Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1897, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JUNE’ 21, 1897-14 PAGES. You cans —and eS, The Pearline. soap—many do. 1 Pearline is easier and more sensible, Doing “stunts.” That seems to be the case with tha women who are washing in the old way. tand on your head, for instance, Almost everyone could do it, if it were necessary or desirable. é the feet is more natural and more sensible But standing on easier. So with soap and Everyone can wash with But washing with hard work of soap is neither necessary nor desirable. Everyone should give up the use of soap Look and should use Pearline. sa Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell youS ‘‘this is as good as” or ‘‘the same as Pearline.” s peddled ; if your grocer sends you an imitation, be honest—send it back, IT’S FALSE—Pearline is never JAMES PYLE, New York. Out AN . THE JACKPOT. It is Now Part of Minneapolis and is Worth Many Fortunes. Minneapolis Tribune. At one of the most Intere poker ever played in Minneapolis, Nicollet Island was put in the jackpot by a man who thought he understood the game, but found there were others who understood it better. Fifty-1 ISLAND From thy ng games of years ago Pierre Bottineau took up a claim om the spot where St. Paul now stands. A year later he traded it for a horse and cow, which he drove away into the wilderness, never dreaming that the land he had almost given away would in a few years be the sife of a great city. For a small sum he purchased a large por- tion of what is now the business part of Minneapolis and put up a log cabin on a little mound in the center of Nicollet Is- lard. Half a dozen of the old settlers, Bo tineau_amcng them, had a Ittle poker club. One evening the stakes kept grow- ing larger and larger, until every Jackpot contained a small fortune. Mr. Bottineau had been losing heavily, but at last was dealt a hand upen which he hoped to re- gain his losses and win something beside. s given four queens, and, drawing card, secured an ace. leaving four kings as the only hand by which his could be besten. He thought he saw one of the | Players discard a king, and he considered his hand invincible, and played it accord- ingly. Sccn all but Bottineau and the man opposite him dropped their cards and re- tired to watch the game. The table was heaped with money and the personal be- longings of the two men. The filckering light of the candle shone dimly on the flushed faces as they watched each other warily out of the corners of their eyes. All of Bottineau’s possessions lay on the table, and it was hi He looked at his hand carefully. and then safd that all | he had left was Nicollet Island, which he | would bet against $4. The bet was call- | ed, snd Bottineau laid down his four queens with a smile of triumph. Amid a dead silence his opponent laid on the table, face up, four kings and a trey. It was so still ycu' could have heard them breathe. Then Bottineau called for writing materials and made out a deed to the island. From that day he never touched a card or coun- tenerced gambling in any form. After drifting around the country he went to Red Lake Fails and took up a claim and remained there until the time of his death. He was employed as a guide and scout, and was one of the principal members the Sibley expedition. He | knew foot of the northwest country, | versed it e © he was when he guided Lord Selk: S from: old Fort Garry. When he died the last of the oi nadian voy- | agers and guides, such an im- factor in upbuilding of the -see It matters little what it is that you want Whether a situation or a servyant—a in The Star will reach the an filf your ne —-+e- Brice at Work Again. From the ‘ago Times-Herald. A few days ago, when E. C. Brice and| Austyn Grenville of this élty failed to con-| vince the Treasury Department officials at | Washington that gold is not an element but a compound and that it can be manu- factured, the entire country enjoyed a hearty laugh over the failure of what was popularly considered a crazy scheme to verify the old dreams of the alchemist: Right or wrong, the two Chicago experi- menters claim that they were not treated fairly in Washington, but, in any event, this cuts very little figure now in view of the plan of action ‘mapped out by them. ‘They have come back to Chicago to engage in the manufacture of gold. The furnace in Mr. Brice’s laboratory, at | 40th street and Wentworth avenue, ha: been fired up again and black smoke is rolling out of its chimney. The gold-makers themselves are busy as beavers and, far from being depressed by treir Washington experiences, they seem to be as happy as | the traditional to be. “People in Washington sarcastically told us to go back to Chicago and make a mil- lion or two if we knew how, without wast- ing any time with the government,” r marked Mr. Granville the other day. “Weil you may tell the people of Chicago that lark is always supposed we are going to do precisely that thing. You may also tell them that we already have started on this work. Last night, with chemically pure lead. antimony, tin and iron, we produced an amalgam which gave us at current treasury rates $11 worth of pure 2i-karat gold. This result was eccomplished in a little over one hour with a furnace heat of approximately 4,560 degrees and at a total cost to us, over all including fixed charges, of $170. The ‘Treasury Department may not use our for- mula, but it will have to take our gold, just the same. Sa a te es A Oa ta ts tn ee a eee” ANDEMS oy eet stpedoedengegoedeatontondoatendenderdengengetessestessesseateageateasenseaseasonzeneeasengesgeaceagengeeseatonrentenzenteagencencente ageabeageazearen RAMBLER TANDEM sacrifice as above. TANDEM, ’96 style, vastly reduced prices: A few ’96 pattern at $25 to close out. | | } | fecus raptdl To make room for 1897 Racing styles, at $85, while they last. style to the 1897 patterns, Gon’t fail to see these. We also can give able for small men or boys, ASKED THE WRONG FATHER. That One’s Daughter Had Been Mar- ried for a Week and So Said’ No. From the Chicago Times-Herald. He was a frequent visitor at the home of the young lady. He favorably impressed ber sisters and mother by his dignified be- havior and sensible conversation. He would probably have had the same gratifying ef- fect upon her father, but as the latter was completely immersed in his business he was at home very little of the time, and when he was he generally betook himself to his study in a quiet corner of the house. The young maa had a dim recollection of being introduced to him once, and speaking a word or so, but since that time had not seen him at all. However, this didn’t both- er him much, and his love affair came to a When he asked the young lady to become bis wife she referred him to her father. I'll see him tomorrow, dear,” he replied. , I don't think you can,” she an- swered, “he's going out of town on a long business trip tomorrow evening, and so will rot be here when you come.” “By Jove, then,” responded the young man, “I'll drop in on him at the office.” The next day he turned up at the place of business of his idol’s father. He knew he was president of the concern. He made his way into the president's office and there cerfronted a very busy gentleman indeed. Asking for a moment of the latter's time he sald: “I have come to ask you for your daughter's hand. ci The man addressed stopped, turned around and looked at him a moment and then said: “I’m sorry to tell you, young man, but my daughter was married a week ar Without waiting for an explanation, the herror-stricken suitor .rushed from’ the building. He hailed a cab and drove madly to the young lady's heme. “What—what does it all mean?” he gasp- ed, as soon as he saw her. “Speak! What does it mean! I have just seen your father at his office and he says that you were married a week ago!” “Why, Henry," she cfaculated, in a tone of astonishment, “my father? Why, he left fer New York last night.” A little further conversation revealed the fact that Henry had been talking to his vrartner. —ame. CONVICT’S GREAT SELF-DENIAL. Saves His Tobacco So He Can Sell It for the Benefit of His Family. Frem the Indianapolis News. Deputy © of Internal Revenue Ryan had a queer caller today. He was a middle-aged man and carried a heavy val He said the valise contained to- bacco, which he was anxious to sell, so he could give the money to his family. He was afraid he might be breaking the law, and asked Mr. Ryan for advice. The latter asked his caller where he got the tobacco, and the man said “For several years I have been a convict in the penitentiary at Michigan City. I was sent up from Indianapolis, and my wife and children still live here. My wife—poor woman-—is in poverty, and my children are not big enough to do for themselves. I have been looking out for over a year to this trip home. I knew that my family had no money and that they was sufferin’, so I just thought of a plan to help them out when I got home. You know that every convict is allowed tobacco at regular times. If I do say it myself—and it has caused me an awful jot of sufferin’—I have denied my- self my tobacco and hid away the plugs as they came in to me, so that I could sell them. when I got out to relieve my wife and little ones. The tobacco that I have been saving so long is in that valise. There is not a plug in there that fsn’t as good as y I got it. I have wrapped them all up in tinfoil, so that they have kept moist and preserved their flavor. Now, I want to be a law-abidin’ man from this day on, and I want to know how I can sell this tobacco without violatin’ the law, just for the benefit of my wife and children, who-need it so bad, the Lord knows, after these years of neglect There were tears in the man’s eyes when he had concluded his story, and there was a suspicious moisture about the deputy's eyes. “Before you can sell this tobacco,” said the deputy, “you will have to give a bond with acceptable surety for $2,000, and you will have to put a six-cent government stamp on each plug.” The man’s head dropped and he looked sick at heart. That would mean the fail- ure of his merciful enterprise. “Ordinarily that would be the case,” said Mr. Ryan, “but I tell you, my man, I don't lector, | think that the government would get after you if you would dispose of this to your friends. A great weight seemed lifted off of the man’s mind as he dried his eyes, lifted his | valise and trudged off with it down the stairs and into the street. « a ee If you want anything, try an ad. in The St If anybody has what. you wish, you get an answer. S, MEN’S DI Fully also at same figure. Patterns that were $55, now $35. Patterns that were $50, now $40. : Patterns that were $75, now $60. S Of above, 2 If that patterns we will sell a few °96 AMOND FRAIIE, both Road and equal in material and but we need the room Formerly sold at $150 list. If you can use a Tandem you a fine line of SHELBY IDEAL Bicycles, at 6-inch wheels and low frames, suit- entirely new, and fitted with G. & J. tires, isn’t low enough, make us an offer. Gormully & Jeffery Mfg: Co., 1325-27 14th N.W. wn-town Agency, 429-31 10th N Ww. STOPPED BY GRANT Effectual Protest Against Spanish Oruelties in 1869, DESPOTISM OR CUBAN INDEPENDENCE Little Regard Paid to Cabinet Changes in Madrid. CURRENT VIEW IN HAVANA oo Consul General Lee is furnishing the State Department with translations of Cap- tain General Weyler’s proclamations and supplementary orders relating to the con- centration of pacificos. This is similar to the action upon which President Grant issued his protest to Spain against such mode of warfare. The first protest was made through the Spanish minister at Washington, Mr. Lopez Roberts. It was not heeded promptly. A second and more forcible warning was sent through the American minister at Madrid, Gen. Sickles. The Spanish government immediately gave “severe ard positive orders to stop the cru- elties.” Z History may be about to repeat itself. In what took place during the summer of 1869 may be found the precedent for like action in the summer of 1807. Grant's first term began in March, 1867. His first diplo- matic incident of importance was with Spain. The new administration was con- fronted with much the same situation in Cuba that now exists, except that the cru- elties toward non-combatants were not so aggravated and so widespread as at pres- ent. = *) © Mr. Hall, the consul at Matanzas, was acting consul general at Havana. On the 30th of April, 1869, he mailed to the State Department the foliowing proclamation, is- sued by the commander of the Spanish forces: From the Diario de la Marina, April 29, 1869. (Translation.) Inhabitants of the country! The rein- forcement of troops that I have been wait- ing for have arrived; with them I shall give protection to the good, and punish Promptly those that still remain in rebel- hon against the government of the metrop- olis. You know that I have pardoned those that fought us with arms; that your wives, mothers and sisters have found in me the unexpected protection that you have re- fused them. You know also that many of those I have pardoned have turned against us again. Before such ingratitude, such villainy, it is not possible for me to be the man that I have been; there is no longer a place for a falsified neutrality; he that is not for me is against me, and that my soldiers may know how to distinguish, you hear the order they carry: ist. Every man, from the age of fifteen upward, found away from his habitation (finca), and does not prove a justified mo- tive therefor, will be shot. 2d. Every habitation unoccupied will be burned by the troops. 8d. Every habitation from which does not float a white flag, as a signal that its Euebieeats desire peace, will be reduced to as Women that are not living at thelr own hemes, or at the house of their relatives will collect in the town of Jiguanl, or Bay. amo, where maintenance will be provided. ‘Those who do not present themselves will be conducted forcibly. The foregoing determinations will com- merce to take effect on the 1ith of the present month. EL CONDE DE VALMASEDA. Bayama, April 4. The new Secretary of State was Hamil- ton Fish. Within five days after the in- closure reached him he sent, by direction of President Grant, to the Spanish minister &t Washington, the following: President Grant's Protest. (Mr, Fish to Mr. Lopez Roberts.) “Washington, May 10, 18609. “I have the honor to inclose a copy of a Proclamation said to have been issued by General Count Valmaseda, in Cuba. In the interest of Christian civilization and com- mon humanity, 1 hope that this document ‘s a forgery. If it be indeed genuine, the President instructs me, in the most forcible Manner, to protest against such a mode of warfare, and to ask you to request the Spanish authcrities in Cuba to take such steps that no person having the right to claim the protection of the government of the United States shall be sacrificed or in- Jered In the conduct of hostilities upon this basis.”” a No immediate response came from this protest, which, presumably, was forwarded by Mr. Lopez Roberts to his government. The new administration at Washington waited several weeks. Then a letter of ex- plicit instructions was sent to the new American minister ut Madrid, Gen. Sickles, This letter concluded as follows: This Stopped the Cruelties. (Letter from Fish to Sickles, at Madrid, August 10, 1869.) “You will, also, in the name of the Presi- dent, sclemnly protest against any long carrying on this war in Cuba in this bar- barous way. For now nearly a year the insurgents have maintained themselves against all the forces which Spain and the Catalan volunteers have been able to put in the field against them. In the judgment of the President, in which I believe the whole civilized world will coincide, the time has come when this struggle should be car- ried on in a more humane way. To shoot pattern and are willing to One COMBINATION are taken with arms‘in {Meir hands, is not Cart hae try is %e pie Tristan wi leeply interested in the rr ‘soluvion of this question. Our relati ‘itr Cuba are so rary and so intima! we cannot re- gard this struggle, if, all ‘Its details, with any but intense intertist. Sur earnest wish has been and is to df out whole duty as a neutral tiation tow: in in this emer- gency. Feeling that ve done so, that under circumstances of uliar difficulty we have enforced our, laws atid maintained our neutrality, we af have a right on the frisoners of sate because ‘they e "Customs our part to insist thi 1 shall.carry on this war hereafter in’a manner more in ac- cordance with the humane and. Christian sentiment of the age. Gen. Sickles persgnally, presenttd the protest to the prime minister of Spain. On the 25th of September he cabled this satis- factory reply: “Severe and positive orders given to stop the scandalous executions of captives, and like cruelties. General de Rodas promises to do so at all hazards.” Feeling in’ Havana, The plague of war, famine and disease which rages in Cuba continues to concern the American people. In giving the results of personal observations and investigation there, I have sought to do it’ without ob- truding opinions. The fearful suffering which extsts on the island, the economic and financtal aspects of the war,. and the darkness of repression in which ° public opinion gropes, have been stated for the benefit of those who wanted inforniation, and not in order to advocate a cause or justify a policy. Indications now are not wanting that the situation is recognized and is to be grappled with. Whether it be through the medium of instructions to Min- ister Woodford, or the swifter means of congressional action under executive sanc- tion, the conditions demand careful con- sideration. = Commerce is dead, without hope of re- vival: women and children are dying by the hundreds daily through the military policy which Spain enforces against non-com- batants; the contest has degenerated into the strife foreshadowed by Mr. Cleveland as a legitimate ground for interference by this country; the pacification of the prov- inces is a mockery, and the war goes on without the prospect of either side bringing it to end by the victory of arms. This is the condition which is to be reckoned by the United States in dealing with Spain and Cuba. And everybody in Cuba is looking for action by the United States as the only solution. One afternoon in Havana the consular representative of one of the great powers of Burope was talking of the natural wealth of the island, the possibilities of its development, the value of its commerce and the future of its trade. He had lost faith in the Spaniards and he had not much con- fidence in the'Cubans, but he thought there might come a time when the corruption and bad administration of the past would be forgotten in an era of good government. “This trade is not for us,” ke remarked. “It does not belong to Europe, and we wili never have more than a fraction of it. The natural wealth of this island,” he contin- ued, as his eyes followed the course of a vessel heading across the gulf for Florida, “ts yours. Its commerce is yours, and the responsibility for the continuation of this state of anarchy ts yours. Do your states- men hope to reap the benefits of God and geography with none of the responsibility?” I did not venture an answer. Weyler’s Latest Orders. I have before me as I write General Wey- ler’s latest orders as published in the Ott- cial Gazette. Under-date of May 27 he applies previous concentimtion. orders to the provinces of Puerto Principe and San- tiago. Then follows @ géaeral decree sup- plementary to thosevpreviously issued and applicable to the whole island. This latest order has resulted imifurther increasing the distress among the qountry people by driv- ing them into the towns, and is being in- terpreted as intended ‘for that purpose. 1t limits the power of elvil tind military au- thorities to create tw. pahlodas, or con- centration camps, wetil favorable report shall have been giyen by military nead- quarters, yet further. ingrea the dith- ities of sugar plantations which have provided forces for the defense in keeping workmen and their families on the planta- tions, and forbids. abyglutgly permission for the families of the wprkmen to remain on estates which _havg.;,np4 complied with the series of conditions and which lack the “proper” armed force, It prohibits the set- tlement of families on estates and sugar plantations which. are “private” or “par- ticular,” unless the ofyner has made pre- vious ion of the lands they’ occupy to the municipal authority, and this céssion of such lands cannot be reclaimed.~ Finally further order was given that whtre new settlements are created they must be along the railroad lines or the main roads. The effect of this is to Hmit still more the power of the country people to draw sustenance from the soil. Presumably the text of this latest con- centration order has been forwarded to the State Department. If anything were lack- ing to justify intervention on grounds of humanity, this might supply {t. If a prece- dent were needed, it would be found in the action of’ President Grant, when Valme- seda’s “bando” was issued. He protested in the interest-of Christian civilization in a most forcible manner against such a mode of warfare. This was not done by awaiting the arrival of the United States minister at his post in Madrid. The pro- test was made, as I am informed, to the Spanish minister in Washington. It was effective, for Captain General Valmaseda, bloodhound that he was, never attempted to carry out the order. ‘The intimation of Spain's promise to in- stitute reforms makes of interest the sen- timent in Havana on this question, as it was heard during Mr. Calhoun’s stay there. Spain's haughty refusal more than a year ago to accept the mediation of the United States may now be regretted by that coun- try. It may sincerely want the good offices of President McKiniey’s administration in order to give Cuba home rule, and may re- call Weyler ahd change the conduct of the war there as an earnest of its good faith. Since the American people are concerned first in seeing the horrors of that war mitigated, they would welcome the ev!- dence that Spain’s poiicy in Cuba has ac- tually undergone a change, and the with- drawal of the troops would be passable evidence. But they are also likely to want proof that the reported negotiations are not merely part of Minister Delome’s pa- tient and hitherto successful diplomacy. Special Commissioner Calhoun not having found the pacification of whose. existence the Spanish minister gave such ample as- surance, it would certainly be a great triumph for Mr. Delome to divert the issue and get the moral force of the United States exerted as a means of crushing the insurrection under the guise of guarantee- ing reforms. Doubtless the minister’s past assurances and failure of their fulfillment are welghed carefully against. present promises of what the government of Spain may do. ‘oUUAUH uy pUOWT;UIS The unfurling of the white flag of re- forms over an ash heap did not seem to be accepted in Havana as a means of end- ing the trouble. What might have hap- pened a year and a“‘half ago with Gen. Martinez Campos givitig the support of his seldierly character to a’igenuine plan of home rule, had ceased to: interest people living in the regime.of pavagery, starva- tion _and_oppressioi ere is no such thing in Cuba today’as ‘the home rule or autonomist party. A few leaders remain, but they are leaders without followers. ‘The once powerful autonemist party is a shadow of the past,,,.Many of its follow- ers are in the rani the insurgents. Mr. Montorro, once’the Unief or head of the party, still hoped!‘an@®‘talks and theo- rizes on what ails @ubas He has excel- lent ideas.about the qvils of military goy- ernment under which, C: has groaned, and he sees clearly oe weakness of Cuban independence. He is'Pattiétic and earnest, and-a brilliant talker. But Mr. Montorro one day accepted thegitleiof marquis from the Spanish governmeyt. .§t was coincident with his declaration in support of the re- forms. I> Those Cuban titles of nobility have been of use on former occasigns in securing sup- port in Cuba for the home government. Now Mr. Montorro and his title dwell in solitary grandeur in Havana. While he theorizes for the benefit of a few admirers, the majority of the autonomists have de- cided that theorizing will not settle the controversy.. They have gone into the field to fight it out. They have been joined, too, by some of. the reformistas, or moderate home rulers. Whether these classes would come back from the field is an open ques- tion. Most of those with whom I talked while in Cuba declared that it had become standatd of Spain must still fy over an island under military t The te- forms passed by the cortes in ary. and not yet promulgated in Gul did not meet the case. Ee wt have never been force it is not worth A more serious side is presented in the feeling of the Spaniards. If genuine home rule for Cuba is to come, it will mean the end of their power, and the government of Cuba by Cubans instead of by Spaniards. Mere than one Spaniard told me in Ha- vara that while willing to concede some reforms in the system of government, they. would never consent to turning it over to the Cubans under a system of home rule which would amount to practical inde- pendence. What Canovas once called “the national actualities,” stood in the way. These ‘national actualities’ are the ne- cessity for providing large numbers of Spanish officials with places of power and profit, and the necessity of trade discrim- inations, which give Spain the advantage in commerce and industry. It may be said that thia is a matter which Spain must ret- tle for herself, but it cannot be ignored in eny plan or diplomatic negotiations which contemplate the United States giving its moral support to the scheme of home rule. As to prospective betterment in Cuba’s condition, through changes of cabinets at Madrid, the time has passed when Havana gives much attention to these changes. A Cuban of political prominence called my attention to thé regularity with which min- istries had changed in Spain during the last twenty years, the conservatives and lib- erals alternating in power. During that period Canovas and Sagasta have been in control. Spanish political history chron- icles at regular iniervals that the Canovas ministry falls and Sagasta takes power, or that the Sagasta ministry falls and Can- ovas takes power. This is the cecord for twenty years, and all the while things in Cuba went from bad to worse, until the in- surrection was the culmination. This does Lot give encouragement <o the hope that a change in the ministry of Spain within the next few months would be much of an ad- vance toward the solution of the Cuban troubles, CHARLES PEPPER. — Hotel Arrivals. alelgh—A. Lysle, Pittsburg, Pa.; J. E. Killain, New Haven, Conn.; F. W. Camer- on, Albany, N. Y.; R. E. Purcell, W. Her derson and T. H, Adams, Vincent, Ind. Quinby, Boston, Mass.; E. B, Midlen, W. H. Morris and T, H. Skinner, New York; G. A. Howard, Cincitrati, Ohio; O. H. Bosquin and H. B. Squire, Chicago, Ill. St. James—F. W. Powell, Boston, Mas: J. N. Mitchell, Knoxville, Tenn.; F. Reis, St. Louis, Mo.; F. H. Chitfield, Kan- sas City, Mo. Ebbitt—A, Barnett, J. Arnold and E. L. Wallan, New Yor R. Fleming, Cincin- nati, Ohio; H. B. Rice, Boston, Mass.; J. W. Woodside, Philadelphia, Pa.; George W Steele, Indiana; Capt. H. E. Waterman, U S.N., and wife; S. A. Day, U. S. A.; N. Cole, St. Louis, Mo. National—J. H. Henry, New York; W. Camp, Albion, Fla.; T. J. Hogan, Pittsburg, Pa.; F. Johns, St. Paul, Minn.; G. A. Rapp, Chicago, Ill.; E. M. Bloomberg, Philadel- phia, Pa. Metropolitan—G. Heiman, New York; W. Heckeri, Findlay, Ohio. Filed a Caveat. Edward J., Mary E. and James Wall, the latter residing in Chicago, Ill., today filed a caveat to the will of the late Daniel Mur- phy, claiming to be the heirs-at-law and next of kin of the testator. The will, dated Janvary 18, 1398, they charge, is not the last will and testament of the decedent, and they complain that he was not men- tally capable of making a valid deed or contract at the time. They also charge that the will was procured through the un- due influence of Mary F. or Cornelius Horrigan, or others, or through their fraud, wmisrepresentation or artifices. They fur- ther charge that the testator was plied with intoxicating liquors and kept under their influence, and in that condition exe- cuted the will. EL Well-Dressed Men as Vagrants. Henry Herzog, John Moore, Benjamin Williams, John Ward, Richard Williams, Henry Davis and John Light, all well-dress- ed men of apparent respectability, among the vagrants in the Police Court deck today. They were found asleep in a box car at Eckington, ‘The defendants explained their presence in Washington by saying they were looking for work. Several of them claimed to be printers, while others said they were pat- tern. makers and carpenters. Herzog, Ward, Willams and Light produced satis~ factory references, and, on promising to leave the city at Once, were released on their personal bonds. The others were committed to the workhouse for ten days each. ee Failed to Display Badge. Patrick O'Donnell, the driver of a public vehicle, was in the Police Court today, having been placed under arrest for failing to display his badge. “The badge, in some manner, became un- fastened and dropped from my coat a short time before the officer arrested me," plead- ed Patrick. “I did not know it was gone. ‘The excuse did not satisfy Judge Kimball, who imposed a fine of $5. That amount was paid. ———_—_ . Will Filed. The will of the late James A. Magruder, dated November 10, 1891, and naming Mary B. Zeller and Ella Armitage Whelan as executrices, was filed today. One-third of the estate is given to each of the said ex- ecutrices, and the remaining third is given to John D. Patten of Georgetown, in trust for Minnie Magruder Nicholas of Salem, Mass., for life, said trust fund to vest at her death In her children. ——._—_ They Will Celebrate. Arrangements have been practically com- pleted by the National Association of Demo- cratic Clubs, assisted by the local organiza- uon, for a great celebration in this city on July 5, which has been selected because Independence day falls this year on Sunday. According to the program, the exercises will be held in the Grand Opera House, beginning at 10 a.m., and it 1s expected will last until 1 p.m. Senator Dantel of Virginia has been selected as orator of the day, and speeches will, it is thought, be delivered by ex-Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania, who will preside, and others. There will also be short addresses from men representing each of the thirteen original states who were prominently connected with the Bryan movement last year. Other features of the occasion will be the reading of the “Decla- ration of Independence,” while various patriotic songs will be rendered by a se- lected choir. A salute of thirteen guns will be fired at noon, ae Beating His Wife. Caleb Adams, 1 middle-aged colored man, charged today in the Police Court with disorderly conduct, assaulting his wife, Nellie Adams, and assaulting Policeman West, demanded a jury trial, and hearing was continued. it seems’ that Adams was beating his wiie, and was placed under arrest by West. ‘The prisoner thereupon produced a big pistol and threatened to then and there terminate in a forcible manner the earthly careefgof the policeman. —_—.—_—_ Result of a Family Row. As the result of a family row in a house on Piney Branch road, near Brightwood avenue, James Bryan, colored, was shot by his brother Nathaniel and seriously in- jued at an early hour yesterday morning. In the Police Court today the case against Nathaniel was continued until James is able to appear. He is now under treatmeyt at Freedmen’s Hospital. No More Tests of the Kind Likely. It is not Hkely that any further experi- ments will be made by the Navy Depart- ment for the present in firing explosives from patent shells out of high-powered modern-rified guns, as the appropriation made two years ago for such work is near- ly exhausted, and the recent destruction of the tube representing a 12-inch gun by Fyemature explosion, leaves the department without available means to carry on fur- ther tests. 3 ——_—__-e Disease Among the Sheep. Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture has issued to the managers and- agents of railroads and transportation companies, stockmen and others a circular, notify’ them that the contagious disease known as sheep scab, or scabies of sheep, exists am a in the United States, and that 10 ¢ ehdatngat totes tee ceive for transportation or transport any stock affected with that disease from one state or territory to another. PROPERTY OWNERS HEARD Gitisens of Suburban Subdivisions Discuss A Delegation Calls Upon the Commis- sloners Today—An Address by Gen. Henderson as Spokesman. A large number of interested property owners of Meridian Hill and the adjoining subdivisions had a hearing before the Com- missioners this morning, with a view of having the first section of the street ex- tension plans amended. General Henderson, representing the sev- eral committees of the several subdivisions | involved, including Meridian Hill and Lanier Heights, was the principal speaker. He said the citizens interested hud formed some organization for the purpose of mak- ing themselves heard before the Commis- sioners of the District, and expressed the hope ‘that it was agreeable to them to have the matter so presented. The highway act, passed in 1893, was a very important one, and very revolutionary in its character. Under this act proceed- ings in some sections had begun, and prop- erty holders were complaining of them. He referred to the various subdivisions made before the act of ISS, and called atten- tion to the fact that they were laid down without regard to the city strects. The people of the city, he was afraid, had be- come too ambitious regarding the appear- ance of the city, and desired too much conformity to the plan to come within the power and capacity of the people to pay for them. The Subdivisions. Brief reference was made to the pro- visions of the highway act, regarding the preparation of the different sections and their subsequent filing. He said uncer sec tions 6, 8 and 9 of the act the former board of Commissioners laid out forty-seven sep- arate divisions of the District, within whicn condemnation proceedings should take place. Upon examining the map it would be seen that it was not only che streets running in a north and south direction which are affected, but there are material changes in the east and west streets. They are not only widened in many respects, but some of them are chang2d, picked up and carried away and abandoned in places For instance, he referred to Binney street, which, according to the map, was taken’ up and carried north about the length of a lot, and entirely removed and canceled as a street, and a street is to be opened on the north side of the jot. ‘Thi: in his judgment, was very good, provided there was money enough to carry it out. He called attention to the fact that in the Denison and Leighton subdivision $251,000 of damages had been assess2d. How were these damages to be paid? Property .was high there, perhaps unnecessarily high, be- cause of the speculators. ‘The Commis- sioners could not expect a jury of ccn- demnation to go below what is regardea as the cash value of the property. Dimcult of Execution. It was General Henderson's judgment the Commissioners would never get money enough to carry out a plan or scheme as impracticable and difficult to put into exe- cution as this. If the damages in the <ub- ivision referred to amounted to £251,000, what would be the damages assessed in the Meridian Hill, Lamer Heights and other neighboring "subdivisions? He had made no estimate, but believed it would cost anywhere from $5,000,900 to. $10,000,- vv. How are they to be paid? It had been argued by some of the prope that if the assessments were ! shape of benefits upin the entire city, ing one subdivision to start with, why the other subdivisions should have to pay the| share of the other ass=szments. The question he thought of the greatest importance to the people was whether it is within the range of probabilities for the people to bear the cost of this immense work. There was a way out of the difli- culty, he thought. It was to extend the principal north and south streets and let the east and west streets take care of themselves. The Necessary Highways. In conclusion, he sad If the Commission- ers thought the decision of the Supreme Ceurt in its construction of the act enabled them to file new maps, then it would be wise, he thought, to open up all the great highways that may be found to be neces- sary. If the Rock Creek Park was to be enjoyed, it was necessary to open some highway leading to it, especially 16th street. He did not blame the Commission- ers for adopting the plans already record- ed. They were driven to it by the demand of the citizens of the old city. They would only be assessed one-half of the cost, while the owners in the new city would not only have to stand one-half of that sum, but the entire othe: half. It might be well, he thought, to open the entire city to a share of the benefits derived and make them pay also, ——_ CONVENTION OF YOUNG BAPTISTS. Great Preparations Being Made at Chattanooga for Their Reception. Preparations for the annual convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of Amer- ica, which will be held in Chattanooga July 15 to 19, are now almost completed, and all the main details of the big religious gathering have been arranged. A com- plete canvass of the city of Chattanooga for homes for the 15,000 visitors expected has been completed and the result has been very gratifying. A chorus choir of 500 voices has been organized, and is now re- hearsing, under the direction of Profes- sor Porter of Baltimore. The main program, which includes rum- bers by many of the most prominent Bap- usts in America, will be rendered in the public auditorium, but nearly all the city churches will be put to some use. After the adjournment of the convention the visitors will go to Nashville on special trains, and will spend one day at the cen- tennial. ee “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. ANH EUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS'N, | forcing out t cer Can be Cured. It fs very often shat the most tneignificant «ymp- toms are forerunners ost violent disease There Is not a more destructive disease than Can cer, and {ma majority of cases It Is first indicated by a very small pimple or sore, to which no at tention is attracted, until tt before long develope into th> most alarming conditions Mrs. Laura E. Mims has resided at Smit! Georgia, for years, and ts well k adjoining country, In a recent of a worderfal case ard began te grow rapidly, notwithstan efforts to cheek 1, anti ft wis the atx trldge My eye Ibly inflamed, ap Was so swolle awhile 1 could not a roof the most fter exhausting their efferis doing me eny good, wey pave up the ene as hopeless. my father Lad died from raid 1 must die, as hereditary cancer was incurable. I was terribly reduced in health, and felt as if my life Was wasting away, ‘At this crisis I wa advised by a fri and in a short time the cancer seomed inflamed t re. 1 was informed that was favorable, however, as the med) polson through the skit “Before long the cancer began to discharge continued to do so for three menths; then tt be- gan to heal. I continued the medicine a wile Jonger, until the cancer disappeared entirely, and T enjoy This been sev years ago, and has wot @ sign of a return of the a Cancer Is becoming alarmingly prevalent, and manifests itself in such a varlety of forms, that any sore or does not n be regarded with suspl The fact 4 purely y table) cures hereditary fT, Which is copsidered incurable, places it without an equal as a sure cure for all manner of rea! blood dis as ma, Contagious Blood Potson, any other form of eer and Bloxd Diseases will be mailed free to address by Switt Specific Company, Atlanta, The country home of 3 imons of this city, one of t in Prince Geo! rounty not far from Bowie, wa totally destroy: d by fire s most beaut MA., and Jo with its cor turd: ternoon, Mr. Ea.mor 1 made arrangements to move there in a fow day 4 had recently had placed in the nouse.a large quanuts furniture. The house, which was one story high, contained twenty-three rooms finished in hard wood of the best and supplied with every con Was valued at about $20,009, auc sured. The furniture, which is also, thought, a total loss, was worth eral thousand dollars, but not Insure The house was built by Mr. Austin k who several years built it without resard to cost. - Gen. Greely Loses a Finger. Gen. A. W. Gre chiet r s'snal officer, has had the middle finger of his right hand amputated, the operation being performed Drs. Hall and Wood of the army. Th member had been attacked by necrosis, re- sulting from freezing while on duty in the arctic region several years ago. The 0} tion was successful, and General Greely expects to resume his duties in a few days. SRE AS ET Patents om Cash Registers, An important interference case regarding the priority of patents of the mechanism of cf registers will shortly be deck by Commissioner Butterworth. The com- panies involved are the National Cash Register Company of Dayton and the Hall- Wood Company of Springtield, Ohio. Both companies have recently established agen- cles in this city. +-- Coming Civil Service Examination, The civil service commission will hold an examination in this city July 20 to estatlish a register of eligibles for the position of attendant in the Government Hospital for the Insane, and on the same day in all large cities for position of teach- er of industries in the Indian school ser- vice. — Class Prejudice. From the Indianapolis Journal. “Well, there is one thing to be proud offs we have no class prejudices in this coun- I guess you vere never around when three or four sophomores got hold of a@ freshman.” = It is sald Qtieen Victoria would, if pos- sible, promulgate a decree against second marriages. It is believed Princess Beatrice has promised her mother never to remarry, THE LEADING BREWERY IN THE WORLD. Brewers of the Most Wholesome and Popular. 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