Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1897, Page 9

DA} THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY,=; MAY 3, 1897-14 PAGES. 9 60. G ClCYGARGal NS. Department $35. dDe Store Prices. dDe ‘These are not pam s8 machines, built by the Hartford Cycle Co. and guarant aud jerought that tigu last year. They auy $45 machine now on the market PATTERN 3 HARTFORDS, We have but # few of them, but AS LONG AS THEY LAST built by uaknown makers. They are teed by us, ‘They were butit to sell for $60— are honest, trustworthy bicycles; better than Will sell them for cash e ha so a t $35.00 or on easy payments at a very slight advance. Columbia Bicycles at $75. few 1896 pattern to mov ' You know the machines, and description is unnecessary. Second-Hand Machines We have put them at a price them. At it with Auction Prices. We are getting ready to move to our new building, and want to stock POPE M’F’G CO., 452 Penn. Ave. machines. wil ih redit that’s in this connection that t lest and fairest yet offered this matter over to y Some Extra Special Sold Oak Cane-seat Chat Sold Oak Cane-seat Chains 58c. Ma? Ry Oe Bet Boom $15.50 handsome! Large Owk Hell Rack eol Teds. Hardwood Brass and Enamel! Dry A ors, frem.. Mattings. 5 China Matth a yard = Cotton Warp anese nents to suit INDIVIDUAL CIR¢ ces We sell the goods for ure the lowest obtaltable anywhere. MAYER & PETTIT 415, 417 Seventh St. LOLOL MM MA A Setetetetetetntitetetetntetetetetentetetetntntetetetentneteteteteteeintedetetnte a millstone nd the neck a burden it is folly to inenr. LAN OF CRE! which WE OFFER fs in- shington. We extend it to one and all MSTANCES. | We charge no exorh e Le in Wi ou at any time. Furniture Bargains. Very Fine Solid Oak Chiffonier, finely made and finished, 5 roomy drawers. Our Special Price..... $4.65 Large 5-piece Overstuffed Par- lor Suite, upholstered In tapes- try. Worth double our pric Handsome Oak and Mahogany- finish Parlor Tables, 24-inch top Beautiful, finely finished Cune- seat Oak “Rocker, with bi arms. An unmatebed bargal $19.50 79c. 89c. 58c. $2.98 55c. 27c. $2.25 -» “Uige: ae S$ $1.25 Solid Oak Costumier.. arge Size ¢ with hand- some Worth $6. Our price. j Enameled Full Stoves Cash or Credit. Miel sled LOAM LLANELLI Sete b) AUNT RACHEL. ‘. GRANT'S She Was a Rebel Sympathizer and Wanted to Spank Him. Wo the Editor of The Evening Star: It may be that the incident in the life and career of General U. S. Grant gleaned from an Ohio paper of recent date, that when a small boy he was repeatedly spank- ed by a lady for throwing stones upon the roof of her house, is not -new to many of your readers. But the fact that another Jady wanted to spank him for throwing bullets, I am quite sure, has never been published. Reading the incident referred to I was reminded of being at Cedar Grove, the Va.. beautiful and luxurious home of his a Mrs. Rachel Tompkins, about the time in 1s61, when he won his first star Bnd was fairly on the high road to fame and renown. At that time Mrs. was a very Fich widow of about fitty years, and in Many respects a model woman, but a noted rebel of the bitterest type. Prior to the war I had repeatedly my family enjoyed her bounteou tality: h U Ti me spoke of a ith both pride and reproach. “Ove many things she told me, I re m pat during his stay wit 8 A, B, ¢ Or asion when war news b Jed with favor- a eral Grant, she, ev! it and with significant mo- ti nd knees, said: “If 1 o » now woulda’t I :pank bir of the w s head « py his os magnanimi h elf with the con- a 3 toward him under- wi e. Instead of wan to longed for the op tu nor him. And he nt of the | s test desire was to have him ¥ wrote him to that effect, and th was developed that he had long cr the hope that he nt ogee More see his beloved feast his eyes upon that lovely he had spent so m: boyhood days. The widow in the val of the great Kanawha is remembered nds of soldiers. - of 1873 the re Coicnel agreed wa in nt and > up to Cedar rs of the fam- iting to receive s owing to E WHITE. THE MissfssipPl FLOODS. Rising of the River Known at the Time of Soto's Discovery. To th As Bit the The Eve Mis pi fs attracting attention at present, ft may not be attention to a fragment of pears to have some bear- of the questions asked. De Scto’s followers, after his ad traveled through Arkansas and 1 to the banks of the Mississippi to prepare beats in order to descend it, the i topped at an Indian town named Amenoya, on the Arkansas banks of the Miss{ssippi, some- where between Helena and the mouth of the Arkansas river. “An old Indian woman, who could not make her escape with the rest, asked them why they stayed there, since that river overflowed every fourteen years, and that was the year when it would happen.” The predic- tion proved true, as “the river began to rise on the 10th of March, and increased so much that on the 18th the water broke in at the gates of the town, so that there was no going along the streets two days after Without canoes. This inundation was forty | days in rising to the height—that is, to the 20th of April—the river extending itself above twenty leagueg on each side, so that nothing was to be seen tn all the country about but the tops of the highest trees, the people going about everywhere in canoes.” dt is evident from this, which relates to the year 1542, that the Mississippi was then, and had been for an unknown period great periodical previous thereto, subject to overflows. It is reasonable, therefore, to infer that recent floods have not been caused by a changed condition as to forest growth and verdure along the headwaters of the Mississippi and its tributaries. Although we may doubt the correctness of the Indians’ “fourteen-year” period, yet it might be well for the weather bureau to examine the records in order to see whether there has been a tendency to periodicity. To make this complete, both the flood rec ords and the records of the rainfall in the northwest should be caregully compared. From the statement quoted above and | other statemeats by the early Spanish authors, it seems that the Indians of this part of Arkansas were in the habit of placing their dwellings on mounds, in order to raise them above the floods (garcilasso), and to surround their towns with earthen walls. a _ A Nuisance That Should Be Abated. To the Editor of The Evening Star: No doubt the construction of the sewer on the south side of F street northwest, east of the treasury, is a work that is necessary. It gives employment to a large number of men, and in that sense also is a good thing. But if the present method of prosecuting this work continues much longer I shall be surprised. You may have observed how the earth excavated in one part of the deep trench is conveyed to an- other part by means of a car that is hauled along a temporary elevated tramway. This car is the cause of the trouble of which I write to compiain. It is evidently a very crude affair, loosely thrown together. The wheels “wobble” all sorts of ways. To judge from the ear-splitting noise they make, neither ofl nor axle grease is ex- pended on them. As a consequence the prosecution of this work is a great annoy- ance to all who do business in the neigh- berhood. It is a menace to life and limb, inasmuch as the noises complained of cause runaways almost every day the work | progresses. If there is any one clothed with power to abate this nuisance by in- | sisting that proper appliances be used, he is very deliberate in making that power manifest. Cannot The Star bring him to a realizing sense of his duty in the prem- ises? AUGUST DONATH. gee Departure of Dr. Rogers. Rev. A. G. Rogers, for five years the pas- tor of All Souls’ Universalist Church, cor- ner 13th and L streets, preached his fare- well sermon Friday evening, prior to his departure for Reading, Pa., where he goes to take charge of the Church of Our Fa- ther, a Universalist church in that city. There was a large congregation assembled to take leave of the popular preacher. Rev. Mr. Couden, the blind chaplain of the | House of Representatives, opened the serv- | ice by prayer.: At the close of the meeting the congregation passed before the pulpit to bid the pastor good-bye. All Souls’ 4 Church is temporartly without a pastor. Of all the whisker dyes offered to the none have proved so desirable and easy of ea tion as Beekingham’s, to color a beautifel brown or IN SESSION A MONTH Probable Long Stay of the Postal Congress Delegates. COMING BY SPECIAL TRAIN TODAY Postmaster General Gary to Open the Convention. TWOIMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS ——_-—__— Many of the delegates to the postal con- gress are here. Those who remain in New York will be brought over this afternoon in a special train of four cars, tendered by the Pennsylvania railroad. Second Assist- ant Postmaster General Shallenberger and Superintendent of Foreign Mails Brooks are now in New York, and will accompany the party to this city. The'train will leave Jersey City soon after 1 o'clock, At previous gatherings, the congress has been extended unusual courtesies by the nations whose guests they were, and while this government is hampered by lack of satisfactory funds, the Post Office Depart- ment will do everything possible to make this country an agreeable host. The gathering will be in Washington from a month to six weeks, but the con- gress itself will meet not more than half a dozen times. Work of Committees. The real work, save that of ratifica‘ion of proceedings, when the committees re- port, which belongs to the full congress, will fall upon the four committees, at least one of which will be in session practically except Saturday and Sunday. One com- mittee will have charge of the general treaty, which is adopted at every congress, and will also settle accounts between in- dividual countries. With the latter this country has nothing to do. A second committee will take up arrange- ments for exchange of letters of declared value, the parcels-post system and the pos- bes books of identity used by some coun- tries. A third will consider money orders, bflls collectable by post and subscriptions through post offices, to newspapers and periodicals, while the fourth will put the new general treaty into definite shape for ratification. Opening of the Congress. The Congress will be opened Wednesday n:orning by Postmaster General Gary, who will deliver his salutatory in English, while the assemblage reads the French transla- tion. This will occupy a little over five minutes, being a formal welcome. Then the senior delegate (not now selected) will re- spond in a few words. The election of a presiding officer will follow. Gen. George S. Batcheldor, ex-minister to Portugai, and chairman of the United States delegation, probably will be the honored one. ‘The business of the congress will begin at once, all proceedings being conducted in French and behind barred doors. Many measures will be brought forward for consideration. The new treaty or gen- eral convention, and severa! minor ones, signed by only ‘two or three of the coun- will be discussed and adopted in sub- ion of old ones in order to cover new ions. Perhaps the most important tion will involve what is known a termediate transit system. This pro- for compensation by the sending to all countries over whose do- mains its mails are transported. Free Transportation of Foreign M An agreement to carry the mails of ail the countries in the union mutually free will be sought, but probably voted down. Such countries Belgium, which sends out little mail, but over whose lands much n mail is transported at a big profit to the kingdom, will object to cutting off revenue. thi. This practically defeais the » well-founded dissent kills a propesition. This country and a few oth- however, have declared in favor of the transportation. The ultimate action, it is said, probably will be the acceptance of the average weight statistics of the last six years as a basis of all intermediary transit accounts up to the assemblage of the next Congress—that is, up to 103, when the issue will be revived. Universal Postage Stamp. ‘The much-agitated proposition to adopt a universal postage stamp, not good for do- mestic postage, but for convenient commu- nication between countries, and the univer- sal returned stamped envelope proposition, having a similar scope, also will be brought up, but the probabilities of.adoption are said to be against both, with the latter baying the best chance of the two. ‘There will be no upset of postage races, but an increase of the allowable weight for letters is probable, thus making an cunce or three-quarters of an ounce the unit in- stead of the present half ounce, for which the charge is now 5 cents. The three countries still ouside—China, Corea and the Orange Free State—are ex: pected to be admitted before the congress is closed, though the last named has not yet been heard from on this subject. Preparations for the Congress. The old Corcoran Gallery of Art, whe! the congress will be held, has been won derfully transformed in honor of the di tinguished forcign visitors. Many of these gentlemen have been delegates before to in- ternational postal congresses. It is beyond question that what they will find in Wash- ington will far excced their fermer ex- periences in such a connection. They will find that nothing has Leen left undone to surround them with all the appointments of comfort, arranged and prepared with most consumate taste and artistic perfe It is difficult to describe the art gal- s it appears in readiness for Weane when the universal pestal congre convenes. For weeks expert decorators have been engaged in freshening and beautifying the interior walls, and after them have come an ermy of decorators and furnishers, who have made memorable pictures of every apartment. ‘The entrance to the building gives an impression ot the artistic beauiles that are to be developed on the journey through. The walls are hung with rare specimens of Turkish, Persian, aud East Indian tapes- tries, which are held in place by ancient helmets, shields, spears and other armor- fal relics brought from the countries which Upholstered Furnish- ings— Cushions, Sofas,Chairs, Mantle Drap- eries, Table Covers, Plush or Damask Curtains, and Portieres, Oriental Rugs— cleaned. Dingy patterns brought out and colors strengthened. Hotels, steamboats, clubs, private houses, done by’ contract—always glad to estimate. A. F. BORNOT, snc’ AND DYER, 1103 G Street, N. W. a Surely you can’t remain satisfied with poor laun- dry service when you can change to the Yale. Try it for a week. Office, 518 1oth st. Telephone’ 1092. It the draperies represent. Over the en- trances to the pega ie ated to the old marble room «sre rich res of intri- cate design, while a about the base of the walls al Deofuse arrang> ments of luxuriant foliage pjants. To the right of the entrance hall ts a bureau of information, ,im Which are de- pesited a large number of pamphlets con- taining the propositions that are to be submitted to the congress for discussion and decision. The rooms to the left, for- merly devoted to the board of trnstees of the old Corcoran GaHery-of Art, Is the retiring room, m which a long coat and hat‘room extends. ai A Bratich Post Office. Opening from the retiring ‘room, an@ oc- cupying the old bronse'room, is a branch of the city’ post office, thoroughly equipped in every particular for the delivery and dispatch of the mail of the delegates. All mail intended for the delegates will be re- ceived here and delivered instantly to them. All mail sent out by the delegates will be received. and. cancelled in. this: pest office, and postage will be affixed free of charge ta the delegates.. This office is in charge of Mr. Charles M. Merrill of the delivery division and Mr. Benjamin Park- hurst of the mailing division of the city post. office, whom Postmaster Willett char- acterized taday as two of the most valu- able men in the service, and it will be their endeavor to give the delegates a practical object léason in tie workings of our postal system... In the Congress Hall. None of the other rooms on’ the~ lower floor of the building will be utilized, but those in the second story have been decor- ated and furnished with remarkable taste, and the harmonious effect presented by them fs in good Keeping with the purposes for which the building was originally crect- ed. Mounting the mdin staircase, which is decorated with ‘oriental rugs of’ beautifut pattern, the visitor passes into the old main gallery, which wif be known as the con- gress hall during the sittings of the con- gress, rangement of foliage plants rising ticrs above’ each ‘other. ‘The first glance at the arrangement and decoration of the congress hall reveals the possibilities of modern art as applied to interior furnishing. It would be tmposstble to. imagine an apartment more sumptuous and elegant and at the same time more impressive in its harmony, It will doubt- less convey to the foreign visitors a lasting impression of the taste and dtscriminatio of the new republic. The vast apartment is a study in red. Upon the walls, from the rich mahogany wainscoting nearly to the cornice, are draperies of rich crimson silk plush, gracefully draped from _bur- nished rods of brass. Above this are the coats-of-arms of all the countries repre- sented in the postal union, with the flags of the respective nations, states a»d depen- dencies they represent undulating above them. From the cornice {s looped the same silken drapery that covers the walls, and at each corner, extending forward and up- ward are two American flags, whose golden staffs are hidden in masses of the national colors from which they seem to spring. The crimson effect of the wall decorations is continued and heightened in the rich vel- vet carpet which covers the floor. ‘The Desks and President's Platform. Arranged in semi-circular form are the commodious desks which will be occupied by the delegates. They are of mahogany, and are one hundred and sixteen in num- ber, and before each is a mahogany chair, upholstered in red Russian leather. The presiding officer and the secretaries will oc- cupy a raised platform! on the north side of the apartment. A éAhopy of crimson silk plush, heavily trimmed, with gold fringe and at the folds drawn back by golden cords, extends above It. Polsed above the center of the Canopy, is an Amer- ican eagle, with outstretched, wings, all in gold, and upheld by either wihg ts a small silk American flag, heavily fringed with gold. Hung against the crimson dgapery at the beck of the platform are two United States shields, surrounded by. silken American flags, which float from goldgn staffs, be- tween .vhich will be hung a portrait in oll of President McKinlpy. At the left of the platrorm and at {ts base, is an.im- mense terrestrial globe.: Im each corner of the apartment are great masses of tropical ple whese glistenitfg green foliaze brings out with remarkable effect the har- monies in red which characterize the treat- ment of the room. The Committee Galleries. The broad --ntranges to the east and west galleries which extend from the con- gress hall are closed on the hall side ‘with handsome crimson silk plush portieres, These two galleries will be used as com- mittee rooms ‘iy the’ delegates, and their treatment cyuld not be more effective in an artistic sense. e east gallery 19 a remarkable com- ion cf green. The walls have been given a vernal touch, and from the cor- nices droop dark green draperies of silken plush that are looped in delieately ar- ranged folds, while flowing scarfs of the seme drapery hang to the floor in each corner. ‘rue carpet is of green velvet of exquisite tone. Two long quartered oak tables ecvered with green billiard cloth ex- tend almost the length of the gallery, and handsome overstuffed arm chairs, uphol- stered in Turkish design, effectually add to the beauty of the apartment. The west gallery 1s similarly treated, but the pre- vailing tones are blue instead of green, and produce an effect no less pleasing and ar- tistic. The walls of both gallerics are hung with pictures of American scenes, and the portieres on the committee rooms side are of armorial tapestry. z Rich Reception Roomn. ‘The southeast and southwest galleries will be ut#ized as reception rooms. Heavy silk brecade portieres of crimson guard the entrances, and when pushed aside re- veal new and equaliy wonderful beauties. Crimson velvet carpets cover the ficors, and in the center ef cach is an immense Persian rug, whose soft and rich colors are in perfect harmony with the other furnish- ings. In each room also ts a large center otto- man in silk plush of crimson, above which extend ‘the broad arms of a Iuxurtant palm. ‘The remainder of the furniture of these rooms 18 of the heavily tufted Tur- kish design, upholstered in crimson satin brocade. The walls are tinted in perfect harmony with the furnishings of the apart- rent. Between the two reception rooms in the octagon apartment where the Greek slave stood for so many years a buffet has been arranged. The walls here are hung in dark ‘red sic plush, and over the carpet of crimson velvet is stretched a rare Turkish rug of beautiful design. The room is divided by a mahogany counter, which is hidden by dark red draperies of silk velour hanging from inassive bars of brass. Behind the counter are handsome quar- tered oak buffets with beveled mirror-front, which stand on either side of a commodious serving table. Small mahogany tables are arranged around’ the walls and the re- mainder of the room, angi in this delightful apartment luncheon will pe served to dele- gates each day during the congress. Se 3.6 | aes | Sema TO SEE THE PRESIDENT. SS Another Crank Stopped a¢ the White Housei ji Sam Coleman has atrivéd here from Houston, ‘Texas, and he Sznagipes the whole country is interested in his coming, He is a colored crank, with @ religious mania, and when he called atthe’ )White House this morning he was Surprised to learn that he could not see the President unless he could get better clathes.Ro -wear.-:Al- though a@ crank, he doesinot appear to be of the dangerous order/and mildly says he will return home if Hi do&s not accom- plish his mission. When he was met at the door by the officer'on duty les was given a note to Sanitary Officer Frank, and ‘soon afterward he appeared ‘at: police headquarters. His clothing had been patched and darned so much that each garment had somewhat the appearance of a crazy quilt: ‘The fact that he had started to walk from Houston, Texas, to this tity had been heralded in. the newspapers, he said, and the President was fully aware the fact that he was to-call. Later in the day Sam. will be examined, and Sanitary. Officer Frank will probably start him toward his ‘Texas home on a train, —__ , ‘To Inquire Into His Sanity. Upon the petition of Thos. J. Fisher Judge Cox today ordered an immediate in- quiry by a marshal’s jury into the mental condition of Louis H. Fisher, an alleged Tunatic. The papers in the case were with- held from publication. = Se “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. i ¢on Carter Gray, will call the body to order. between a prétty and tasteful ar-" PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. Foarth Trie: Congress to Con- vene Tomorrow. The fourth triennial congress of Ameri- can physicians and surgeons will convenc tomorrow at the Columbia Theater and will cOntinge until Thursday evening, inclusive. The congress wil! open with a business meeting of the executive committee tomor- Tow afternoon, following which the chair- man of the executive committee, Dr. Lan- It is anticipated that fully 500 members of the profession, among them some of the most distinguished specialists in the land, will attend the congress. It is not expected that the really serious work of the congress will be commenced uatil Wed: - Tomorrow evening Dr. Wiliam H. Welch of Baltimore, the re- tiring president, will deliver the triennial address, and later a reception will be ten- dered the visiting delegates by the mem- -ders of the local society at the Arlington. The congress ts divided into fourteen dis- tinct associations, each of whose president is ex-officio vice president of the congress. The present officers of the organization are: President, Dr. William H. Welch of Balti- more; vice presidents, the presidents of the fourteen affiliated associations, as above stated; chairman of executive committee, Dr. Landon Carter Gray of New York; Sec¥étary, Dr. William H. Carwalt of New Haven, Conn.; treasurer, Dr. N. M. Schaf- fer of New York. The committee of ar- Fangements includes Dr. S. 8. Adams, chatr- man; Drs. W.W. Johnston, Irving C. Rosse, . O. Richey, J. Taber Johnson, T. Morris Murray, A. R. Shands, Frank Baker and Surgeon General George M. Sternberg, all of Washington; Louis McLane Tiffany, Charles F. Beran, I. E. Atkinson and Sam_ uel Theobald, Baltimore. - Among the events arranged for the enter- tainrient of the members of the congress are: Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., luncheon by Dr. A. F. A. King to the members of the American Gynecvlogical Society; a “‘smok- er” at the Cosmos Club Thursday evening and a breakfast by Dr. H. D. Frey at € in John bridge to forty persons, each of Whom must make the trip on a bicycle. It is expected that all the members of tHe congress will attend the unvefling of the ‘statue of Prof. Gross Wednesday after- Boor at 5 o'clock. —_—__ PREFERRED SUICIDE. Annie Coleman Captured tempted Her Life. Annte Coleman, the colored woman who ,walked out of the Police Court Thursday Just before a verdict of guilty of keeping a disorderly house was returned against her, was captured in a house in Baltimore yesterday by Special Officer Brocken- borough, and last night she attempted sul- cide by inhaling illuminating gas. She preferred death rather than a term in jail. Annie lived at No. 138 B street southwest, where her companion was an old soldier, but frequently she had callers at her house, and the noise they made disturded the neighbors, and gave the police consider- able trouble, because of the number of complaints made, and Sergt. Daley -raided the house. Annie was released on $300 security, and she appeared for trial. When the case was heard and the jury retired,’ Annie realized that her last hope was gone, and so she also retired. The bond was forfeited, ana the special officer was employed by the bondsman to find the woman, which he id. Annie was taken to the sixth precinct station, and, instead of being put in a cell, she was given one of the witness rooms on the upper floor, where she was made comfortable. Some time during the night she turned on the gas, and this morning when the matron made her rounds she found Annie almost dead. The gas had filled her lungs and rendered her uncon- scious. The flow of gas was checked, and the door and windows opened. Soon after- ward Annie was taken to the Emergency Hospital, and the physicians think she wili recover. md At- ee His Condition. Harry H. Anderson, a well-dressed young white man, looked strangely out of place today among the “drunks and disorderties”’ in the dcck of the Police Court. He was charged with refusing to pay hack hire. “I drove this man and two companions around the city from 2 o'clock this morning until stated the complaining wit- ness, “He wouldn't pay me, so I took him to the eighth precinct station.” “Was he sober?” asked the court. “Pervectiy sober,” replied the hackman. That’s not so,” volur.teered a policeman. “I saw this defendant in a lunch room at 3 o'clock, and he was in such an advanced state of intoxication that he could not stand alone.” In his own behalf Anderson frankly ex- plained to the court that he visited a road | house outside the city yesterday and began drinking. He remembered nothing further until he came to his senses in the station house. If a hackman picks up a drunken man for a passenger he must take the conse- quences,” remarked Judge Kimball. “Case dismissed.” SS Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: White—Albert H. Oxley and Frences M. Watkins; Nathan Scanland and Sarah Portcr, both of Fairfax county, Va.; James Keliher and Mary Sullivan. Colored—Eugene Guy and Fannie Moore; Spencer Ehone and Nettie Pleasant; Jo- seph Baines and Emma Johnson; Geo. W. Pinkney and Josephine Johnson. on Housebreaking. “What is the charge in this case?" asked Judge Kimball this afternoon in the Police Court, when James K. Bryant was ar- raigned. “Housebreaking, your konor,” replied the prosecuting attorney. “Yes, housebreaking in a chicken coop,” } added Attorney Closs. The housebreaking included the theft of thirty-nine chickens from Theodore A. Lay of Takoma Park. Bryant was held in $#0 bends for the action of the grand jury. ———._— Tolson Gets Three Years. Albert Tolson, who participated with “Billy’ Williams in the robbery in the White Lot early last month of Isadore Ef- ron of San Antonio, Texas, and who plead- ed guilty to the charge, was today sen- tenced by Chief Justice Bingham to three years’ imprisonment in the New Jersey state prison at hard labor, the minimum penalty. er New Store and Dwelling. A permit will in a few days be taken out fer the construction of a three-story store and dwelling at 23 L street northwest for Charles Hartung. The Wuilding will be 19 by 683 feet and will contain all modern im- provements. It will have a front of press- ed brick with Hummelstown browns:one trimmings, with an iron balcony over ihe store show window. The house will con- tain eleven rooms and will cost $4,900. Wal- ter E. Kern is the architect and Edward Kern, builder. es News of the Vicinity. The vestry of Trinity P. E. Church, Up- per Marlboro’, has refused to accept the resignation of the pastor, Rev. Charles F. Sontag, granting, instead, a leave of ab- sence for three months, beginning June 1. Miss Nellie Martin, daughter of Joseph LL. Martin of Upp2r Marlboro’, will be mar- ried to Mr. Francis P. Hurd at St. Mary’s Catholic Churgh, Upper Marlboro’, at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Mrs. Martha M. Little has qualifie¢ as pcstmaster of Kensington, Md. The voters of Kensington are balloting today for a mayor and four councilmen. The polling place is at the electric station, and the polls will be open till 6 p.m. The Judges of election are Dr. William L. Lewis, Mr. Brainard H. Warner, jr., and Mr. E, J; Kelley. At the citizens’ meeting, held last week, the following non-partisan ticket was Ronaiested roe mace eC: ‘W. Clum, editor Moijtgomery Press; for councilmen, Professor John T. Freeman and Mr. J. W. Townsend, representing Ken- sington Park, and Mr. H. K. Man- nakee and Mr. John Simpson, jr., rep- resenting North Kensington. Al republi- cans except Mr, H. K. Mannakee. ‘The venerable Mrs. Robert R. Moore of Montgomery county, Maryland, died last week at her home, Piainfield, in the eighty- first year of her age. : —__.—— If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. It anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. /, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “ PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of ¢ y This is the original « PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which on every wrapper. has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years, LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, and has the signature of on the wrap- ttlltzen per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 8, 1897. . Cb unt TAHg~in De Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in- gredients of which even he does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF og CA Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You ‘THE CENTAUR COMPAR. TY BURRAY STREET, MEW YORE erry. BLOCKADE BROKEN. Grecian Force Defeated im the Local Battle. A small army, consisting of members of the local Greek colony, probably fired with the war spirit through the receipt of re- ports detailing the martial doings of their countrymen at home, steps that led to trouble in this city. Saturday last took The force of foreigners selected B street ulong the line of the Center Market as the base of operations, and considerable skirmishing inaugurated active military operations with a blockade that was so effective that a score or more American citizens, foraging for supplies to equip the commissary de- partment fer Sunday business, were forced to halt. The Americans beat a hasty re- treat, but soon returned with reinforce- ments, the Greeks then learning that the adversaries with whom they had to cope were not Turks, but members of the met- ropolitan police force. In the engagement that foliowed the police had decidedly the best of it, but in order to reach a final and satisfactory settlement, Judge Kimball of the Police Court was today called upon to act as arbiter, the opposing nations, so to speak, agreeing to submit the difficulty to arbitration. The attempt to align the forces when proceedings were begun in court proved a source of great distress to Clerk Potts and Bailiff Cole. The foreigners professed that they could not speak English, and it re- quired fully half an hour, to say nothing of the assistance of several interpreters, to secure a correct answer of the roll call and to find out who was who. Policeman Herndon was the first to ad- dress the arbiter. “Saturday last these men stationed themselves along the B street side of the Center Marke: he said, “with large baskets beside them. They obstructed the sidewalk almost completely and failed to move on when ordered to do so. We received complaints about them from a large number of persons. I would like to add that these defendants have been warned repeatedly about this very thing, and I have had five of them in court be- fore.” The statement of Policeman Herndoa was corroborated by several other members of the force. All the Greeks took the stand, but their pleas were not intelligible and far from satisfactory. In disposing of the matter the arbiter ruled that all except one of the blockaders should part with $2 of the coin of tae realm; that one, who has a large fam‘ly to support, with $1. ee Roosevelt's Championship of Women. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I saw in another paper a few days ago an article under the heading “D. A. R. Ob- jects to Roosevelt,” our new assistant sec- retary of the navy. As a constant reader ef your progressive paper, and knowing that it always gives both sides a hearing, I would like to make some comments on the subject. 1 was taught in my youth, and have al- ways heard it acknowledged, that the ladies were more consistent than men. I am not posted fully as to the reasons for the ob- jection to Mr. Roosevelt delivering the ad- dress on King’s Mountain day, October 1807, but those given in the publication ferred to seem to me insufficient when con- sidering how the gentleman the D. A. R. now proposes to object to has always championed the cause of the sex to which the members of the above mentioned asso- ciation belong. ‘Lhe Campbell Chapter of the D. A. R. surely must have forgotten the compliment ANH EUSER-BUSCH | | Mr. Theodore Roosevelt paid their sex when he first assumed charge of the helm of the New York city police department by ap pointing an estimable young lady to the position of secretary of the New York city polic> commissioners, a position formerly held by one of the opposite sex, and made the appointment in face of tremendous criticism. Only last fall, a few weeks before the re- publican convention to nominate a candi- te for the presidency, I saw an article in your paper, signed by a well-known lady of this city, giving reasons why she thought Mr. Roosevelt should be nominated at the coming convention for the presidency, and the principal one was his action in making the above mentioned appointment when police commissioner. 1 hope the Campbeli Chapter of the D. A. R. wi:l consider well before taking final ac- tion. OSCAR RERKL A ROMANTIC CAREER, Incidents im the Life of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker. Chief Quanah Parker, the Commanche Indian who is here from Oklahoma to pro- test against the allotment of land of his tribe in severalty, has a romantic history. His mother was a white woman who was captured by the Comanches when a small girl, and grew up among the Indians, for- getting her own tongue. When Gen. Me- Kenzie raided the Comanches and cap- tured the tribe moth: in IS74 Quanah Parker's . Who had been taken as wife of the Was among the number. All that she could remember to identify herself was her name—Cynthia Ann Parker. She was finally located as being from Jack's county, Texas, where she was joyous! 1 by her family, after having been upon as dead for many years. She took her son, now Chief Quanah Parker, with her, and had him educated. Later he returned to his tribe. He is a tall, fine- looking Indian, but he shows no trace of his white blood. The favorite of his five wives always accompanies him on his journeys, as does his young son, both of whom are now in this city. Chief Quanah Parker is quite rich in cattle and money, and is looked upon as one of the most in- telligent of the Indian chiefs. —_.>___ Chris Endeavor. The May meeting of the executive com- mittee of the District of Columbia Chris- tlan Endeavor Union will be held this even- ing in the vestry of Calvary Baptist Church at 8 o'clock. Besides the usual rou- tine business, several matters of import- ance will be brought up for action. Two amendments to the by-laws of the execu- tive committee, relative to the mode of electing the officers of the District union, will be acted upon, and the nominating committee, whose duty will be to report to the next meeting of the executive com- mitted, in June, nominations for officers of the union for the year beginning Septem- ber 1, will be appointed. Following the business, there will be a discussion upon the aims and work of the union iookout and union missionary committees. Preceding the meeting of the exccuti! committee there will be a meeting of the union correspondence committee at 7 ‘clock, the topic for discussion being “What Are the Duties of the Correspond- ing Secretary?” The monthly meeting of the junior sup- erintendents will also be held in Calvary Church at 7 o'clock. ie If you want anything, try an ad. in ‘The Star. 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