Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1897, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1897—-12 PAGES. There is something that ought to be tacked up in every grocery! It's on a signboard over a large New York store in Broadway, where they don’t believe that “substitution” pays. And no- body does believe it, except shifty and short-sighted store- keepers. When a woman wants Pearline, for instance, she won’t F il ‘\_ be satisfied to have some inferior ae il i WY washing-powder in its place. It is a fraud on the customer and a fraud on Pearline. You can help to put a stop to it. When you ask for Pearline, don't let any imitation of it be substituted for it. 525 WE GIVE) you \ JUST WHAT } YOu KAILROAD POOL DOOMED. | BOWED TO THE BOOTBLACKS. MeKinicy Prospects of Western Combinations | president Thoroughly Going t om. Democratic in His Manner. There prospects of rai icombina-| President McKinley treated the people we shout the ho were streliing on Pennsylvania avenue on a democratic sight a few evenings ago. tt iS’ Mr. McKinley had come out of the White oling | Hox in compary with Secretary Porter, nd the two walked down 15th street and ints Not 2d hed Wiilard’s Hotel, where the of the nt of recognized and spoken to hy a num- the Per Ivania Railroad ny de-) ) of politicians. Two interested boot : that the Were on the sidew They we wks ck .rehins on the lookout for were not long nt and his p: lon aud _ the 1 to Mr. } ht of them, > of the Pi t Mr. Po 9 the them notic s the nd bowing prof: ws later the two ur were explaining to spoken to t > min ing fac nds how Rai recognition of the unanimous approval administration and policy of the board of directors of the Pennsy railroad, all the members were re road Stockhelders. as a precedent, s an entirely decision necessar- x s lat the annual meeting of the st Se e en ene fay in Phil ni narecee 58 pei by the comm 0 2 Macfarl: at New York ene com v ester SE Ce ee) and nominated the old board for re. handed by Justice Peckham of the | = ao wStion, | The board of directors is composed of : n that the | the following: Frank Thomson. ander Do ee ate ate Fox, Alexander Biddie, s the Trans-Missouri | Shortridge, Wm. I. Elkins ed, “applies with | Clement A. Griscom, Benjamin F.Comc Joint Prafie As | Amos R. Little, Wm. H. Barnes, “Missouri agreement Stuart Patterson and 5) te docume! Mr. Shropshire’s Dent. The New York Herald yesterday pub- ed in a cable dispatch from London ai traffic agreement, f char; of rview with Clyde Shropshire denyin: the « es of financial irre against him while as vice con- at Paris. He admits that he ner hard in Paris and borrowed from friends, and says that if other chose to lend him money to s it was nothing t peo- had anything to de with. He sations came from an an in Paris, who woul 1 who is mak place. He add ha t in his own record tha would prevent his again filling that posi- tion. re +o+ Trying to Form a Lumber Trust. The lumbermen of San Francisco are } again trying to crganize a trust with the in tion traffic which © of raising the price from four to six Loran prea a she ars a thousand. Dealers now cl nin: he tr ada; 3 Tonawar slack Rock, Bu greater than the present prices. and falo, Buffalo Ju ne hopes to gradually increase ihe amanca, 5 until bus will insure a pro: Wheeling. © former noa-commission of lumber mills 4 “Kenova, W. | co last vear because several mills K | cutlid the commission of manufactured ne Association, which would | !umber traffle agree- {| trust. is compo lowed at prices lower than those of th The disintegration of the trust fel- illegal, oe Charged With Heavy Embezzlement. Marshal F. Homer, who was arrested {1 Reading, | Philadelphia Monday night, on a warrs The territory of the | sworn out by Damon, Peet & Co., dealer tion includes the terri- | in printers’ supplies, at 44 Beekman street, gland, aversed’ bY | New York, charging embezzlement, was the associa- | -iven a hearing before Magistrate Jermon yesterday morning and held to await th action of the New York authorities. Th * | amount of the embezzlemer harge "| in the warrant, was placed at $57.50, but it is_alleged that his peculations will reach $15,000. The only witness against Homer vas De Ww wn of the ce tral station, New York, who arrested the accused Monday night. of twelve Baltimore peake an Trunk, L Pennsylvani and i Central, nt resented in and inc: i } ses Bankruptcy Bi Reported ay, m the committee reported ization of the ses to push which, of tariff ball or the bankruptcy as it was rep r Teller during the last C a few changes ent ort the bill was reached in the com- tes without E the desi neral to get the bill on the cai earl : comm. <tee, t. reserved to the bill the on rig: ne fos inderstood t 7 orded to bring Senat the Senate, leaving it opportu: » choose between the two measures. Nelson bill e! more of the i t con docs the va ——-2-____ Dock in Good Order. port of the naval board which ex- i the new timber dry dock -w York na has ived at the Navy Dep I the trial ef the dock with the itor Puritan, and generally shows that with the exception of a few small things | Yet to be supplied by the contra the Jock is in geod order. | — —— Proposed Civil Service Modification. Mr. Grosveror of Obio has introduce] a n the House providing that the heads executive departments and of the t printing office may reinstate \ i | © thout civil service examination any per- n now or formerly in the civil service who | governm Insist on the Genuine OST The best Washing Powder made. | Best for all cleaning, does the work | quickly, cheaply and thoroughly. st package—greatest economy. ‘THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Was reduced in salary or discharged for other cause than inefficiency. ——--@ <-___ Transfer of Naval Surgeons. Surgeon S. H. Dickson has been detached from the Texas and ordered to the Massa- chusetts, relleving Surgeon C. A. Stegfried, | who ts transferred to the torpedo station | At Newport; Surgeon W. R. Dubose, from | she Terror to the Texas: Surgeor O. Diehl, { from the Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, to | che Terror, Passed Assistant Surgeon R. M. fg from the Norfolk Hospital to th Philadelphia Hospital. Surgeon T. C. is has been placed on,the retired list account of age. + 0+ | Had Liabilities of a Million. { Martin, Wise & Hutzhugh, cotton buyers, | Bela offices at New Orleans, Galveston, i Houston, Dallas, New York, Liverpool and sample of elther Woodbury’ will Facial Soap or Z person who ean fill your need. S : Havre, made individual deeds of trust at s Cheng St Louis, New York, | paris, Texas, Monday afternoon, this be- ef Boston, Philadelphia, | ing the firm’s headquarters; preferred cred- T{)] | [o°e_ say btenush on, gimp | lors, $90,000; abilities, $1,000,000. No offi: IF You tar uate thei {etal statement yet made. cons ermritelogist j cee t inaerpet i BATS ND = Tt matters little what it Is that you want Seep. at i pare. Send loc. fur Beauty ‘whether a situation or a@ servant—a Pacta! Cream. CRIME OF MURDER No Penalty for Acts Prior to January, 1897. JUDGE BRADLEY'S DECISION Its Effect on the Fearson and Other Cases. THE TRIAL AT ISSUE Daniel Gray, the young colored man who was charged with the murder of Melton Phillips, also colored, the night of last Labor day, was acquitted in Criminal Court No. 2 late yesterday afternoon, the jury deliberating over the case less than an hour. There being no other charge pend- ing against the prisoner, Judge Bradley discharged him from custody. As stated in The Star, Gray and Phillips became involved in a quarrel over the wife of the dead man’s brother, Lavinia Phillips, in’ Phillips’ court, between 2 and 25th and M and N streets. Melton brother, Richard, was slightly cat in th back by Gray, and then the prisoner cut Melton in the right thigh, inflicting « wound which caused death in a few min- utes. Gray, who was found unconseti several hundred feet from the scene o the tragedy, claimed that fel the cutting in self The t. on the other hand, contended th assaulted until after he Killed having been chased and bea friends of the Phill composed of the boys. Under a Sew Law. the approval t of Con, author ge a defendant fy their verdic thout capital guilty of murder, to qi ing the si the act directing the court, upon the ren ion of such a verdict, to sentence th- defendant to imprisonment at kard labo: for lite. There having been some doubt a to whether or not the act is applicabir here, the ruling of Judge Bradley in th: matter was awaited with unusual intere by members of the local bar. Befor: charging the jury, Judge Bradley state: that he wouid not alow them to return vercict finding Gray guilty of a graver of ferse than manslaughicr. In explanatio: of his position the judge stated that th: above referred to is undoubtedly ap. plicable in the District of Columbia, anc in the second place the evidence did noi warrani a verdict of guilty of murder. Judge Bradley then went on to say thai while the act of January 15, 1897, provide: that its provisions shall not apply to or i any way affect any proceeding or indi ment then found or pending, or that may nd for any offense committed befor age of the act, and ail offenses committed before the passage of the act shall b hed under the laws then ir d, That juries may return qualified verdicts in such cases accordin, to the provisions of section 1 of the act (the one authorizing the qualified v wD. and the sentences’ shall be imposed as therein provided, the effect of the act is to 1 all punishment for the crime of der committed prior to che passafe oi the act. Courts, explained Judge Bradle the law find the act of as he stated it to anuary remat was his duty to hold that at th time there is no 5 ent prescribed for the ne of murder committed prior to that date. The Fearson Case. While Judge Bradley did not so rule, not ng € { upon to do so in the Gray case, it the belief of District Attorn Davis that the effect of the judge's ruling is to pre 4t the punishment as for mur- ager of any one guilty of murder committed prior to January 45, 1807, whether the trial » that date. He jum” Fearson, was or was not had befoi deal cony Fe therefore, whether sted last fall of the musder of John i in Georgetown last August, and sen- hanged the 30th of next month, yunished as for murder, and that if he can be punished at all it must be after a new conviction, which would, ot course, involve the previous granting of a ew tlal by the Court of Appeals, where the case is now pending. Mr. Davis « ed surprise at the rul- ing, but would say nothing more than that the :udge’s view of the law was one which had never occurred to (Mr. Davis), and that it had called forth very lively com- ment. He added that he felt it his duty to intorm the Court of Appeals of the ruling, as, if it be correct, the principle on which it rests must govern that court in dispos: ing of the Fearson case. The Judge's Ruling. That part of Judge Bradley's ruling in re- lation to effect of the act of January 15, 3 follows: he court is bound to take cognizance of the statutes as they are passed, to give et to the law as it exists, and the couri cannot overlook the fact that the statute in force, so far as the peralty is concerned, with reference to the crime of murder, was d by an aet of Congress, which, it rs from the bill, was presented some April or May last year, but which became a law January 1 Ist ‘ow this statute is ex post facto as to the crime that we are considering. Of course its provi cannot be made to iy to the crime we are trying. The penalty that is provided by this act of Con- es3 cannot be made to apply to a crime t was committed before the passage of ct. “In its fourth section it provides: hat nothing herein contained shall ap ply to or in any way affect any proceedin: or indi t now found or pending or that may be found for any offense com- mitted before the passage of this act, ani all offenses committed before passage aws nin force the saving clause stopped there would be no question that it would be the duty of the court to see that the law that was in force at the time of the com- mission of this act should be enforced. But ongress saw fit to go a little turther, and ided: at jurl may return qualifled ver- icts in such cases according to the pro- visions of section one of this act, and the sentences shall be imposed as therein pro- vided.’ Now that refers to section one of the act, which is: ‘That in all cases where the accused is found guilty of the crime ot murder * * * the jury may qualify their verdict by adding thereto “without capital punishment,"" and whenever the jury shall return a verdict qualified as aforesaid the person convicted shall be sentenced to im- prisonment at hard labcr for life. “Now, regarding this act as in. force in the District of Columbia, and I have ro question it was so intended, and that it is in force in the District of Columbia, it would be my duty if I submit the ques- tion of murder to this jury to charge them in returning their verdict that they should return it in the form wich the statute provides, if the statute is applicable. The court cannot apply the statute, because it is ex post facto. “Now the statute provides an entirely different penalty from that which is im- posed by a law which was in force at the time of the commission of this alleged crime, and by a well-known principle it operates as an implied repeal. So that, so far as the crime of murder is concerned that is committed prior to the time of this enactment, there is no law in force today in the District of Columbia by which that crime can be punished. “The plainest case- upon that subject, although there are many of them--I refer only to those that have been jecided by the Supreme Court of the United States— is the case of the United States against Tynan, which provided # different penalty and a lesser penalty in criminal prosecu- tions: - “ ‘There is no express repeal of the 18th section of the act of 1813 declared by the act of 1870, and it is a familiar doctrine that repeals by implication are not favored, When there are two acts on the same subject the rule is to give effect to both if possible. But if the two are repugnant in any of their provisions, the latter ect, without any repealing clause, operates tq the repugnancy as a fe- peal of the first; and even where two acts are not in express te: repugnant, yet if the latter act co: the whole" sub- ject of the first, and-embraces new pro- visions, plainly shéWing*that it was intend- ed as a substitute for the first act, it will operate as a repeal of that ac’ “Then the court 023,92 to say that there is an inconsistency. and a repugnancy be- tween the act of 1813 and the act of 1870. Under the first act the punishment should be one or the other, either fine or imprison- ment, and the second act allows both pun- ishments in the diséretfon of the court. The first act provided that’ the imprisonment, when imposed as a punishment, should not be less than three years, and might be ex- tended to five years; and the second act al- lowed the imprisonment to be fixed at one year, and from that period upward to five years, and the circumstance was similar with reference to the imposition of the fine as a peralty. “The opinion of the court was delivered by Mr. Justice Fields, and he cites two English cases, one the King vs. Cator, re- ported in 4 Burrows: the other, the King vs. Davis, in 1 Leach, Crown cases. The opinion in that case was delivered by Lord Manefield, and in tha: case ‘it appeared there were two statutes against killing deer in an inclosed park. The first statute made the offense a felony, punishable with death. The last statute punished the first offense with a fine, and made the second offense a felony; and the twelve judges were unani- mously of opinion that the last statute amounted to a repeal of so much of the first as related to the offense of felon: ‘So that there is In my mind no question but that the act of Congress of January 1: 197, has entirely done away with the pen. alty for the crime of murder that was com- mitted before its enactment. So that { sha:] Cirect this jury that the only question for them to consider is whether the offense, if any were committed by this defendant, was the offense of manslaughter. — IN THE LAND OF FLOWERS. Over Four Thousand Tourists Enjoy- ing Themselves in Florida. Lee of The ning Star. . AUGUSTINE, Fla., March 20, 1 he rush of tourists to this land of flow- and sunshine is still unabatable, and a nservative imate gives the state over 900 tourists, two-thirds of whom are con- ted along the east coast from this «© to Miami. Social gateties are all along the line, and ‘ is only too apparent the recreative ele- vent in man is stronger than the need for -President Cleveland ‘alm Beach short Mr. and Mrs. ¢ * party touring th Major and Mrs after an extende oast Mrs. W. P. Hepburn and E. P. Morris are Washingtonians at Tampa Bay. At Belleair oranges are abundant this year, and altogether this new resort is one “€ the most attractive places in the state. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Clayton are at the Royal Pomcicana for the month. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Bell, Mrs. Coche and naid, George Work and servant and A. C. Washington are all at the Ponce de Leon since Monday last. Mrs. H. Carrington Bolton is registered at the Ponce de Leon. Harry MeKaw Wood is at the new Hotel Royal Palm at Miami, on the shore of Bis- ayne bay. Ex-United States Senator Call, Represen- tative and Mrs. John Leisenring and Mr. and Mrs. Edward 8. Isham arrived in Jack- sonville on Friday. C. V. Hillyer is at Fernandina again. and Mrs. C. P. Bell of Washington ling the season at Hotel Ormond, falifaxssest Wek e L. Bradley is‘at the Royal Pom- ciana for a short stay. Over 700 guests are is expected at W. Holcomb are among state in a private car. Larned have gone north, tour along the east Mr. Geographic Spctety. The annual regeption of the National Geographic Society, which has come to be a favorite feature @f Washington's so- cial season, will be held tomorrow evening at the Arlington,’ ‘and promises to be one most successful affairs In the his- tory of the societg,’ Thg reception will last from 9 to o'clock, amd at 1 Vo'clock a musical program of exceptional merit be rendered. The regeption will be stri wy invitation and: ticket, which may ained of the members of the comimit- tee of arrangements, of which T. Day is chairman. Members of the other ed in the joint commis invited to participate as members of th jeties represent- m are cordially on the same terms ociety ‘The. following 3 compose. the + tion committee J. Allen, Mr W. Clarke, Mr: on Clover, W. Eleroy Curtis, Mrs. C. W. Ha Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Mrs. D. T. Mertwago, Mrs. George Westinghouse, Miss Aileep Bell, Miss Elsie May Bell, Miss Cornell, Miss May Catlin, Miss Helen Ffoulke, Miss Eleanor K. Sowers and Miss Helen Tisd The musical program is as follows: Cha- minade, violin solo, Capriccio, Mr. Oswald Welti; D'Hardelot, Sanstoi, Mrs. Hormess; Godard, “‘Embarquez-vou: Mr. Crosby Hawley, ,“Because I Love Yo Dear,” Madame Diaz-Albertini; Cantor, “For Ever Thin Mr. Watson; accompanists, Mrs. Byrnes and Dr. Caulfield. es Left Out in the Cold. The indications are that ex-Representa- tive Bellamy Storer is to be left out in the cold as far as any appointment of conse- quence is concerned. It appears that Mr. Hanna, as well as Mr. Foraker, will oppose his confirmation as either assistant secre- tary of state or in any other position of such prominence as he aspires to. It looks as if his confirmation would be impossible if he were appointed. It is said that the President had in mind placing him on the proposed International conference commis- Ate but that Senator Wolcott objects to this. Claim of Victor MaeCord. The President has sent to the Senate in -respense to a request all recent corre- spondence relative to the claim of Victor H. MacCord of Pennsylvania for alleged illegal arrest in Peru in 1888. The corr spondence shows that Secretary Olney in- stre i our representative in Lima December, 1806, to notify the Peruvian government that the MacCord claim had been clearly made out and should be paid without further delay. There was no re- sponse from Peru and this closes the cor- respordence. ———— To Reinstate Clerks. Senator Pritchard of North Carolina to- day introduced a bill similar to that re- cently introduced in the House providing that the heads of the executive depart- ments and the government printing office may at their discretion reinstate or ap- point any person now or formerly employ- ed in the civil service who was reduced In salary or discharged for other cause than inefficiency or immorality. Such prior serv- ice shall be held tp be (gquivalent to a cer- tificate of eligibuity. seu _____ For a Stytue (pf Lincoln. The Senate library cémmittee today pre- sented a favorabfe repbrt on the bill in- troduced by Senator Catlom of Illinois ap- Propriating $50,000 fbr atatue of Lincoin at Gettysburg, Pa. A favorable report was also made on a bill introdaced by Mr. Cullom providing for acqu’ringoa site and erecting & peace monument‘dn tHe battlefield of Ap- Pomattox, Va., ay alfpropriating $50,000 for that purpose. af fe Missourl Henk’ Saspension. MAYSVILLE, March 24.—The De Kalb County Bang. faljed to open today. The bank holds éomel!slow paper and a large amount of ¥al dbtate. Its business fer the past year has been unsatisfactory. The directors assert that depositors will be paid in full. ——— Deserted After Long Courting. Spectal Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 24.—The case of Miss Josephine E. De Rosay, the organist of St. Catherine's, Somerville, and John F. O'Brien was settled by Secretary Long’s firm far $20,000 in real estate and cash, after a talk over the long distanca with the ex-governor. O’Brien courted Miss De Rosay nearty twenty years. Last November he married Miss Mary EB. Kin- ney, daughter of. Kast Boston’s wealthiest man. In Washington, on their n, O'Brien wrote Miss De Rosay, telling her he was ma |, and her forgive- ness for the Wrong he had°done. This let. ter was the corner stone of the suft. “DESTROYED THE TREATY.” London Times’ Comments on the Sena- torial Amendments, LONDON, March 24.—The London Times, in a leading editorial this morning, gives expression to anything but a satisfied feel- ing as to the senatorial amendments of the treaty of arbitration. It says: “The United States Senate has done what optimists affected to believe impossible, and what cooler observers thought ex- tremely probable. It has destroyed the arbitration treaty. The first amendment accepted is alone sufficient to render the treaty unworkable and utterly worthless. The Senate has done more than to wreck an instrument carefully forged by repre- sentatives of the two nations. It has struck a blow at the principle of arbitration it- self, and at the confidence of the world in the American people. Its action strikes a note of levity, wantonness and irresponsi- ble caprice, such as is happily very rarely struck by any legislative assembly. In proportion to the blessings to be missed must be our regret for the lamentable, the almost ignominous fate of an honest and well-meant endeavor.” 3 The afternoon papers here bitterly crit- icise the action of the United States Sen- ate in the case of the arbitration treaty. The St. James Gazette says: “The sena- tors carried their point with that refine- ment of pettifoggers’ cunning which en- ables certain minds to gain thelr end with- out expressing it. The amended treaty not only does not improve the present condi- tions, but it renders arbitration practically impossible, as while now there no ob- stacle in the way of an agreement to arbi- trate, hereafter such agreemen: must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the Senate, in which the parties are generally pretty evenly divided.” The Westminster Gazette say a very disappointing and discone; sult of all the endeavors of Lord Salisbury and Secretary Olney. The unpleasant _as- pect of the matter is the anti-Engiish f ing underlying the action of the The Pall Mall Gazette expr opinion that “a promising plan wrecked merely to please atio goism and self-importance,” adding: “Americans generally, we firmly believe, will be thoroughly ashamed of their Sen- ate, more so than ordinarily, which is say ing a lot.” “Tt is SNOWING HARD AT CHICAGO. It Melted Fast as It CHICAGO, March 24.—Durirg the past twenty-four hours over eight inches of snow fell in the cit » heaviest fall for the month of March in the history of the weather bureau: It melted almost as rap- idly as it fell, and with the wind blowing fifty-two miles an hour, pedestrians found it hard work to get around. The sterm came from Texas, stopped over Monday night in Kentucky, and pass- ed on to the western Ohio valley. Chicago was its northerly limit. Here the flood waters broke with demoralizing effect. T! Displaines river is nine feet in depth a Riverside. The summer depth is two fee! Railroad trac! parallel to the Illinois an Michigan canal are almost covered with water. The wa of the lake, driven be- fore a northeast gale, beat over the tracks of the Illinois Central railroad. At Bridgeport the Chicago river rose a foot, due to the overflow from th Desplaines. Few parts of Illinois, easter Iowa and southern Wisconsin escaped the storm. Twelve inches of snow feil at Rockford and Fr and fourteen inches at Galva er at Milan threatening great damage to farm proper: from a sudden rise, The Mississipy eight inches at Davenport. At this pl the snow storm was one of the heavie: on recerd for the month of March. Over six inches of damp snow covers the ground and it will add greatly to the volume of weter in the Mississippi when it melts. Milwaukee reports the storm at thd and vicinity one of the most sev the winter. Over six inches of snow and the storm ously interfered with street car traffic. Many of the lini had to be abandoned. At Eikhorn, trains, ¢ blockaded by a_ Dliz snow wind. Dams on the St. Croix ashed out rapidly and the lumber men fear great a fears a serious flood, the Mississippi there being fifteen feet above low water-mark. Riverside, Summit, Lyons and other smaii towns and villages situated southwest of Chicago, on the banks of the Desplaines river, are flooded from the overtlow of th fell nd_ ver are being river. Many of the residents of thes places are unable to leave their homes, ex- cept in row boats or rafts. Notwithstand- ing the heavy overflow it is not thought that the losses in this vicinity will be heavy, as many of the residents had pre- pared themselves for the flood. es ‘Strect Car Men Must Shave. READING, Pa., March 24.—Superintend- ent Passmore of the Reading and South- western street railway has issued orders to all employes that on and after April 1 they must dispense with their mustaches and beards. Nearly all the motormen and conductors of this system are very proud of their facial adornment, and the order has caused much dissatisfaction. — = Ocean Steamship Arrivals. PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—Arrived: Pennland, Liverpool. Sailed: Belgenland, Liverpool. ee Claimed Relationship to Washington. MIDDLEBORO, Ky., March —A sne- cial from Hancock county, Tennessee, states that Martha Bull shot and killed her paramour, Themas McCrae, and then shot herself. The Bull woman thirty years ago was a leader of society in Camden, Va. She claimed to be colatterally related to Washington. et Fatally Hurt in a Crash. ALTOONA, P arch 24.—Wm., Painter, a well-known resident of this city, died last night from the effects of injuries received in a peculiar manner. When President Mc- Kinley passed through Pittsburg March 2 on his way to Washington Painter was in the crowd at the depot. In trying to see the President the young man was forced against a post by the surging mass of peo- ple, and was so badly injured that death finaly resulted. He was thirty years old and unmarried. = The Death Rol OTTUMWA, Iowa, March 24.—Charles F. Blake, ex-president of the Iowa National Bank and the Ottumwa industrial change, is dead. He years old. DETROIT, Mich., March 24.—A cable- gram announces the death at Florence, Italy, of Mrs. Marie P. Storey, who was the first wife of Wilbur F. Storey, once the famous propriétor of the Chicago Times. PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. March 24.— Thomas M. Bloom, the oldest man in Chester county, died at his home in Cedar- hollow, near this place, yesterday, aged 104 years. ex- was seventy-four Secretary Wilson’s Assistant. J. H. Brigham of Delta, Ohio, took the oath of office as assistant secretary of agriculture yesterday, and immediately as- sumed his duties. Dr. Dabney, the retiring assistant secre- tary, wl remain in Washington some time and will not resume the presidency of the University of Tennessee until next autumn. ——__-+2-_____ China in the Postal Congress. _ The Chinese empire has sent notice to this government that it will be represented at the universal postal congress, to be held in this city next May. This will be the first time China has been represented at such a gathering, which is held sexen- nially, and the delegates will be sent with a view to the entrance of the empire into the universal postal union. ———__e-+____. Naval Orders. Lieutenant F. H. Hill has been detach2a from the New York and ordered home on three months’ leave. Lieutenant F. Ww. Jenkins, from the Maine to the New York. Assistant Engineer J. R. Brady, from the Indiana to the Raleigh. Assistant Engineer R. C. Moody, from the Ral to the In- diana. Ensigns N. A. Mi ly and B, Ww. ‘Wells to examination for promotion. It_matters little what it is that you want —Wwe@ther a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach perzon who can fill your need. the tapped public sewers are required to NEILL OF ARKANSAS, Another U. §. Congressman Indorses Paine’s Celery Compound, Within the hearty test powers of I st year, among the thousands of ials to the wonderful curative ine’s celery compound t been receivel by Wells, Richardson & Com the thousands of grateful letters re every state and town in the come no ess than six heorty Indore members of the natioral House of Tt AN were willing that their expert published, believing rightly that they am! do goed to others. i else than what y In these columns have alre n published the | t disinterested. He letters received from Congress Meredith, Bell, | good of em Grout and Powers. Now comes a letter from Congressman 2 iM of Arkansas, as follow “My home is at Batesville, Ark, Daring last spring and summer my eldest daughter, then 17 years of age, was In very poor health, suffer frem freq general del went slight f but apparently nervous prostration the best medic: with little b attention, part of Sepember 1 the us i improved in health she had fully ry 2 iu perfert health, I am bound to think the remedy is an ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS Business Transacted at Meeting of the City Council. Proposition to Purchase City Prop- erty—Local Notes of General and Especial Interest. Evening Star Bureau, No. 121 North Washington street (Telephone 116), ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24, 189 ‘The regular semi-monthly meeting of the clty council was held in the city hall last right, with a fair attendance, and while no business of importance was transacted, there was a proposition of more than or- dirary interest submitted by Mr. Frank E. Anderson, one of Alexandria’s citizens, who is always on the lookout fer its welfare. Mr. Anderson submitted in writing a prop- osition to buy from the city the old canal preperty, which is now and has been for a Icng number of years lying idle and of no benefit to the city. The property asked for is bounded on the north by Ist street, on the east by the Potomac river, on the south by Madison street, from the Potomac river to Fairfax street, and by Montgomery from Fairfax to Pitt street, and on the west by Fairfax street from Madison to Montgom- ery and by Pitt from Montgomery to Ist strect, being five whole and two fractional squares of ground. Mr. Anderson, in his proposition, says he will give $5,000 for this property, the amount at which it as- sessed, the money to be paid in $2,000 in- stallments, in two, four, six and eight years, the city to hold a deed of trust until final payment is made. In addition, Mr. Anderson, who fs a firm believ and great advocates of improved streets, sha connection with his proposition, offered to allow the city to use the granite and other stene in the old canal locks free of charge for street improvements. The matter referred to the joint committee on ard public property, and it is generally be- lieved that the proposition will be accepted. If Mr. Anderson succeeds in buying property it is his intention to at once put it in use for manufacturing plants, in w hh he and a number of northern and ea: tern gentlemen are interested, and which, it is said, will prove of great benefit to the old | town. Other Business Transacted. ‘The finance committee reported adverse- ly on the request of Charles F. Thompson to put incandescent eleciric lights on the outside of buildings where it would not interfere with the use of gas, and the report was adopted by council. Despite the fact that when the electric light plant was put in by the city it was heralded far and wide that it would be able to supply citizens with incandescent lights foratheir stores and dwellings, it has never been accomplished, and it !s said the plant is taxed to its utmost capaciiy to furnish current for the are lights. M: hompson desired to furnish incandescents to mer- chants on the outside of their buildings where it would not affect in any way the use of gas jets; but no; the city owns and controis the gas and they say incan- descents cannot be used unless furnished by the city—and this the city is unable to do. It was suggested by a member of the finance committee that the committee couid get its power from the Washington, Alex- andria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company, where Mr. Thompson proposed to get the current for the incandescents put up by him, and then hire it out to parties de- siring to use it; but Mr. Strider, from the second ward, said he hardly thought the city desired to do business in this petit way. The committee on streets recommended that permission be granted to Thomas J. Fannon to move a frame house ten or twelve feet to make room for a railroad track into his premises. The recommenda- tion was adopted. The joint committee on public property and streets reported that they were ready for the extension of Prince street to the Leesburg turnpike as soon as the county authorities are ready to act; $1,200 has-been appropriated for this purpose. The amended o:dinance concerning the use and construction of public sewers was passed by both boards and provides that public sewers shall in the future be con- structed by the city and must only be tapped under the direction of the city en- gineer, and then not until the sewer tax dries, factories and buildings used for pub-' lic assembly $50. Those who have already ‘or it forthwith. The penalty relent one, 1 to the suffering. dy wot besitate to re omimyne, To postpone at such a vital time as this reg. nlating the nerves and purifyin mois s mistake. Men nerveux tronbles or the fford now age of Paine | In om | but to Tose day before Pompom pid Aisappo “ers compound, Ach taking ad can be no 8 for . time again ia nie SO hing besides Paine’s eclery compound, ; 1 have failed to get the decided be it they Lad recelved for this grat +pring wedy ever com 1 1 with Pai « nd in the { othe number of the witnesses to its | ciency —the strongest tadorsen received | ata not overes or exnggerate dm the deast its unrivalled power of taking j well jolating the law is a fine of from $25 to The appropriation for outdoor poor, noor and werk house havicg become exhausted, j the matter was referred the finance commit A resolution authorizing the finance committee borrow money was referred to the finance committee, The matter of releasin in lots at the fish wharf to Annie E ht was re- ferred to the committer on public prop: A resolution providing for pla twenty-feot roadway on Washington stre+ from Duke street to Franklin street referred to 1 mmittee on streets. An offer from P. P. Little of Wa: ton to supply a gas plant to the $4,500 was referred to the commi light. Mat Kersey Again. Nearly every week for months past there has been a story about young Mat Kersvy, who is supposed to be in Cuba. Hereto- fore the “stories” have been to the effect that Kersey was incercerated in a Spanish prison in Cuba. This time Kersey is said to be a member of the Cuban insurgent army, alive and well. Cc. B. Montgomery of Jacksonville, Fla., com- arrived here from Cut ing by way of Newport News. Mr. Montgomery the filibuster Commodore when sunk, and has since 3 yesterday, Kingston, Jama she x was en continued active in support of the Cuban cause. He called on the mother a anita er of Mat Kersey spt : her that her son is ali right. He s now in Santa Clara province, Spiritus, with the 7 ja, oma Teen Roanok . and Texas sharpshooters. The storie: of Kersey’s incarceration | Prison came to the mother in this clty in the same manner as the above story, and it is hard to know which is right The matter is in the hands of the State Department for investigation. and Mee Tsey is patiently awaiting authoritative news of her son. who has been away from home some months. Police Co There were no cases for trial at police |court this morning. At a special session of court, held last night, Martha Lewis, colored, was dismissed from the harge of disorderly conduct, The mayor, it is said, has decided to dis- ccntinue night ons of 1 ourt. There Will be in future but or ey om a day ats great a.m., uu something makes it necessary ot moment General and Personal Notes, The regular monthly mee of M. D, Corse Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, was held last night. Only business of a routine nature was transacted. In the corporctinn court yesterday Mrs, Donald McLean qualified as administratrix of the estate of her sister, the late Miss Mary Tebbs. Rev. Dr. Clampett of Baltimore wil con- Guct the Lenten services and preach at Christ) Church ES Sone omorrow night at 7:30 Col. John S. Mosby, porarily residing in this 5 quested to write an article on Ge: for the Grant issue of the ald, Sunday next. Commonwealth's bury has gone to visit to friends. Rev. Father Bart Church, Washington, the Lenten sermon in St. Mary’s Church. R. T. Phillips has gone to Richmond to now tem- been re- n. Grant New York Her- who is yh Attorney Leonard Mar- Richmond for a short of St. Matthew last night preacne attend the conver < gra phere, Association of Virginie” prcagiad Sarepta Li N *, bel roaster saat eee 0. O. F., held a regular —— The Dock at New Haven. Thanks to Secretary Alger, the New Haven Steamboat Company will svon be able to extend their dock in New Haven harbor so as to meet the needs of their ser- vice. The existing dock, which was form- erly sufficient for the service at New Ha- ven, has been crippled in usefulness by the building of a long sewer outlet into the harbor, and permission was sought of the War Department to extend the pier. Col. Mackenzie, then acting chief of engineers, made a special trip over to New Haven last week and made a personal examina- tion of the project. The department has been very reluctant to grant permission to extend private or even public works be- yond established harbor lines, but in this particular case Col. Mackenzie satisfied himself and Secretary Alger that the ex- tension could be granted without particular injury to other interests, and the work will -] 80 on as soon as formalities can be com- pleted. —2———____ It matters little what it is that you want