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THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1897-14. PAGES, HE CAPTURED BOOTH Burlal at Arlington of Oaptain Edward P, Doherty. The Story of the Pursuit and Death of President Lincoln’s Assassin. The funeral of Capt. Edward P. Doherty, who died in New York last Saturday, took Place this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the residence of his wife’s sister, Mrs. John E. Hoover, 914 R street. The re- mains arrived here last evening from New York in charge of Gen. Abram L. Webber, adjutant of Veteran Post, No. 436, G. A. R., New York city, of which Capt. Do- herty was for five years commander. The services at the house were conducted by Rev. Father Ryan of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The relatives present consisted of the widow, the only son, Edward G. Doherty; Mrs. Hoover and Mr. Charles Gautier, a brother of the widow. There were present from the Grani Army pests of the District Junior Vice Department Commander J. E. McCabe, Assistant Quartermaster General J. Tyler Powell, Department Chaplain W. H. Black, Past Department Commander M. E. Urell, and others. Among those in the funeral party were Captain T. J. Spencer of the regular army, who served on the plains with Captain Doherty when he was in the Sth Cavalry, and Sergeant W. J. Harbison of the metro- politan police, who was a first sergeant in Captain Doherty's company in the 5th Cay- alry. The pallbearers were Comrades Mc- Cabe, Powell, Urell, Spencer, Swect, Patten, Harbison and Gilman of Lincoln Post. On the way to Arlington, where the remains were interred, the funeral rtege was joined by Colonel Sumner, commandant at Fort Myer, and Major Lebo, with a firing squad and trumpeter. Colonel Sumner, commanded the 5th Cavalry when Doherty was in the regular army. The services at Arlington were conducted by Depart- ment Chaplain Black. The Pursuit of Booth. Capt. Doherty was sitting with a brother officer on a bench in Lafayette Square Sat- urday morning, April 22, 1865, discussing a little program of amusement that even- ing with some young ladies to whom they were at that time attentive, when an or- derly rode up, dismounted, touched his hat and gave the captain a dispatch. It was the order for him to take twenty-five men and proceed by steamer to Belle Plain in pursuit of Booth. In an hour’s time he had picked out his men, hardy troopers of the iéth New York Cavalry, most of them being stout and active Dutchmen from the neighborhood of Plattsburg, N. Y., and was on his way down the river. Accompanying the de- tachment were two specials from the se- cret service, detailed to the pursuit by Col. Lafayette C. Baker, head of the secret ser- vice. Doherty and his men disembarked at Belie Plain, where they first struck the trail of Booth and Herrold, the simple- minded young Washington boy, whose on- ly share in the great crime was to hold the assussin’s horse at the rear door of Ford's Theater and who had accompanied him in his flight. The woman who kept the tavern at Ma- thias’ Point on the Rappahannock recog- nized Booth from a photograph which Doherty showed her. She said he had several days’ growth of beard and was very pale from the suffering caused by his broken leg. She also said that Booth and Herrold were being piloted into Virginia by a young confederate Heutenant named Jett, whe was on his way home. The troops rode on as fast as they could and by chance passed after dark the Gar- rett house, where Booth and his compan- ion were. On the road Doherty had learn- ed that Willie Jett, the young lieutenant, had a sweetheart at Bowling Green. Capt. Doherty shrewdly concluded that it would be a good stroke to locate Jett and his sweetheart if they wanted to find out any- thing about the whereabouts of Booth. At midnight Tuesday, the 25th of April, Jett was rudely awakened while sleeping in the tavern at Bowling Green, and as he opened aw the gleam of Doherty's pistol nose, and heard the captain say: “Get up, young man, and dress, or I'll blow your brains out!” Jett had reached the home of his sweetheart after having left Booth and Herrold five miles back on the road at the Garrett farm, and intended after a short visit at Bowling Green to co to his father’s place near Port Royal, on the Rappahannock. Jett got up and dressed, was put on a horse and conveyed Doherty's party back to the Garrett farm. The men turned in at some bars just before they reached the house and surrounded the barn, outbuild- ings and the dwelling house before their presence was known to the Garretts. Doh- erty awakened the family, and while talk- ing with the father was told by one of the boys who had been found sleeping in an outbuilding that the two strangers were in the barn. The Capture. The barn was closely surrounded and Doherty went to the door and hailed the assassin, saying: “Il want you to come out and surrender; I know who you are, and I have you surrounded.” Booth was ap- parently standing up when Doherty first spoke to him. He replied in a tragic, stagey manner, refusing to surrender, and reciting some Shakespearean line that Doh- erty could not afterward remember. Quite a parley ensued, in the midst of which Doherty, retiring a few steps, ordered the barn to be set on fire. Sergeant Boston Corbett, who was a devoted admirer of Doherty and a model soldier, although somewhat eccentric in his conduct and lan- guage, had stationed himself at a rear cor- ner of the barn, where he had a good view of the outlines of the assassin as he stood cn the barn floor, using his carbine as a crutch and continuing his noisy declama- tion. Booth finally announced: “There's a man in here who wants to surrender.” Herrold appeared at the door, and by Doherty's orders, reached out his hands, whereupon two lusty troopers dragged him out and tied him. * Booth making some movement as he stood leaning on the carbine, and having remarked that he had a “‘bead on the cap- tain. and could shoot him” if he wanted to, Boston Corbett, as he afterward said, to save Doherty's life, fired and gave Booth bis mortal wound. The dying assassin was taken out of the burning barn and carried to the porch of the dwelling house, where all that could relieve his suffering was promptly done. Capt. Doherty in reciting the exciting events of that night, describ- ed Booth’s efforts to talk when he appar- ently knew that he must die, and always sald that as nearly as he could understand Booth’s last word was “mother.” His throat was drenched with blood and articu- lation was almost impossible. Capt. Doherty turned the body over to Secretary Stanton as well as his youthful rrisoner, and was highly complimented for his effictent service. Willie Jett after some months of imprisonment in the oid Capi- tol prison. was released, and later became a commission merchant on Louisiana ave- nue in this city. The prize oe. which Secretary Stanton offered for tle capture of Booth was awarded to Capt. Doherty and his men, he receiving $7,000, each of the two detectives, $3,500; Boston Corbett, $2,560, and the privates in the detachment, $1,800. The rule applied was that which Lrevails in the navy when a vessel being detached from its own squadron is pass- ing to another and on the way captures a prize. A singular incident connected with Do- herty’s capture of Booth was the fact that the gentleman who afterward became his father-in-law, Mr. Gautier, then the leading restaurant keeper in Washington, was arrested and put in the old Capitol prison and kept there several days be- cause it was found that Booth and some of the conspirators had met and talked over their plans in his upstairs parlor. Capt. Doherty was an ideal officer, prompt, incisive, soldierly in his personal appearance and manner and greatly be- loved by his men, Aside from his connec- tion with the capture of Booth, he had mede for himself a brilliant record during the war, first with the 7ist New York Volunteers, with whom he fought at the first Bull Run battle, and later in service under Generals McClellan, Grant, Sheri- gar ard Sherman. He was given a com- mission as lieutenant in the 16th New York Cavalry in recognition: of his effi- ciency, belug afterward promoted to the rank of captain and brevetted a major. He was for a number of years a resident of Louisiana, where he govern- ment contracts in dredging streams in that state. For the past ten years he had made his home ip New York city, being connected there with thp a t of pubic works as general of pav- ing. He leaves a widow and a son, Chas. } ea J. Doherty. aS la DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, Mr. McMillan introduc§d aj lution in the House today directing the retary of War to prepare and subrmit to-Congress on the first Monday in ber, 1807, a pro- ject for the improvemenfj bf Anacostia river and the reclamation of its flats from the line of the District d¥ Columbia to the mouth of the river, with ap estimate of the cost of the same and a rPon the area and ownership of the lend to be reclaimed, and if any portion of thé land is vested in private persons, an estimate of the cost of acquiring the same. Thd Bunt of $10,000 is appropriated to pay the cost of surveys and other expenses in the premises. The reso- lution was referred to the District com- mittee. District Ciaims. Mr. Mitchell of Wisconsin introduced a bill in the Senate today providing that the Court of Claims be given jurisdiction to hear and determine all cases heretofore filed in the court under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 16, 1880, and in which motions for new trial were filed and allowed by the court, under the act of Congress of February 13, 1895, and allow such rates as, in the judgment of the court, are fair and reasonable, for the work done and materials furnished by the claimants to the District of Columbia, pro- vided that the same shall not exceed the rates established and paid by the board of public works. That the terms and pro- visions of the act of June ‘16, 1880, as to the hearing, determination and payment of claims, be adopted and made applicable to the hearing, determination aud payment of claims allowed by the court under the terms thereof. The bill was referred to the District committee. Statue of Admiral Porter. Mr. Chandler introduced a bill in the Senate today “directing the Secretary of the Navy to consider the subject of the erection in the city of Washington of a suitable statue of David D. Porter, lately the admiral of the United States, and to re- port to Congress concerning the general design, reasonable cost and appropriate 1o- cation of such a statue.” e+ —___ THE LAWYERS’ QUARREL. Judge Hagner Declines to Consider the Adrianns-Darlington Differences. Judge Hagner this afternoon declined to hear the charges of alleged unprofessional conduct recently preferred in the Probate Court by Attorney J. J. Darlington against Attorney John H. Adriaans or the counter charges made by Mr. Adriaans against Mr. Darlington. . The court called attention to the fact that he could, if he heard the charges, only decide whether, in his opinion, either at- torney is entitled to continue as a member of the ,bar. Neither application for the rule to show cause, said Judge Hagner, asked for the disbarment of either attor- ney, and if either should, he continued, his court woulda’t be the proper forum in which to make the application. The Court in General Term, he explained, is the tri- bunal-to which such an application should be addressed, and he intimated that he had no doubt “that in a proper case and upon a proper showing that court would act. —_-_ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Privates Appointed. The Commissioners this’ mortiing appoint- ed Frank M. Dent and Chafles L. Bode privates of the first-claas on the metro- politan police force. > Received the Inaugural Surplus. ‘The Commissioners have acknowledged the receipt of the inaugural balance, amounting to $7,000, far investment, the proceeds of which will be used for the relief of the poor. The money will be promptly invested. A Big Apartment House. A big building permit was issued yester- day afternoon to Albert Carry to erect a large apartment. housé at 441 Binney street, to cost $50,000. The buliding will be six stories high, with large basement, and will front on Binney and Lith streets. eo een Confirmed by the Senate. The Senate in executive session late yes- terday afternoon confirmed the following nominations: Andrew D. White of New York, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Germany; Wm. F. Draper of Massachu- setts, to be ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Italy; Oliver L.Spaulding of Mich. igan, to be assistant seeretary of the treas- ury; Wm. B. Howell of New Jersey, to be assistant secretary of the treasury; Sel- den-Connor of Maine, to be pension agent at Augusta, Me.; Chandler Hale of Maine, to be secretary of the embassy of the United States at Rome, Italy; Samuel L. Gracoy of Massachusetts, to be United States con- sul at Fuchau, China; Jacob Trieber of Arkansas, to be United States at- torney for the eastern district of Ar- kansas; H. M. Cooper of Arkansas, to be marshal of the United States eastern dis- trict of Arkansas; Lieutenant Commander A. R. Couden, to be a commander in the navy. ————e Nearly Drowned. Willie Mauger of 944 New York avenue and Richard Marks of 907 11th street, little school boys, had a narrow escape from drowning about 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon. They were fishing west of the bath- ing beach, when Mauger fell into the river. Marks, in an effort to save his companion, also fell in. The cries of the little fellows attracted Charles Hauf of 13th and G streets, who was nearby at the time, but before he reached the scene two unknown colored men had rescued the chiidren. Mauger was very much exhausted. He and his companion were removed to their homes. — A Fight Full of Gore. Owen Ziegler and Charley McKeever met last night in a six-round bout in the arena of the Quaker City Athletic Club, in Phil- adelphia, in what was one of the best fights that has taken place at the club house. It was fast from the time the gong sounded, and there was enough gore spilied to satisfy the most bloodthirsty. No de- cision was rendered, but Ziegler appeared to have a shade the better of the argu- ment. Admitted His Guilt. John W. Barnes, the young colored man who the 13th of last month forged tne name of his employer, C,.M. Ffoulke, as an indorser on a $25 check,,on,,.Riggs’ Bank, admitted his guilt in Crimigal Court No. 1 today. In view of his prevjous good char- acter he was sentenced ‘by, Chief Justice Bingham to a year and'# dif¥ in the New Jersey state prison at hatd labor, the low- est penalty. SE suds — 5s! Awarded the Gontfact. Hiseman Brothers, cogner, 7th and E streets northwest, have-eeotred the con- tract for furnishing thegGolymbia railroad with motormen’s and conductors’ summer uniforms. As mary leadira jaltimore and Weshington clothing firhis stibmitted bids, Messrs. Eiseman Brothers ‘faturally feel Proud of their success. ir 06 ——— m4 > The Cabinet of Chflé ‘Resign. As a result of the serious disagreement between President Frederico Errasurio of Chile and the minister of the interior, growing out of the appointment by. the lat- ter of governors and other officials not sat- inet leea i Pee 0b as es full diberty of action. se. = is Pillsbury. inthe Lead. » .- NEW YORK, April 6-The eighteenth game of the! Pillsbury:Showalte? chesa match was finished today,. being “won by Pillsbury after forty moyes. Score: Pilla- bury, 8; Showalter, 7; drawn, 8, The nine- teenth game will be played tomorrow. Statement —S Delegation From Messrs. R. C. Graves and J. 8. Menken, representing the citizens’ relief committee of Memphis, Tenn., organized for the pur- pose of relieving the people of the flooded country tributary to that city, have ar- rived in the city. They have prepared the following statement, which they will sub- mit to the President: “From Marion, Ark., north to Memphis, to Greenville, Miss., there are now at least fifty towns and villages under water, and @ territory extending from 100 miles north of Memphis to 200 miles south, and 5 to 40 miles wide, is submerged and devastated by the flood. Hundreds of chcusands of acres of cultivated soil with growing crops are included in this submerged territory, and there are from 50,000 to (0,000 people whose property has been destroyed, and whose business has been suspended there- by. The amount of damage to property is incalculable. In addition to the grow- ing crops which have been destroyed, thousands of head of working stock and of cattle have been drowned and starved. “The great majerity of the sufferers are small farmers, -mostly nezroes, who, with the present crop destroyed and their work- ing stock and farming tools swept away, are left utterly destitute and unprepared to begin work again, even after the floois have subsided. The extent of the suifer- ing bas grown beyond the capacity of the local authorities and of the private local charities to relieve. The citizens’ relief committee of Memphis are now caring for from six to seven thousand refugees from the flooded district, and they are still ar- riving by boat loads every day. In addi- tion to this, large supplies of provisions are being sent to various points in Arkan- sas and Mississipp! where it is possible for the refugees to be cared for on higher ground and in relief barges. The utmost that can be done by these efforts is to measurably and temporarily relieve the present suffering. “The ccmmittee have found it very difti- cult and very costly to reach a great por- tion of the sufferers living in the interior, who can only be reached by skiffs operating with light-draft steamers that can ieave the main river. Memphis being the only point on high ground for about 200 miles north and south, it necessarily has become the place of refuge for all seeking to escape the flood in that territory. “This flood is the greatest and most de- structive that has ever devastated the Mis- sigsippi valley, the water being 212 feet higher than the highest stage it has ever reached before. “The relief committee are thoroughly or- ganized for the purpose of distributing sup- plies to the people of the tributary terri- tery and are willing to do everything in their power to that end, but they have now almost reached the end of their resources and reluctantly confess their inability ta cope with the situation without obtaining relief from the government.” Representative Carmack, who represents the Memphis district in the House, also signs the statement and says his informa- tion by wire and letter from the overflow district is entirely in accord with that made by the committee. SS VENEZUELA RATIFIES. Treaty With England Negotiated by This Country Approved. The New York World publishes a copy- right cable dispatch from Caracas, Ven- ezuela, which says that the congress of Venezuela has unanimously and enthusias- tically ratified their Guiana boundary ar- bitration treaty with Great Britain, which was negotiated by the United States. The measure was first read to the house of representatives Friday, when Senor Aran- guren spoke eloquently in its favor. The second reading was without incident. It came up on third reading yesterday, and after a speech by Senor Driceno the house voted for the treaty unanimously, amid great cheering and enthusiastic demonstra- tions of gratitude to the United States. The treaty w almost unanimously rat- ified by the senate yesterday. President Crespo will sign it next Friday. ———__+e+—___. Maryland Conference. The Maryland conference of the Me dist Protestant Church, which embraces the churches of that denomination in Mary- Jand, the District of Columbia and certain sections of Virginia, will hold its annual meeting tomorrow at the Broadway Church, Baltimore, and will continue for several days. A great amount of routine business is to be disposed of, but the most important matter which will occupy the attention of the conference is the election of a presi- dent to succeed Rev. J. D. Kinzer, who, by reason of the five-year limit, has retired from office. The most prominent men whose name: are mentioned for the vresi- dency are Rey. Dr. F. T. Tagg, editor of the Methodist Protestant; Rev. A. D. Mel- vin, formerly missionary secretary of tha general conference; Rev. F. T. Little, pas- tor of the Starr Memorial Church, and Rev. Dr. J. S. Mills of Kent county, Md. It is the general impression that oné of these gentlemen will receive the office, which will occasion important vacancies and involve many changes among the subordinates. Popular favor seems to lean toward Mr. Melvin, ane should he be chosen the least number of changes will be involved. <a Assignee Smith Asks Relief. Fred 8S. Smith, to whom November 4, 1896, Geo. W. and Robert Edwin Joyce, trading as Andrew J. Joyce's Sons, made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors, today filed a petition in the Equity Court praying that the trusts cre- ated and the funds collected and realized be executed and distributed under the court's supervision. The court is also ask- ed to refer the matter to the auditor for an accounting and report. Mr. Smith states that he has realized out of the assets the sum of $3,950, which he is desirous of distributing proportionately among those entitled to share in the dis- tribution. But he says that great discrep- ancies have appeared in the schedules at- tached to the deed of assignment, the claims of creditors being in some instances larger and in some less than represented in the schedules. Explaining that intricate and difficult questions of law are likely to arise in the matter, he requests the re- lief prayed. He is represented by Attorney Henry F. Woodard. —— Washington and Gettysburg Road. The certificate of the incorporation of the Washington and Gettysburg Railroad Company has been recorded in the execn- tive office at Annapolis, Md. The incorpor- ators are G. W. Cissel, Edgar P. Berry, John F. McCoy, Albert Gleason, F. C. Drane, R. G. Israel and J. Enos Ray. The termini are the Maryland state line in Frederick county and at the District of Columbia line in Montgomery county. The road is to run through Frederick, Mont- gomery and Prince George's counties. The capital stock of the company is $100,000. ens Tribute to the Late John J. Johnson. District Attorney Davis @day presented to the Court of Appeals the resolutions adopted at a recent meeting of the mem- bers of the District bar upon the death last month of John J. Johnson, one of the oldest and most highly respected members of the local bar. Upon Mr. Davis’ motior the court directed that the resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the court, ——— Army Orders. Capt. E. P. Andrus, 5th Cavalry, has been detailed to attend the encampment of the Wisconsin National Guard in July next. Lieut.,/H. C. Whitehead, 10th Cavalry, has been relieved from duty with the 10th Cav- alry at Fort Apache, Arizona Territory, and ordered to join his troop. Capt. B. L. Swift, assistant surgeon, has been transferred from Fort Yates, N. D., to Fort Slocum, N. Y. Capt. 8. C. Mills, 12th Infantry, has been erdered to this city for temporary duty at army headquarters. Lieut. A. 5. Cummins, 4th Artillery, has been assigned east. ‘he leave of Lieut. Frank DeW, Ramsay, 9th Infantry, has been extended one month on account of sickness. The following transfers have been made in the 1st Infantry: GOLF AND FIELD SPORTS A Gala Day Tomorrow Over on Arlington Heights. Double Attractions That Will Draw Fashionable Society to the Links and to Fort Myer. The preliminary qualification round of the open tournament of the Washington Golf Club began this morning at the links on Arlington Heights beyond the Aqueduct bridge, and a large number of players, representing many of the golf clubs in the east, entered in the contest. Each player will be required to make a round of 36 holes, and those who make the requisite Scores will be qualified to enter the match for the Washington Golf Club cup, which begins at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and which will be continued Thursday and Friday. The drawings for places will take place tonight. The match for the handicap medal will be pleyed Saturday. There are a large number of entries of the members of the Washington Golf Club, and the handicaps have been fixed in such a man- ner that @ close and exciting match is as- sured. The field day of sports arranged by the officers at Fort Myer and the members of the Chevy Chase Club, which were to have been held at Fort Myer yesterday, but which were prevented on account of the wet condition of the grounds, will take place tomorrow at the fort, and promise to be of an unusually interesting character. The various events have filled with a large number of entries, and all the best-known gentlemen riders in this vicin- ity will take part in the jumping and flat races. With the double attraction of the golf tournament and the field sports, Arlington Heights tomorrow will doubtless be the converging point for all fashionable Wash- ington, as well as a number of distin- guished visitors from Baltimore, Philadel- phia, New York and Virginia. SS CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE. Convention of the Interdenomina- tonal Order Convenes This Morning. A convention of the National Interdenom- inational Christian Alliance assembled in the Eastern Presbyterlan Church today, and wiil be in gession this afternoon an evening and tomorrow. It was arranged this morning that meetings shall be held at 1¢ a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. This convention is called for the purpose of discussing topics relating to the deeper spiritual life and the advancement of for- eign missions. It is in charge of Rev. A. D. Simpson of New York city, and it is expected the meetings will be of exceeding great interest. As the name of the convention suggests, it embraces all denominations. Mr. Simp- son is known throughout the country, espe- clally for his advocacy of the principles of divine healing, which gained him great fame in New York, and which drew about him many enthusiastic adherents. Divine healing is not, in the interpretation of Mr. Simpson and his friends, similar to Chris- tion science, as the divine healer claims that physical health and strength, through the principles he advocates, are the direct result of divine power. It 1s not expected that Mr. Simpson will practice divine heal- ing in this city during the present conven- tion, but he will devote his attention to discussing means for a fuller development of spiritual life, and for spreading the gospel among all nations. Mr. Simpson is an orator of great mag- netism and power, and it is expected his presence here will draw to the Eastern Presbyterian Church large meetings. Although the first meeting of the conven- tion was held this morning no program of speakers and their topics had been ar- ranged. Rev. Henry Wilson, D. D., con- ducted the morning service and expects other speakers who will take part in the convention to arrive here by this afternoon. Among the prominent divines who will ad- dress the convention are Rev. Arthur Pier- son, D. D., Rev. A. D. Simpson, Rev. Dean Peck, Rev. Stephen Merritt, Rev. Henry Wilson, D. D., Rev. C. C. Cook and others. ———.—__ The E. S. Denn Company Closed. The offices of the E. S. Dean Company, dealers in stocks, bonds, grain and pro- visions, in New York, are in charge of dep- uty sheriffs on an attachment. The con- cern has done an enormous business for some time past, the customers being almost entirely outside of New York. It has made a specialty of “discretionary orders; that is, the customers sent in their money for the company to place in the market as it saw fit for their account. The company’s mail is said to have been tremendous. A large number of girls were constantly em- ployed scattering circulars through the mail to people, pointing out the large profit that could be made by sending money to be invested by the company. The com- pany has been doing business for several years. The Dean Company is said to have branches in Toledo, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cincinnati, Louisville, Salt Lake City, Knoxville, Cleveland, Atlanta, Richmond, Dayton, Columbus, St. Louis, Baltimore, Boston and Portland, Maine. ——_—_—~e-__ May Be the Man Wanted. Some time ago a weak-minded young man Pamed Scully, living in “Philadelphia, disap- peared, and his parents, suspecting that he had gone to Cuba,-appealed to the State Department to find and return him to Phil- adelphia. By direction of Assistant Secre- tary Rockhill, Consul General Lee has made a thorovgh search of ali the jails and places of detention in Cuba without finding a trece of the man. He has now reported, however, that he has found a man named Kelley, and at the reque8t of the Philadelphia authorities the consul gen- eral has been directed to endeavor to fully identify him, it being suspected that Scully may have assumed that name for the pur- pose of concealment. ‘Men and women tremble at the mere thought of the thief and assassin who steals in at midnight to rob and slay. Without a qualm these same ple face the deadly advances of a foe infinitely more All the robbers and assassins in the hi: of crime did not slay as many human beings, as consumption kille inasingle year. One- ixth of the population of the world dies of “hs seat, peso aes every 101 in every pul pl , Waiting for There is but one ect Evans’ The Ale Crowning * a re Century of as tho Brewing. United AN! that an ale should be —WITHout SEDIMENT, The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a circular of instructions to customs officers throughout the country, carrying into ef- fect section 27 of the pending tariff bill. The circular ts as follows: “Under the authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury by section 24), Revised Statutes, chief officers of customs are hereby instructed to delay, until fur- ther orders, final liquidation of entries made at the respective ports, of any mer- chandise arriving thereat after the Ist day of April, 1897. But liquidations may tentatively made, and such liquidations shall not be closed and stamped, but shall be held open during the pendency of this order, so as to be amended or corrected, if necessary. “These directions shall not be applied, however, to any entries made after April 1, 1897, of merchandise which was purchased and directed by the owner to be shipped for import into the United States by any person prior to April 1, 1SW ‘Hereafter all entries for consumption, except those specified in the preceding para- graph, shall be stamped in red ink by the clerks respectively passing the same under the direction of the collector, with the fol- lowing words: ‘Subject to change of rates if required by law. Collector.’ “Appraising officers will, whenever pfac- ticable, retain such samples of imported merchandise as may be necessary to de- termine any question hereafter arising rel- ative to the proper identification and classt- fication for duty of such merchandise.” Eagle Brand Condensed Milk.| Should be in Every House. (Wy. CONDENSED MILIC CO. NEW YORK.”