the lamp until the glass was smashed to smithereens. I arrested him under the charge of throw- ing missles.”” “How about this?” the court asked the prisoner. . ‘I smashed the glass, of course I did,” said John. “I did it because I want to be sent. to jail, where I can get treatment, for I'm a sick man.” “Don't you. know there are other ways of securing treatment, without resorting to the extreme measure of smashing gas lamps?” the court wanted to know. “I went to the sanitary officer New Year eve suffering with asthma till I thought I would drop. He sent me to the Washing- ton Asylum Hospital, but they turned me cut. I want to go to jail.” “I shall have to send y to the work- house under this charge,” explained the court. “I hope not, sir,” pleaded Gardner, “for they will do nothing but abuse me there.” “No other course is left open to me,” ruled the court. “Thirty days, and, Mr. Clerk, in the commitment direct that this man be sent to the hospital.” Wanted to Say. Martha Lee, an old colored mammy, proved rather amusing. She was arrested by Policeman Burlingame for begging from door to door and was charged with va- grancy. “Are you guilty or not guilty?” asked the court. “Jes lemme say—’ began Martha. “Say guilty or not guilty,” directed a bailiff. “Guilty or not guilty,” complied Martha. Taking the stand, Martha assured the court that she is “good people.” She “nussed de white sojers a-doin’ ob de wah, sah,” she explained, and was intimately acquainted with all the “toney’”’, people of the city. “Do you know this gentleman here?” asked the court, indicating Lieut. Kelly of the sixth precinct, who happened to be in court. “Yas, sah,” promptly replied Martha, “and he used to be a very hansum gem’- men, dat he did, sah,” this with emphasis. The spectators smiled audibly, and the lieutenant blushed like a school girl. The old woman went on to say that the recent severe storm wrecked her house and injured her to such an extent that she has been unable to work since. Yesterday, she said, she was looking for one of her hite people,” and was not begging. ll let you go,” finally said the court, “but don't get caught begging.” “Yas, sah; dat I won't.” Martha returned to the dock and went through a form of religious incantation for several moments. Then, hobbling from the room, she bowed from right to left, and wished all present a happy New Year. Mary Reynolds, the woman who caused a mild sensation in court Thursday by an- nouncing that she was a victim of diph- theria, was again in the dock today. The health officer forwarded to Judge Kimbail a report that the woman was not so af- flicted. She was promptly convicted of disorderly conducts and sent dewn fer fif- teen days. An assortment of white men charged with vagrarcy gave their names as John Clark, Jerry Murphy, Joseph Lane, Frank Mc- Laughlan, Frank Page, Joseph Howard and James Morrison. They visited the ninth precinct police station last evening and requested lodging. They received all they asked for and lots more that was not de- ‘ired. ecWhat are you doing in Washington?” asked the court of Clark. “I am on my way from St. Louis to Washington,”’ was the reply. ” “But Washington is a little out of the way,” stated the court. “Well, I was in no hurry, so I thought I would drop down this way,” Clark said, nonchalantly. “As you have so much time at your dis- posal,” ruled the court, “you may spend a month at the workhouse.” Murphy and Page gave satisfactory ac- counts of themselves, and were released on their personal bonds. All the others went down for thirty days. George Wiliams and John Edwards young boys, were in the dock in the tramp department, One of the boys produced a medal bearing the inscription, “Look for- ward, not backward; look out, not in.” That, he said, was his motto. In view of the fact that the boys were leaving town when arrested, their personal bonds were talen. Joseph McIntosh was shown to be a per- son of evil life and fame, and was com- mitted for sixty days. Before Judge Miller. In Judge Miller's court the most con- spicuous figure of the day-was Francis Honiker, an old white man, who lives in the rear of 1548 New Jersey avenue. His head was completely swathed in bandages, and his general appearance was that of a man who kad seen better days. Honiker was the complaining witness against Albert Foster and William Lindsay, colored men who were charged with axrsault. Christmas eve Honiker was assaulted by two men, who beat him with a blackjack until he was insensible. He had no money with him at the time, but only the day he- fore had deposited his quarterly payment of pension. The police secured evidence that ecnnected Foster and Lindsay with the case. The prosecution contended that the two men, believing that Honiker had a large sum of money with him, attempted to rob him. “Why is not this charge highway robbery or assault to kill?” asked the court. “It is certainly assault to kill, or nothing.’ “Well, I'll make it assault to kill,” said Prosecuting Attorney Mullowney. “I am a wronged man,” thereupon shout- ed Foster. ‘‘Wronged, I say,” and he show- ed fight. Several bailiffs, however, removed Foster from the room, until the new charge was prepared. Later, both Foster and Lindsay were held in $1,000 bonds each for the ac- tien of the grand jury. —_—-_—_ CLAIMS FALSE ARREST. Albert Thomas Sues for Big Dam- ages. Albert Thomas filed a suit today against James C. Sprigg, jr., claiming $10,000 dam- anges for false arrest and imprisonment. The plaintiff states that August 1, 1896, he was employed by the defendant tamrun the elevator in the Evans building, 1424 New York avenue: The day he was em- ployed, Thomas states, he loaned one of the tenants a water cooler belonging to the de- fendant, or to him and one Albert H. El- Hott jointly. The next day, he claims, the defendant peremptorily distharged him for loaning the said tenant the said water cooler, he alleges. About the 30th of No- vember, the plaintiff says, he called upon the defendant and demanded $2, which amount, he asserts, Mr. Spriggs owed him. He says he was not only refused payment, but that he was forcibly ejected and threat- ened with arrest. | - That day, the plaintiff declares, fendant had him ona ri stealing an $8 water filter. He claims’ have-been in the station house and at the Police from 7 p. m. De- cember 1, 1896, until noon » When, he asserted, he was iy, acquitted. | Double Stores. G St. Near 12th, Charles A. Muddiman. 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Chandeliers, Hall Lan- terns and Gas Brackets in fullest variety, at lowest possible price. Double Store, 12th & G Sts. Cc. A. Muddiman, No. 616 on 12th St. No. 1204 on G St. Headquarters for light and heat, including all attachments for Gas Fixtures, Lamps and Gas Stoves. Our Portable Drop Light, $2.40, has Argand Bumer, best tubing and shade complete. PIPES OF PANIBATILE OF NEW ORLEANS Moorish Goatherds Play an Instrument Such | A Description of the Engagement by General as Virgil’s Shepherds Used. Made of Hollow Cane With Vent Holes Burned Out—How It is Taned. Written for The Evening Star. “Tirra-lirra-lirra!” came a clear and sweet note like that of a flute from away up the rugged mountain side. “What is that?” asked one of the ladies. We were traveling on muleback through nerthern Morocco, with a native guide and muleteers. “It is 2 bo; said Gilali, the guide. “He guards the goat, the voca. Hola!” And Gilali, who speaks a very queer mixture of French, Spanish and English, waved bis hand up at the big hills. Presently the strangest figure began hop- ping down from rock to rock away up the slope. It was a very tiny figure, and its legs were bare, but the head was com- pletely covered with a deep cape which formed a part of a very ragged gelaba or coat. By and by we could see two rows of great white teeth gleaming in the shadow of the hood, and then the Moorish shep- herd boy came shyly down to the rough bridle path and held up the whistle that we had heard so far off. Gilali spoke a few Moorish words to the boy, and then turned to us. “Diez centi- mos,”’ he said.. So we handed out a coin equal in value to a cent and a half in American money, and the goatherd boy gladly handed up his whistle, which had teen the only companion of his lonely watch for so long a time that it was a rich yellowish brown with handling. The whistle was seven or eight inches long, and made out of a joint of native cane or rush, exactly as a Yankee boy makes one out of a piece of elder stalk from which the pith has been pushed out. But it a good deal better than the Yankee boy’s whistle. The square end was closed by a joint of the cane. In the bot- tom, near the middle, was a hole burned perfectly round—for, of course, the Moorish boy has no gimlet. On the upper side was a row of seven such holes, or vents. The first and second and the sixth and seventh vents were nearer together than the oth- ers. Presently we bought another such whistle from a second ragged goatherd boy, and went forward gaily, blowing on them, until we came to a bad place in the road, where the guide made vs attend to the mule: “Why, it’s just like the shepherd boy: that trill their pipes in the bucolics of V! gil,” said one of the ladies; ‘‘and why not? The Romans conquered all these countries in northern Africa; and even before them the Greeks and Phoenicians, who sailed these shores, must have known how to make ‘pipes-o-pan.’ I feel just as if I were ridizg this mule right back through the Punic wars.” After we had passed the bad place in the read, Gilali, who may have been a goatherd himself when he was a boy, took the flute and played a very pretty tune upon it. - “The goat boy he take a stalk,” said Gil- ali, “and cut it so, and fermez (stop up) one end, so, Then he sit by fire and burn, bern all these place for sound, so. Then ne play awhile, not sound just right. Mais (but) he burn un petit peu (a little) here et un petit peu, so. In a small while, oh, some other 4; he have it all like you see. Voila le pipe!” So you see a good deal of work and time went to the makiag of the flute that the foatherd sold for a cent and a half. —— IN A STATE OF SLAVERY. Terrible Condition of Affairs in the Managua Labor Market. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 17, 1896. A terrible state of affairs prevails in the labor market here, and the system of selling labor has resulted in reducing very large numbers of men, women and children to a state of slavery. Owners of coffee estates recently held a meeting with the object of influencing the government of Nicaragua to establish in Cuba a labor agency to in- duce Cuban laborers to migrate to Nica- ragua. Men and women here are now en- deavoring by every possible means, ex- cepting an armed revolution, to escape from the servitude incident to the sale of their lator, authorized by the constftution of Nicaragua and enforced on them, as vigor- ously as possible, by miligary power until the money or advanced to them, in- terest thereon and heavy fines for delin- quency, have been paid in full by labor at lew rates. ho have sola thelt labor for small sums ir r for Stimerchandlse or money advanced to them, are arriving at the cities in the coffee dis- tricts from the mountains in the interior, their contracts and one retreat to anol f capturing these delinquents and forcing pt comply with their contracts. This year’s crop of coffee in Nicaragua is estimated at about 80 per cent of a full crop. The deficiency has irsufficient rains during twigs on which the coffe Jackson, A Hftherto Unpublished Letter From “Old Hickory” Tell = How the British Veterans Were Defented. In the January Century William Hugh Robarts has an article entitled “Napoleon's Interests In the Battle of New Orleans.” In this is quoted a hitherto unpublished letter written by Gen. Jackson to Mr, James Monroe. A portion of the letter follo There was a very heavy fog on the river that morning, and the British had formed and were moving before I knew it. The dis- position of the riflemen was very simple. They were told off in numbers one and two. Number one was to fire first, then step back and let number 2 shoot while he re- loaded. About six hundred yards from the riflemen there was a great drainage canal running back from the Mississippi river to the swamp in the rear of the tilled land on which we were operating. Along this canal the British formed, tnder the fire of the few artillery pieces I had near enough to them to get their range. But the instant I saw them I said to Coffee, whom I direct- ed to hurry to his line,which was to be first attacked: “By —-, we have got them; they are ours!” Coffee dashed forward, and, riding along his line, called out, “Don't shoot til! you can see their belt iuckles.” The British were formed in mass, well closed up and about two companies front. The British thus formed moved on at @ quick step, without firing a shot, to within one hundred yards of the kneeling riflemen, who were holding their fire ull they could see the belt buckles of their enemies. The British advance was executed as though they had been on parade. They marched shoulder to shoulder, with the step of vet- erans, as they were. At one hundred yards’ distance from our line the order was given, “Extend column front. Double quick march! Charge!” With bayonets at charge they came on us at a run. I own it was an anxious moment; I well knew the charg- ing column was made up of the picked troops of the British army, Thes* been trained by the duke himself, were com- manded by his brother-in-law and had successfully held off the ablest of Napo- leon’s marshals in the Spanish campaign. My riflemen had never seen such an at- tack, nor had they ever before fought white men. The morning, too, was damp; their powder might not burn well. “God help us!” I muttered, watching the rapidly advancing line. Seventy, sixty, fifty, final- ly forty yards were they from the silent kneeling riflemen. All of my men I could see was their long rifles rested on the logs before them. They obeyed their orders well; not a shot was fired until the red coats were within forty yards. heard Coffee's voice as he roared out: “Now, im for the center of the cross belts! A second after the order a crac! ling, blazing flash ran all along our line. The smoke hung so heavily in the misty morning air that I could not see what had happened. I called Tom Overton and Ab- ner Duncan of my staff, and we galloped toward Coffee's line. In a few conds after the first fire there came another sharp, ringing volley. As I came within one hundred and fifty yards of Coffee the smoke lifted enough for me to make out what was happening. The British were ling back in a con- fused, disorderly mi and the entire first ranks of their column were blown away. For two hundred yards in our front the ground was covered with a mass of writh- ing wounded, dead and dying red coats. By the time the rifles were wiped the Brit- ish line was reformed, and on it came again. This time they were led by Gen. Pakenham in person, gallantly mounted and riding as though he were on parade. Just before he got within range of Coffee's line I heard a single rifle shot from a group of country carts we had been using, about one hundred and seventy-five yards distant, and a moment thereafter I saw Pakenham reel and pitch out of his saddle. I have always believed he fell from the bullet of a free man of color,who was a famous rifle shot and came from theAtak- appas region of Louisiana. The second ad- vance was precisely like the first in its ending. In five volleys the 1,3 or more riflemen killed and wounded 2,117 British soldiers, two-thirds of them killed dead or mortally wounded. I did not know whe Gen. Pakenham was lying, or 1 should have sent to him or gone in person to offer any service in my power to render. I was told he lived two hours after he was hit. His wound was directly through the liver and bowels. Gen. Keene, 1 hear, was killed dead. They sent a flag to me asking leave to gather up their wounded and bury their dead, which, of course, I granted. 1 was told by a wounded oflicer that the rank and file absolutely refused to muke a third cl . “We have no chance yo such shooting as these Ameri- cans do,” they said. —__ ++ ____ Gen. Grant's Two Tunes. Gen. Horace Porter in the January Century. - A drum corps in passing caught sight of the general, and at once struck up a then popular negro camp-meeting air. * inquired the general. the reply, “they are playing, ‘Ain't I glad to get out ob de wilderncss!’"” ‘Che general smiled at the ready wit of the musicians, and said, “Well, with me a musical 4;