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A large “ are groping for light. they are and in likely to fall and icago They this per- into the wonder where they are dates for mayor are four. Judge ears Was nominated by the re- tion which was con- e thine. He is a ni: er in party or- ganiz wh ati are with the reform element. In his speech - ¢ nomination he sa! his own |d mean the indorsement of s which g »verwhelm- 1 November. Defeat would upport of sour ard uphold larrison - reg © His nomir tion dominated by It rejected pleas for th factions by dropping n ad made ffee silver the The avowed On t ng m comper ot Altgeld and crush- aders who had me zest is given he boys” by a pri civil service and the event of victory all i to them, Candi- 1g man of wealth, itude for politic ket the men who AD ‘aws to the t wed his father in the con- Mayor Carter Harrison of wn as et is in and not in the t of it. Vhe Democrats Divided. name Washington Hesing is now « te of the alled the can- gold standard democrats. n- For many years he has had a con- & ambition to be mayor of Chicago. » has been before the people tn the past es ani ndent democrat, and has thus the means of electing a republic is more le that his feat the republl Mr. He- pe of the Cleveland adminis- rat in the presidential cam- sition as postmaster di? not him from actively support 1 Originally he was simply the Hesing c: d'date Was a ty ey. After the election he | own that in order to gi ple of genuine civil servic in office throughout the Mc yor. When his canvass was fairly under omplications ir the post office man- ‘aured him to change his mind. and his ex- path airs. Mr. tte form, but national polici ave ib Kis candidacy. Ail the gold democrats do rot favor yet, feeling without a home, many of m will drift to the Hesing refuge for wanderers. The Germans, who omy sly for gold, will give ri t. Mr. Hesing’s person- entertaining, and he has put life into what promised to be a dead campaign. terman John W. Harlan, a son of Jus- n, 1s the candidate of the munici- 1 reformers, who want to make Chicago be'ter eity than most of the citizens think t to be. He entered the council on a ation platform, aod has made in- discoveries while there. One of these ts the difference between concrete and abstract reforms. Alderman Harlan h: been learning that the multiple of the street and elevated ratiways, gas and electric ght companies and lar corporations which profit by m the number of | franchises, reach many citizens of wealth and influence who believe sincerely in good government when it does not interfere with their dividends. With the freshness of this | discovery still on him, he is infusing vitali- into a lone-handed campaign, and will have a few thousand votes. The Political Conditions. With this passing glance at the candi- dates, a word may be said about the po- litical conditions. Two years ago Geo. B. Swift. the present republican mayor, had a majority of 46,000. The silver wedge had not then been driven through the democratic organization, and its candidate Was a popular man. Last November Mc- Kinley’s majority in Chicago was 59,000. Making proper allowance fer the natural action which always comes in politics, the melting away of these great majori- ties under normal circumstances would be hard to explain, yet it is the opinion of the poliucians in both parties that an expla- nation will be needed. Young Harrison's tion is not exactly conceded by his opponents. The probability of it is merely “deplored,” and the division of what should be a compact opposition into supporters of ars, Hesing and Harlan is “regretted.” No one has been able to unite these forces, a a the efforts to secure the withdrawal Hesing and Harlan have been fruitless. likely that the total vote will be and this {is another source of smail, strength to the democratic candidate. The Chicago business man is not unlike his fellow in other cities. His political activity is spasmodic. He likes to read in the news- papers about the business man’s interest in public affairs, and once in four years he may be roused to exertion. After a spurt in national politics such as that of last year it is difficult to wake him up for a local municipal campaign. The suggestion that the election of a free silver mayor may hurt the financial credit of Chicago does not stir him. He blames it on “the politicians” for not making things differ- ent from what they are, and he will stay away from the polls in droves. Appeal to the President. The republican leaders are discussing the effect of prospective defeat on the national administration. For a time after the nom- ination of Judge Sears they thought he would be elected by a safe majority. Sud- deniy they found demoralization in their own camp and unity and enthusiasm in the tree silver democracy. Dr. Jameson began to give out warnings against overconfidence and to comment publicly on the weakness ot the republican situation. It is part of ris political methods to impress the rank and ule with the belief in the earlier stages oft apaign that the enemy is getting the best of them and thus secure extra ex- eruions. In this case it took time to un- cergtand that Mr. Jamieson had noi brought out® his old stuffed wolf, but was giving the alarm because he saw a whole flock of hungry animals sweeping across the prai- rie to devour the republican sheep in the fold. By virtue of his position as national commit man, Mr. Jamieson went to Washington and laid the situation before President McKinley, Mark Hanna and Sec- retary Gage. He represented it was im- pcriant for the future of the republican party in Ilinols and the northwest that national administration should exert vent the municipal government of Chicago from passing into the control ofthe free silver democrats. Back of this was the hint that the “original” McKiniey men were not interesting themselves in the candidacy of Judge Sears. It was fur- ther represented that Secretary Gage could thaw the party workers out of the chill into which his selection for the Treasury Department threw them by coming out strongly for the ticket. The Administration Interested. Committeeman Jamieson returned from Washington with assurances that the na- tional administration was deepiy interested in republican success in Chicago, and would meke manifest its interest. He told his associates to wait. They are yet waiting. The promised interview from Secretary ‘age has not been given. It ts not even nown that the Secretary of the Treasury 1 set an example for other absent Chica- ans by coming home to vote. As for the resident, it is whispered that on “mature vnsideration” he decided that, in spite of ss deep personal concern, the way was ot clear for the national administration ‘o put up a guide board pointing the road for the republicans of Chteago to follow in their municipal affairs. Perhaps the idea that the administration would suffer by identifying itself with what might, after all, prove a losing cause had something to de with his decision. Naturally, there is a disposition to shift responsibility. The republican organization in Chicago, the local Tammany, as it is called, has been suffering from internal disorders since the charges of treachery within itself which grew out of the sena- torial election that resulted in the triumph of Mason. The men in control want to heal these disorders without publicity. It it be thelr aim to show that the machine its share toward keeping Chicago a re* ican city, and that the fracture was to the original McKinleyites. The cue iriends of the national admint tration, on their part, are already taking the ground nat Cefeat im the municipal election will he the sequence to the revolt against the machine which began when its candi- dates for United States senator were beaten. They profess to see no real party disaster in such an outcome. The split is likely to widen, and administration and ante-adimin- istration factions in Mlinois may prove a Fermanent condition. Whether the election young Mr. Harri- son as mayer of Chicago on a Bryan free silver platform will give the silver cause the impetus that is promised may be doubt- ed. I+ will, nevertheless, serve to mark thc isolation of the gold standard democrats. It will show that the party machinery is going to stay in the hands'of Altgeld and the radicals, whose influence will be domi- rant in future conventions. > COMING COLLEGE GAMES. Visiting Teams That Will Be Seen Here Thix Season. The following is the schedule of games arranged for by the Georgetown Univer- sity, Catholc University and Gallaudet Ear ball teams, arranged in chronological order: April 3—University of Vermont and George- town, at Georgetown; Catholic University and Rock Hill, at Rock Hill, Md.; Gallaudet and Maryland Agricultural College, at College Park. April 5—Washington league team and Georgetown, at National Park; Catholic ersity and Lafayette, at Washington. April 7—Gallaudet and Columbian Univer- sity, at Columbian University Park; Catholic University and Norfolk (professional), at Norfolk. April 8—Athletics of Washington and Georgetown, at Georgetown. April 10—Lafayette ‘and Georgetown, at Georgetow! Columbian and Catholic University, at Washing- ton; Mt. St. Mary’s College and Gallaudet, at Emmitsburg. April 14-Rock Hill and Catholic Univer- sity, at Washington; Lehigh and Georgetown, at Georgetown. April 15—Yale and Georgetown, at George- town. April 17—Princeton and Georgetown, at Georgetown. April 19—Princeton and Grorgetown, at Georgetown. April 20—Baltimore (professional) and Georgetown, at Georgetown; Le- high and Catholic University, at Washington. April 21—Washington (professional) and Catholic University, at Washing- ton; Baltimore (professional) and Georgetown, at Baltimore; Mary- land Agricultural College and G: laudet, at Kendall Greet. April £3—University of Virginia and Cath- olic University, at Charlottesville, Va. m April 24—St. John’s College and Gallaudet, at Annapolis; Johns Hopkins and Gecrgetown, at Baltimore. April 28—Washington College of Chester- town, Md., and Catholic Univer- sity, at Washington. April 30—Richmond College and Cathol! University, at Washington. May 1—Richmond College and Georgetown, at Georgetown; Western Mary- land College and Gallaudet, at Westminster; Villanova College and Catholic University, at Wash- ington. May 5—Washington College and Catholic University, at Chestertown; Maryland University and George- town, at Georgetown. zi May 7—Gettysburg College and Catholic University, at Gettyeburg. May 8—University ‘of Pennsylvania and Georgetown, at Georgetown; Bal- timore City College and Gallau- det, at Kendall Green; Mt. St. Mary’s College and Catholic Uni- versity, at Emmitsburg, Md. May 12—Catholic University and George- town, at Georgetown. May 15—Richmond College and Catholic University, at Richmond, Va.; University. of Virginia’ and Georgetown, at Georgetown. May 19—Johns Hopkins and Gallaudet, at Baktimore; Manhattan College and Catholic University, at Washing- tcn; Columbian and Georgetown, at Georgetown. May 22—Villanova College and Catholic University, at ‘Villanova, Pa.; Princeton and Georgetown, at Princeton. May 25—Washington College and George- town, at Georgetown. Mey 26—Georgetown and Catholic Univer- sity, place to be decided. May 29—Western Maryland College and Gallaudet, at Kendall Green; Ford- ham College and Catholic Untver- sity, at Fordham. May 31—Manhattan College and Catholic - pve sae Manhattan. fune 2—St. 's College and Gallaudet 5 at Kendall Green. e June 3—Columbian and Georgetown, at a s—Haltinore Ci Col une jaltimore City College and Gallau- fea at anoatt aga Mt. 8t. jary’ lege an tow: at Emmitsburg, Md. Serene June 8—University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown, at Philadelphia. >— If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. seeeees, | HER CHAPTER OF WAR WITH THE BOERS England Preparing for Possible Hos- tilities, PLAN OF CAMPAIGN; 70 BE MADE Current Notes of Interest From London. —__+—-—_ LOG OF THE MAYFLOWER (Coprrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, April 3.—Tne preparations against eventualities in the Transvaal are being steadily pushed forward. A repre- sentative of the Associated Press has learn- ed from war office sources that a general to command the British forces has been se- lected, and has been asked to prepare a plan for the campaign against the Boers, including the numter and description of the troops of different branches cf the ser- vice, etc., which he judges will be neces- sary to bring the militacy operations to a successful conclusion. This general, who is familiar with African fighting, has re- Pied that 10,000 Beitish regulars will be sufficient, as he counts on the 40,000 troops, white and black, which are already there, while he does not consider the Boers, even if able to do so, will put 49,000 armed men in the fleld, and one-half of these, he be- Neves, will be required to guard the towns, forts, etc. The Manitoba Dispute. The speech of Mr. Joseph Israel Tarte, minister of public works, at Ottawa, re- cently, has been considerably discussed in Catholic circles. A representative of the Associated Press was informed by a high church authority that Mr. Tarte is con- sidered as being “almost without back- bene” in the Manitoba question. The au- thority referred to added: “Had he been a man of greator courage, the question could liave been settled long ago.” Regarding the statement attributed to the conservatives of Quebec, that Mgr. Del Val, the papal delegate to Canada, is powerless to take up the question of the interference of the bishops in elections, it inted out in Catholic circles here that Mar. Del Val will be unable to settle the Manitoba school question without settling the question cf the bishops’ interference in elections, as these two issues, it is claimed, are really inseparable, and the papal delegate has the most ample powers to settle both questions. As to the change in the plans of Arch- bishop Begin of Quebec, in deciding to go from Rome to Vichy, instead of home, it is believed by prominent Catholics here that the Vatican desires to exclude Archbishop Begin from the Manitoba trouble, in order ee ie complicate his appointment to Mon- real. The Mayflower Log. The consistory of the court of St. Paul's on Wednesday last drafted the deed of gift of the so-called Mayflower log, or book of registry of the Mayflowen pilgrims, pre- paratory to turning it over to the United States ambassador, Mr."‘Thomas F. Bayard. Mr. J. R. Carter, the United States charge d'affaires, was present. ‘A number of Americans, claiming descent from the May- flower pilgrims, have appHed to see the log, but they were referred to the photo- graphic copy. ¥s Postmaster Van Alphen of the Transyaat is visiting the continent, prior to sailing for the United States, dn April 21, to attend the international postal congress at Wash- ington. The farewell banquet ‘to Mr. Bayard will take place May 7, at the Hotel Cecil, upon which occasion he wilt be“presented with a gold loving cup, worth “over $2,500, by members of the American colony of London and elsewhere in the ynited ‘kingdom. Mr. Bayard was last heard from at Rome. Miss Murphy's Death. The strange life and death of Miss Isa- bella Murphy, daughter of the late Daniel T. Murphy, of Murphy, Grant & Co. of San Francisco, is much discussed. One df her sisters, Anita, Is the wife of Sir Charles Michael Wolseley, baronet, a justice of the peace and deputy Neutenant for Stafférd- shire, and another sister is the wife of Den Florence L. Dominguez, secretary of the Argentine legation in London, Father Smullen, at whose residence in High On- gar, Essex, Miss Murphy died from the effects of alcohol and narcotics, first met the deceased at the convent at Isleworth, where he was chaplain. They left the convent at about the same time and went to live at Westgate. After the lapse ot a year Father Smullen returned to Isle- werth, and he was visited daily by the deceased. The mother superior eventualiy objected to Miss Murphy's visits, and soon afterward Father Smullen ceased to be chaplain of the convent. "Father Smullen and Miss Murphy afterward lived in thé same house at High Ongar. Miss Murphy, who was only about tw y-Seven years of age, appears to have been entirely under Father Smullen’s influence, and she be- queathed him her fortune, estimated to amount to $300,000. They both indulged :mmoderately in alcohol, and Miss Murphy, when she became sick, persistently refused to see a doctor, although she took mor- pbia, prescribed for her by Father Smullen for neuralgia and insomnia. They visited America together in 1892, Father Smullen had charge of Miss Murphy’s check book and business matters, and although she made a will in his favor, as already stated, there was no lawyer present and the do ument was witnessed by Father Smullen’s servant. The post-inortem examination disproved the existence of immoral relations. A few days before her death the deceas- ed left Father Smullen’s house for her own because Cardinal Vaughan came to visit the priest. The cardinal also paid her a visit. Father Smullen, in an interview, denies he had to leave Isleworth om account of her visits or that he had designs upon her fortune. He further declared that he would rot contest the will, adding that she had been most kind to him in illness and in other ways, and that her sad death nad completely upset him. A representative of the Associated Press saw Cardinal Vaughan on the subject, but he declined to say anything, except that the stories told were much exaggerated. Jubilee Preparations. In consequence of the unexpected number of colonial troops coming to take part in the celebration of the queen’s diamond jubilee, it has been decidéd that the colon- ial procession will marth ‘Separately, each’ contingent escorting its*prémier in a royal carriage drawn by four-ri¢hly caparisoned horses. This procession Will leave Buck- ingham Palace ten minutes before the queen's procession. On arrival at St. Paul's Cathedral the colonial forces will be drawn up around the west front of the sacred edifice, and the wives of the premiers will take assigned places néar the queen. Thus on her majesty’s arriya] all the colonial visitors will have a oplgnaia view and wiil be able to salute the sovereign. Personal Notes. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin of New York have arrived heré, and are receiving plenty of attention from the London news- papers, generally unfavorable. One paper says: “The Bradley Marting feé? it is necessary to live up to their recent ‘expensive repu- tation in New York. Royalties have been knowa to arrive in England with a clean shirt in a hand bag and one atendant; but your Lani 7s republican’ millionaire and wife cannot travel without half a ship- load of servants and apparel. From the tone of the announcements one might have imagined that it was the Martins’ and not the queen’s jubilee which is about to be celebrated. The surprising thing to us is that the navy has not sent warships ta convoy this precious cargo.” Baronees Grantley, daughter of W. H. McVickar of New York, left a personality af £11,000 ($55,000) to her daughters. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beerbohm Tree has been christened Iris. The sponsors were the Duchess of Portland and Lords Granby and Rowton. - 1 The Brockiyn Lacrosse Team. - ‘The members of the lacrosse team of the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, N. Y., have been treated, socially, in the most charming manner. They were banqueted at Manchester Monday, and find that the Provinces play lacrosse better than the London teams. The Manchester ground is very rough. Kerkau, the German billiard champion at ‘the carom ga:nes, who Is on his way to the United States to play Ives, gave exhibition games this week. He played Mannock, flayed Carter in 18%. The game was 0 caroms and Mannock was allowed 2,000. Kerkau beat him by 825. In a second ganic of 6,000 caroms Mannock was allowed 5,00. Kerkau madea break of 506. QUACKERY IN GERMANY The Medical Profession Overcrowded and Embarrassed. Need of Stringent Laws in the Father- land Pointed Out as a Remedy. From the Berlin Letter, Medical Record. It is the aim and desire of the German physicians to keep the professional tone and standing even cleaner and brighter than their laryngoscopical mirrors. It is a lamentable fact that Germany abounds with quacks and “healers.” This is the re- sult of a lax state of laws which permit any one who so wishes to practice the healing art. Medical practitioners are not regarded as a special professional class, but are classed with the trades and industries. Ii is the earnest endeavor of all physicians here to have the dignity and privileges of their science and profession formally rec- ognized by law. Included in such a recog- nition would of course be suitable protect- ive measures against quackery. This cnd was, and still is, being striven for by our foremost academic teachers, Kussmaul, Bardeleben, Gerhardt, von Ziemssen aad others. They favor a more rigid medical examination and say that especiaily should the examination in the branches cf hydro- therapy, psychiatry, and in the treatment of accidents and injuries be more severe In Germany one obtains his degree of doc tor of medicine at the universities, but any one can practice as a physician who passes the “Staatsexamen.” The study at the versities is long (five years) and expen- the increased severity of the exam- inations would result in many attending but @ year or two and then beginning practice. What is necessary is stringent laws against quackery. At present this is out of the question, for these individuals seem to have protection from the higher circles. It is a faq that a general suffering from tabes dorsalis was treated in a loca! hospital by a quack, and the visiting professors were forced to permit him under their very eyes to apply daily his special “methods” until he had succeeded in “curing” his patient forever, which sad event took place in a brief space of time. The greatest and best-known of all quacks is the celebrated. Pastor Kneipp, who still ficurishes here. It is admitted that there is much good in his peculiar methods, but the general world will never. learn how much harm has been done by the Irrational, forced and excessive app.ica- tion of the “Kneipp cure,” by Kneipp him- self and his overzeaious, unreasoning imi- tators, because the victims dread the ridi- cule which would fall upon them if they complained. Not only is the profession unprotected by the law, but directly oppressed. ‘ne tax authorities have determined to levy an as- sessment upon all private clinics. Under the leadership of von Bergmann, a society of physicians has been formed to combat by all legal means this unjust measure against physiciai ‘The medical profession in Germany is notoriously overcrowded, and in view of this it can be easily understood how doubly oppressive the workings of the law must be. In November, 1%3, there were 21,000 physicians (practiloners) in Germany ;an in- crease in the last decade of 8,000, cr, in other words, 34 per cent. In Berlin itself the.number was 2,077. The average of phy- siclans to the population equals 159 per 10,000 Gin Hamburg it equals 742). It is tn- teresting to note the increase of physicians and of the population at the same time. While the population of Berlin from 1:90 to 1895 increased 6 per cent, the number of physicians in, d 35.4 per cent; while in the German empire the population in- creased 5.7 per cent, the number of phy- sicians increased er cent. Should this go on for twenty years more, the prospects for our successors certainly do not look Tosy. A reform of all the factors which now conduce to lower the staniiag and dignity of the medical profession is an ab- solute necessity in order to prevent it from sinking to the level of a trade. 22 The Fur Seal as an Animal. From the April Forum. The male fur seal, or “beachmaste! reaches full maturity at the age of seven years. At that time his weight is about four hundred to five hundred pounds, be- ing considerably heavier when first in from the sea in the spring, or after feeding in the fall, than in the intervening period, when he fasts on land and grows gradually lean and weak. The males vary consider- ably in color, the general shade being black or dark brown, with longer hair or bristles of yellowish white. These are espe- clally long and numerous on the thickened back of the neck, forming the so-called “wig.” The wigged males have a rough coarse coat, and their skins are with market value. The animal makes i on the rocky shores of the islands, in lar; closely massed bands, forming what ar called “rookeries.” It is extremely ere- garious; individuals seldom venturing far from the main body while on land, though Wandering about singly in the sea. The female fur seal is much smaller than the male, and has soft, smooth hair of ing shades of brown, under which dense, short, brown fur. The female h her first offspring at the age of thi years, but her full growth is not attained ull two or three years later. The ayerage weight of the grown female is about eighty pounds. The young of the fur seal, called @ “pup,” is born soon after the ar- rival of the female. Its weight at birth is about ten pofinds. The fur seal is polyga- mous, each male capable of holding a place on the breeding grounds having from one to one hundred females in his charge, con- stituting what is known as a “harem, the average number being about thirty But the size of éach family is subject to variation, depending not chiefly on the strength of the male, but on the prefer- encg of the female for a location, and. on the ‘topography of the ground. The young male is Very similar to the female in color and appearance. He is not permitted to enter the rookeries in the breeding season. The old males are very particular in this regard, and the “bachelors,” as they are called, are forced to herd by themselves ry- the ar on what are known as the “hauling grounds,” located near the breeding grounds, but distinct from them. SS Guarding Wells From Contagion. From La Nature. There is no need cf further proof of the dangers which wells present, from the point ef view of possible contamination with dis- ease germs, notably those of- typhoid fever. It is well known how many villages have been decimated by that terrible malady, simply because the wells which afforded the water supply had received not only water from pure springs, but also drainage from cesspools. Dr. Koch, having recognized the positive character of this peril, advises the arrangement, in wells, of sand-filtering ap- paratus, for which he offers a very simple Plan. At the center of the well he lowers an iron tube six or eight centimeters (two and a half or three inches) in diameter, of which the lower extremity, tightly closed by a metallic plug, is pierced with a series of small holes that permit the water to en- ter. the pipe. In the open space. between this part of the device and the sides of the well (which should be well walled up) fine gravel should be placed, rising above the highest level which the water is liable to attain. Then coarse sand should be filled in, even to the mouth of the well, and a pump-plunger inserted inside the tube. The ‘water which is pumped is then filtered by its passage through the sand. It is not pos- sible, perhaps, to say that all the bacteria will be arrested, because sand filtration is mot recognized as absolutely efficacious, but it is at least a great safeguard, and the installation is very simple. It is especially important that fine sand should not be per- etien to ender and Secummrrane sn the boey, pump. ————_+ee _______ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they answers. 'SHOCK RESTS OFTEN |FoRe% Se The Veteran Cyclist Holding on to First Place. —_+—_—_ LAST DAY OF THE BIG SIX-DAY RACE ep es Riders Took Breakfast Together. All the TO STOP AT 10 TONIGHT There was ro change in the relative po- sitions of the riders at the six-day bicycle race at Convention Hall this morning, but Albert, by good work, drew a little nearer to Shock, the leader, and clinched his hold on seccnd money. Lawson picked up dur- irg the night and passed Cassedy. Ho probably will hold fourth place, and it is thought by many that the Swede will overtake Golden and gain third position, as at 10 o'clock he was riding with his usual pluck and tenacity. Shock is compelled to take frequent short rests, but is bravely holding on to first place. He makes frequent spurts after bis rests aad has no difficulty in “lap- ping” the others, who make no attempt t0 keep up with him in fast work. At 4 o'cluck am. at the suggestion of one of the riders, every man left his wheel at once, with the exception of Lawson and pertook of a light breakfast. They were soon joined by the Swede, and they then chatted and ate with apparent indif- ference to their fatigued condition. While the riders were thus engaged the trainers, by way of amusement, mounted the wheels and spurted around the track with a speed which if kept up, threatened much damages to Shock’s record. The rid- ers, after their meal, again mounted their wheels and pursued their tiresome journey together. Shock reached his 1,500th mile at 9:22 last evening, and at 8 o'clock this morning Al- bert reached the same mark. Lawson made his 1,400th mile at 4 o'clock this morning, Cassedy having reached the same score a short time previous. Rivierre, the French rider, reached his 1,000 miles at 1 o'clock. Rivierre showed that he was not as tired as one would suppose. This morning at 9 o'clock he rode a mile against time, and made the distance in 2:40, just two seconds below Shock's time of Thursday evening. An hour and a half after he met with a mishap. eH ‘was following the bunch on the turn in front of the score board when the men ERVICE. FICE NOTICE, all interested, as changes April 10, owe: WASHINGTON, D. « Should be read @ may occur at any time. FOREIGN MAILS for the week 1897, close prompily at Uds offic TRANSATLANTIC M MONDAY At 93 Labu,* from New 1uen, ‘Ter Lahn. nding ork, t Letters for IRELAND must via Southan TUESDAY At 9:20 P.M. for EUROPE, per ss. Paris,* from New York, via S my Lat ters for IRELAND) mast be dire: r Parts.” fe) AU 10:55 PM tic,* from New York, ©) At 10:35 PM Noordiamd, from New Ye “Per Noordland >) At 9:20 PML via Plyw an New York. !. for NETHERLANDS direct, per New York, via Amsterdam, ted Ps m.”" NCE TUGAL, per ss. avr dire M dire . an. MA Antwerp, Letters « EUROPE, Cherbourg, per as FE and Hamburg, f fe) AU 10:50: P. s.8. 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MAILS POR SOUT WEST INT SUNDAY (a) ‘Trinidad, fi BRAZIL an COUNTRIES, Wordsworth, from New York, via Babia, namtuco and Kio Ja Pere At 10:05 P.M. from New Orleans. fo WEDXEST ND, per st x for A, per ss. Sautiag THURSDAY and from New York. Let- MIDAD and TOBAGO At 10:55, 11%, JACMEL ow Yo anid « xerpt 4 per es. slowed up. The Frenchman struck Law- son’s wheel and tumbled, rolling down the i ‘00 steep embankment, and getting all tan- : ctonage eg gied up in the frame of the wheel, He tere for other parts of MEXICO was cxtricated quickly and found to be < f sington.”” «cyAt unhurt. At 10 o'clock all of the men were on the track with the exception of Ford and Mullet Pete Golden still plods around the track, but judging by his face he has suffered much, and he is now under a heavy mental strain. Albert cla‘med this morning that he was feeling fresher and better than ever. Shock is content with keeping his lead. He rode slowly all day, reserving his strength for tonight, when he promises to give some fast riding. He is without a doubt in the best condition of any man in the race. So far none of the riders has used drugs to keep up their strength. The aim of the five lead men is to reach the 1,500-mile mark. Pete Golden covered his 1,500th mile at 11:25, and he was vigorously cheered. For the first time in two days he smiled. At noon today all of the men were off the track with the exception of Cassedy and Rivierre, the former attempting to make up for lost time and gain on Law- son's score. The fight the entire day has been for sec- ond and third place. Golden bas all along Glaimed that the has been harder than the Madison uare Garden race. It has developed that late last evening he was Strongly inclined to quit, but he reconsidered, and will stick through to the wind up. ‘The race ends at 10 o’clock tonight, ang all day the weary riders have been count- ing and figuring the number of hours they will b The proposed match race at the clo the big ra Ball has inabilit with the rac se of e between Fred Sims and George been declared off, owing to the to compiete some arrangements management of the track. The veteran Sheck has announced that this will be his last six-day race, and that at its end h> will settle down in this city apd go into business. The score at noon, the 1 2d hour, was as One Who Was Sent as a Protector Became Assailant. A daring robbery was committed in the business district of Chicago yesterday. A messenger, employed by the whole- sale woolen firm of Kuh, Nathan & Fisher was robbed of $3,500, aft being beaten into insensibility, by two men, one of whom had been seat with the boy to prot the aim and firm's money. are searching fur the robber: The messenger was Chris. Schultz, seveateen-ycar-old lad, who was the tra ed messenger of the firm. One of t bers was Edward Wilson, emplo: the firm as a teamster. The other assail- ant is not known. oth Schultz and Wil- son have been in the employ of Kuh, Na- than & Fisher for several years and’ were always sent to the banks together, some- times with thousands of dollars at ‘a time. ——_~o+ Transfers of Real Estate. Twenty-fourth and I sts, n.w.—Morgan R. Goa- dard to Franes B.’Burton and Mary A. Melling, part original lot 9, sq. 41; $10. Trinidzd—Virginia Dorsey and J. Clarence Price, executors, to Robert Hickey, lots 16, 19, 20, bik 11; $10. Detectives S st. nw bet. 18th and 19th sts.—Augustus P. and Miles K. Crenshaw, trustees, to C. Clintoa James, lot 137, eq. 133; $10, fs First st. s.e. bet. N and O sts.—Clement Mow- boay et ur. to Saphronia Hubbard, part lots 1 und 20, sq. 703 Eighth st. n.e. bet, B and C sts.—Elkanah N. Ygters et ux. to C. Clinton James, lot 34, sq. 805; © st. s.c. bet. 13th and 14th s#ts.—Ciarence C. Waring et ux. to Dean Swift, lot 43, sq. . Eighteenth and A st Wm. P. wood 10 Raves ©. Shields, original lots 1 and 2, sq. 1096; Q st. n.w. bet. North Capitol and Ist sts.—Lester A. Barr of, ut. et gl 6 ‘m. T. George, lot 56, sq. (14; $10. Twenty-second st. n.w. bet. G and H sts. —Geo. W. Casilear et ux. to Maria i. Perris, part lot 12, 4, 56; $2,800, st. n.w. bet. 18th and 14th sts.—Ernest Holtz- man, trustee, to Pauline A. and Cleophile M. Burr, Jot_20, “i; 252; $1. G und H, 16th and 17th sts. s.e.—Jno. B, Larner ai to Frank Home, all square 1092; Brightwood Park—Laura FE. Manning to Diller B. Groff, part lot 1, bik. 32; $10. Rhode Island ave. bet.” 14th@and 15th sts.—Rosa ayes R. Dale, lots 31 and 83, 99. 210; Massachusetts ave. n.w. bet. 17th and 18th sts.— Jno. W. Thompson ¢t ux. to John W. Foster, orig- inal lot 3 and lot 53, sq. 158; $16,169.81 Best Capitol st, het. 6th and 7th sts.—Mary P. Weir to Stephon J. Kabel, east: half original lot 6, Tenth st. n.w. bet. B and C sts. —Wm. T. Srkes $4, B55, 22 3 Tivbs, part original lot 6, sa. 381; Avalon Heizhts—David D. Stone ct-al., trustees, to Ettie Craigen, lot 2, bik. 8; $10, Re Sa Meridians Organize. The Meridians have organized for the season of 1897, with the following players: F. Vermillion, catcher; Leonard, pitcher; ‘W. Vermillion, first base; Beavers, second base; McDonald, third base: Barry, short stop; Cocker, left field; Mulligan, right field; Farquhar, center field. The Meridians would like to arrange games with any team in the District. Address chailenges to H. Mulligan, manager, 1745 20th street northwest. addressed only, , vin Progreso and dat P.M. for NEWFOUND- er from Halifax. z (HAL AM. for NASSAU, 1 fou AY ith) per steamer from Mia a. © NEWPOUNDLAND, by afl to Hallfax close bere daily except and on Sundays only at rail to Boston and daily at 3:20 PM. by he LON, . close “Mails for ME erland dex those for CAMPECHE, AL ASCO and YUCATAN, which will be forwardea vin New York after the Wednesd: : ap to the 10:35 P.M. re 1 7:10 AM. «dy 2 those for SANTIAGO DB New York op. eM. dlnesfay) ¥: PM. for forwarding via amd Thursdays froin Port howill be forwarded to and ine! close here da steamer sail ya, Fla. sprees * MATES aa Mails for JAPAN, per ss, City Rio Janeiro, from San Francisco, close here dafly up M. April 4. 4 © CHIXA and JAPAN, per ss, Tacoma, from ‘Tacoma, close bere daily "up to 6:30 P.M. Ail 10. 4d) Mails for CHINA and JAPAN, specially address- per 8.8. press of trom Van- close here daily up to 6:30 1M. April HAWAI, per 5.8, Austrajia, from San diity" up to'6:30 EM. April 14. « > Mails for AUSTRALIA (except those for WEST ALIA, which are ded via Bucop HAW VU and SAMUAN Monow San Pranets 12a. 4d) per ship City close ber Ay Mails for the SOCIETY ISLANDS. of Papelth, f i 1 San Francise here daily up April 24. 4d) ALLA (except those tor WEST HAWAM and FIST ISLANDS civilly aden Per 8.8. a ver, close bere daily after April 24° up to 6:30 id Mails for AU AUSTRALIA May 1 ACIFIC MAILS re forwarded to the port of sailing daily, and the sche of closing is arranged on the presumption of r uninter- erland transit ristered mail closes at 10:00 A.M. same D P.M. same day. » P.M. seine day. . Miles. Lans., Name. Miles 6:00 P.M. previous Shock i 2 Cassedy 5 Albert 6 0 Rivierre : 5 1:00 P.M. Wednos- Golden ® 7 \Ford days and $ : : Lawoon MLO Muller ligne Ao Mcgistered scgmipepaceniciss Shock completed his 1,600th mile at 1 6:00 P.M. previous and then stopped and got a shave. Riv ee a also took a shave, and during the JAMES P, WILLETT, Postmaster. there were many —— being in a good humor. OCEAN TRAVEL. ROBBED THE MESSENGER. ANCHOR LINE UNITED STATES MAIL STEAM: Ss Sail fom New York every Saturday for Glasgow, va Londondes CITY OF ROME, $70. Furnessin, $37.50; 50; Furnessla, Secon other ¢ Tours and further SON LROTHERS, X., or G. W. m ‘Trave.T Lahn... April 22, noon ‘lay 18, noon vA. B. F.DRovr, Agent nm) Pa i 2, EQ) A LINE HOLLAND-AMERI f From New York to Rotterdam and Amsterdam via Boulogne Sur-Mer: 3% hours from Paris or Landon. SS. AMSTERDAM. April 10, 10 AM. WERKEND. 22 TApeil 16, 10 AMC First cabin, $72.50 and up: sccoud cabin, $36. “For information apply to General Passenger Agency, 89 Broadway, New ¥ ‘or to G. W. Moss, 921 "Pa, ave.; E. F. Droop, 925 P and Crane, Parris & Co., Bobbitt House, Washington,D.C. mh2-t,thées6m American Line. New York-Southampton (London-Paris) ‘Twin-screw U. 8. Mall Steamships. 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