Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1897-14 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. WASHINGTON HEBREW ‘ . 3. N. MEYER, R.. SOUTHERN JURISDICTION OF THE There LA United States. of Mithr: you WON'T B OUR MUSTAK larked “COM- AML our a : POUND. All. our strictly pare goods are exactly fe represent. them—strietly pare. And our prices are Jar money ers. Wholesale Grocers, 1000-2 M st. se. omplished by a ly true is this is of mu your ma manner im would be perfectly ind 1 treatment, Vielual study amd thought. x md Way of turning cut fine garme ¥ NNEIT & DOWNEY, 435 11th st. seli-3m,10 bw. OF ART. to_ visitors for the 4 "September and Saturdays sand. Fri- liery will be ey ca tice of gn from 9 a.m. to 4 pm. alls. Notley Sunday ¢: wns will appear Jater, : Saree Unbitions Ol & BARBALIN, Curate TURDAY, September lock p.m., to lay the corner stone ‘hureh, er 9th and D sts. ©. nity are cordi: of te M. ry repairs to the Long fiver at Was! ilroed Co.. © railread, PERT ELEC House Bell an Repairing. aa i (TUALISM—M! EFFIE MeNEII, © business and test medium, 1914 Penna. sell-tf SPECIAL.—ALL CHURCHES AND OTHER OR- anizations desiring use of hall this season will tha no att engagement book of Odd Fel- Hall, 7th st. n.w., is now open. Sceure now. Prices low. Apply to WALTER A. BROWN, 1423 Pa. ave. se3-Im CLEVELAND PARK Extends from Connecticut ave. to Tenallytown road. Pay It a visit If yours is to be an Early Fall Wedding, See us about the Engraving NOW. Easton & Rupp, 421 11thSt. POPULAR-PRICED STATIONERS. sel7-14d__ au23 I Spread the News! Time to tell your patrons about the ew fall xoods. Couldn't do it in a manner more productive of good results than by our fac-similes, a personal t written letter by our patented proc We also print attractive booklets a pense. Call samples of our BYRON S. ADAMS, “Prompt Printer, 512 11th st, sel7-1K1 BUILDERS —will do well bg getting our price for they put in their any one to Wl hest stock lumber before cue . ‘Phone 217. "Phone 551. refer to those are making to erde for inferier garme ssed buns GATCHEL & ‘pa FRED. pers. 604 13th st. E. F. for Keen, is now with us. and years eut- sa co., T: MUDD, 15 sell An Authority on Dress The author of “As Seen by Him" papers, Fogue, the fashion journal, says, “Only a good tail- or is most economical to patrona; Kk clothes for members of the Army ropolitan, and other leading clubs, and the di ent legations, is anv eriterion, we are the vogue as good tailors. and And yet, our $25 Suits exact our best skill. a HARBAN~-—-—————1419 New York ave. se7T-3m,10 Se 3 i “Run for the doctor’ is Night —- oe .2tat! 26 a little Tharp’s Berk Whisky in the house. Sa’ lots of doctor's by lutely pure. Fi $1. Only to be F Street. Attacks. sister A Branch Shirt Factory! _ TO THE PUBLIC. Having sold our business to P. T. Hall we re- spectfully request ou shit orders with hi EDV late patrons to place thelr “Are you looking”’ for ¢ best Lathing Hatchet—the U: © st Brand Lathiug Hatehet—-the If so, you can only find John B. Espey’s, au27-3m,10 “HARDWARE,” 1010 Pa. ave. New Industries in the South. From the Seranton, Pa., Republican. The south is picking up rapidly in a business way and democratic newspapers down there, as a rule, do not hesitate to admit it. A good sign is the Increase of tn- Custri reported. For instance, la: week's list of new industries established nnounced mentioned canning factories ‘een Cove Springs, Fla., and Santuck, chemical works at Lynchburg, V electric Hght plant at Whitesboro, . and a $50,000 light and power plant ¥.; flouring mills at St. Flor- Conway, Ark.; Ringgold, Ga., Calm. Texas: grist mills at and Suffolk, Va., and foun- shops at Middlesborough, Coal Company artered at Bi ngs Lead and Zine Com: 3 "W), at Chattanooga: the id Mining and the Ky. capital, ttyville, Company, at Gaines- Georgia company, at A soap factery will be and cotton gi Oliver, Ga., and Gana vilie, Lexington, erected at Westlake, La., at Decatur, Ala Ga., 10, Texas. The s Lumber Com: Pany, capital, bas been organized et Appalac! -. and the * Morgan Lumber Company, capital, $10,000, at Clar- endon, Texas. Other woodworking plants will be erected at Florence. Ala.; Harrison, Ga.; Louisville, Ky.; Crowley, La. and Concord, N. C. ——__++2___ Apples All the Year Round. From Mechax's Monthly The superabundance of the apple crop last year has had one gvod result for the future of the orchardist. It rendered ap- Fles so cheap that the consumption was greater than ever before. A taste of this kind, once stimulated. generally continues, consequently the demand will be larger in seasons to come than it has been hitherto. ‘This year appies have been in Philadelphia markets the le year through. it year’s supply of late varieties—such as the Ealdwin—had scarcely disappeared before the Russian variety, Tetoffsky, frcm Virginia. These, of course, will be’ followed by better kinds. Few of the Rus- sian apples are of a very high quality, and thé Tetoffsky, unless carefully grown, is little better than a first-class crab. Still, it is noted by the market men that, being an apple in name, at least, it sells well, being so early. : protographs monument and the White House while on his present visit, but the chances now are strong that he will not attempt it. “I expect to leave the city for my home at Bayonne either Sunday or Monday ip es re, Zo ite “a4, STILL SUCCESSFUL Acrial Photographer Eddy Continués His Midair Experiments. MAY NOT TRY THE MONUMENT A Description of the Vistascope, a Novel Landscape Delineator. NATURE REPRODUCED —_ Mr. W. A. Eddy had a very successful Gay with his kites and his camera yes- terday. The wind was just right, and dur- the afternoon his experiments were ormly successful. He took eleven pho- tographs of the Capitol and Congressional Library buildings, his kites carrying the camera to a higher altitude than it had even been before, and he also secured a striking picture of the coast and geodetic survey and marine hospital buildings, shewing hiniself and his assistants employ- ed in managing the reel which holds the kite cord and manipulating the camera. Mr. Eddy intended, as is well known, to ef the Washington w night,” said Mr. Eddy, “and am afraid I li will not have time to try the monument and White House. To succeed in getting photegraphs in such limited time as I have at my dispcesal I would have to take advantage of the wind from any quarter, and for this reason would be compelled to locate my flying point in the most al- vantageous place in the grounds. “I cannot do this, as the portion of the grounds devoted to the playground for boys is the only portion that can be placed at my disposal. Colonel Bingham very kindly offered to let me have the base ball grounds for two or three days, and said he would give them to me exclusively for that time, but it would interfere with the base hall players, and I don’t like to in- ccnvenience any one. So I doubt if I shall make any attempt to get the monument. My kites went higher yesterday than they ever have before in camera work and the camera was two or three times higher than the goddess. I secured some ¥ gccd pictures. There is an excellent w: blewing today and I'll probably try my luck again this afternoon. “A very strong wind,” he continued, “is very apt to injure my kites and at such times I bring to my aid the assistance of the Hargrave box kites. The are very weight carriers, having raised a full grown man forty-two feet in the air several months ago. Hargrave, their in- ventor, is a native of New South Wales and a wonderful man. He has invented twenty- one fiving machines, nearly all of which have been flown for short distances. His kites need a very strong wind and are best for open sea work.” “I hear you have manufactured a novel instrument to reproduce animate pictures of the landscape,” suggested the reporter. “You mean the vistascope, I suppos returned Mr. Eddy. Yes, teresting and entertaining I deserive it? Certain “The vistascope consists of a like frame work covered with thin black paper. Its top is a gtble roof at the apex of which is a mirror, whieh can be turned in any direction. Below the mirror and entering the interior of the vistascope is a twent four-inch photographic lens which receives the refiecticn in the mirror and throws it in turn on a large square plate of paratfine or -what is better, a transparent plate of celluloid. The vistascope, which is five feet in height and three in diameter and weighs five pounds, is raised 300 feet in the air by my kites and observers, lying on t backs oh the grass and being provided with telescopic glasses, may see the enffre land- scape which is reflected in the mirror re- produced on the paraffine plate in all its ratural colors and every movement. “I made the first experiment August 21 last, and a public test, which was success- ful, Auzust 28. Everything animate end inanimate as fer as the horizon which was d it is a very thing. Will ca ight by the mirror was reproduced on the paraffine. By manipuleting the mirror the entire panorama included within the hele horizon can be slowly reproduced.” Mr. ldy gave the reporter copies of two pictures he had taken of the Cap- . the dome, including the Goddess of Liberty, being a particularly fine specimen of the new art of midair photography. —_ Abolish the Toll Gate. From the Philadelphia North American. The city of Brooklyn, N. Y., is fast push- ing Philadelphia for first honors as the bicyclists’ haven of delight. Brooklyn has bicycle paths and smoothly-paved streets galore, not to speak of her Prospect Park, the Merrick road and other good, broad bicycle highways leading dowm Long Is- land. Now, our neighbor has further catered to the wants of the omnizresent bicyclist by buying up the franchises of the goodiy number of turnpike companies which held forth in Brooklyn and the an- nexed districts and abolishing all toll gates. This is an ~xample which Philadelphia may wisely and with promptness follow. These toll gates are survivals of a past, with which the up-to-date bicycle has naught in common. They are anachronisms, azid no time should be lost in putting this city in lMne with Brooklyn in this important matter. ——>+>_____ Are You Going to Baltimore next Sunday? The Pennsylvania railroad is the only perfect line connecting the two cities. $1 the round trip.—Advt. —_———.___ Their Fleasures Too Nimin: ‘-Piminy. From the New York Observer. Children’s pleasures nowadays are not enly too numerous, but far too elaborate, and tend only to produce a generation of. little prigs. The children who have all these inventions thrust upon them «re more apt to be intellectually overloaded and bewildered than benefited by them. We half suspect that it is this very elaborate- ness of provision which makes so many young people belie the promise of their early years. The truest kindness to chil- dren is that which leads to a stern limita- + tion of the means of amusement, and so makes draughts en their own powers of in- vention and imagination. Depend upon it, the subtile refinement of their pleasures. the elaborate provision of sugar plums and high art, does not promote the develop- ment of active and eager minds. The prime requisites in a child's amusement are simplicity and monotony. Look at the pleasure the children of the poor get out of a rag doll, a collection of wooden bricks, a few nails and a piece of string! They never cease to please, and they please more the hundredth time they ere brought out than they did the tenth. The same stories, provided they are direct and neyer miss their point—the herves should be very good or very bad and the moral of the nakedest kind--never fall of interest, und we know a case in which-a eingle one did excellent duty until its hearer disappeared under long dresses. ———__+ e+ ____ The Best. The most comfortable. The Pennsylv: via railroad to Atlantic City. Through trains next Saturday and Sunday. $2 for the round trip.—Advt. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. _ i ri 2. Cae \ ia “im I aft ret h Hee ¥ ii ies ity Hal Te aa ity f EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 15th meridian time. Solla lines are {so bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an iuch. Dotted lines are isotherms, ot Mnes of eqral temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve tours. high and low barometer. The words “High” and Low” show location of areas of ‘Small arrows fly with the wind, SHOWERS TONIGHT. Fair Saturday and Sunday and Much Cooler. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday—For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, threatening weather and showers this afternoon and tonight, fair Saturday and Sunday; much cooler, north- erly winds, shifting to northeasterly. The area of high pressure has moved from North Dakota to Iowa, causing severe frosts in the upper Mississippi, middle and upper Missour) and Red River of the North valleys, and on the middle slope, and a decided fall in temperature from Texas to the great lakes, Grand Haven reporting a fall of 24 degrees in twenty-four hours, and Kansas City, Springfield, Tl, and La Crosse 22 degrees in the same time. Also the temperature has risen in the middle and northern plateau regions, and in the New England and middle Atlantic states. A storm appears to be developing in the centrai gulf, Port Eads reporting a veloc- ity of forty-eight miles per hour. Showers have occurred from New Mex- ico and Texas to the lower lake region, New England and the middle Atlantic stater. The following heavy precipitation inches) was reported: During the past Knoxville, Tyler, Tex., non, W. V 0. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 (din twenty-four hovrs— ; Buckhan- 1 1 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 80; condi- tion, 36; eceiving reservoir. temperature, 81; condition at north connection, 36; condition at south connection, 36; distributing reser- voir, temperature, 80; condition at influent gate house, 36; effluert gate house, 36. Both Rivers Clear. The rivers at Harper's Ferry were clear this morning. Tide Table. tide, 6:21 a.m. and 5:52 p.m. Today—Low High tide, 11:47 a.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 7:07 a.m. and 6:36 High tide, 12:17 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Sun ana Moon Today—Sun rises, 5:43 a.m. 6:05 p.m. Moon rises at 9:23 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:44 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:12 p.m., extin- guishing begun at 4:53 a.m. The lighting is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 6:57 p.m., extinguish- ed at 5:08 a.m. Temperature for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: September 16—4 p.m., 87; midnight, 71. September 17—4 a.m., 70; 8 a.m., 76; 12 m., 79, and 2 p.m., 77. Maximum, 88, at 3 p.m., September 16; minimum, 68, at 11 p.m., September 16. Sun sets, 8 p.m., 80; GROUND NEVER THAWS OUT Ice Under the Muck at Klondike Even in Summer. John Sibley Webb Gives a Discourag- ing Account of the Situation at Gold Fields. SAN FRANCISCO, September 17.—John Sibley Webb, atterney at Washington, D. C., for the Alaska Commercial Company, has made a visit to Dawson and Klondike mining district for the sole purpose of in forming himself of the conditions of living there, and Alaska generally, in order that he may speak and act understandingly when matters affecting Alaska are dis- cussed in Congress. “I have been all around the coast route, as it is called, and up to Dawson,” he said. “I have visited the mining camps of Bo- nanza creck and some of those on Eldo- rado creek. “Dawson is low and flat, and even in the height of summer the ground is frozen half a foot below the surface and ice is en- countered beneath the muck. The develop- ment of the creeks was followed by the washing down into the river Klondike, and thence into the Yukon above Dawson of large quantities of filth and refuse. Sweep- ng by the very doors of the inhabitants of Dawson, it is no wonder that there should be sickness and death. In the little cem- etery there there jay no less than twenty victims of typhoid fever, and the number has no doubt been increased considerably. The drinking water at Dawson is very bad, and this adds to the sickness.” ee $2.00 If Your Are Going $2.00 to Atlantic City avoid change of cars by taking the Pennsylvania R. R. Great excursion next Saturday and Sun- day.—Advt. a TWO COUNTERFEITERS CAPTURED. Important Arrests &nd Capture of Outfit at Valparaiso, Ind. VALPARAISO, Ind. September 17.— Major Carter of Indianapolis, Thomas B. Porter and A. L. Gallagher, prominent se- cret service men, assisted by Sheriff Green, have made one of the most fraportant cap- tures of counterfeiters in years in the ar- rest of Henry A. W. Brown, a photograph- er of this city, and Theodore Hansen, a farmer’s boy. The entire outfit for making money was found, together with $1, $2 and $5 bills of their work. Brown Is said to be an anarchist, and was intimate with Neebe and Parsons at the time of the Haymarket riot. —.__ BARRIOS READY TO ESCAPE. That Guatemalna’s May Be Deposeda. SAN FRANCISCO, September 17.—Ac- cording to a telegram here, Prospero Mo- rales has been chosen as chief of the rebel forces. This is taken as indicating that he will be Guatemala’s next president. In view of the fact that Barrios has char- tered a steamer from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which has been lying at San Jose de Guatemala with steam up, it is thought he will follow the example of Ezeta of Salvador and leave the enemy in undisputed possession before escape to the ocean is cut off. Sse SS A Low Rate via a high-grade road. $1 to Baltimore and return next Sunday via Pennsylvania R. R. —Advertisement. ee WILL SUE FOR $5,000 DAMAGES. Report Dictator Adm! rator Appointed Over Estate of Negro Lynched in Ohio. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Oht‘o, September 17.—An acministrator was appointed yesterday at Urbana for the estate of Click Mitchell, the negro who was Jynched there this sum- mer. . It is understood that the administrator will bring suit to recover the $5,000 dam- ages under a law passed by the Ohio legi: lature giving the next of kin of a person lynched the amount, to be paid from the county treasury. County commissioners are prohibited from compromising the claim for less than the amount stated. It will go Right to the Spot. Ayer’s Hair Vigor will go right to that bald spot and begin to bring the hair back. It Makes Hair Grow. CURE FOR CATTLE FEVER Accomplished by First Getting Rid of the “Tioks,” Cattle Made to Swim Through a Vat Containing a Solution Which Kills the Vermin.’ DENVER, Col., September’! 17.—After many :nonths of effort and repeated ex- periments a cure for cattle fever has been found. Dr. V. A. Norgaard of this city is the discoverer. The plan for dealing with the fever is primarily to exterminate the insect known as the “tick,” which abound. on fever stricken cattle, and through thé means of which the disease is communicated. To do this the cattle are forcéd to swim through a solution in a vat. Of what the solution 1s composed it is’ not‘known at present, but crude petroleum is used. Wher. the successful experiment was tried, twenty-seven head of very “ticky” cattle were forced to swim through the solution, and it was noticed that. while stand.ng on the drip board there was al- most a perfect rain of ticks ‘falling off the cattle. They were put into a pen, ard the next day, just seventeen hours after the experiment was tried, a rigid examina- tion was prosecuted and the examiners failed to find a single live tick in the whole herd. Effect on the Cattle Market. If the new remedy proves to do all that it is claimed it can do, the cattle market will experience somewhat of a revolution and about 500,000 head of cattle will be shipped north each year during the now prohibited season, which extends from February 15 to November 15. The fever line, from beyond the limits of which_no cattle can be shipped to the north dur- jng the prohibited period, as it now stands, Stretches from ocean to ocean, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Indian Territory, Ar- kansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, part of West Virginia and Louisiana are in the dis‘rict affected. State Veterinarian Gresswell is very much pleased with the results of Dr. Norgaard’s experiments, and says without doubt the long-sought remedy has been found. Meeting at Fort Worth. A meeting of all states and territories that handle cattle has been called for Fort Werth on September 27, and at this meeting it is expected the new scheme of dipping cattle will be shown, and should it prove a success there many of the states will be ready to so modify their laws that the cattle of the south can enter the north- ern markets. —.__. STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. Trouble All Settled in Massillon Dis- trict by Mutual Concessions. Special Dispatch to The Evening Stat. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 17.— ‘Twenty-one hundred miners went to work in the Massillon district today. The differ- ences between operators and miners was adjusted at a conference last night at Mas- sillon, at which concessions on both sides were made. A uniform car limit of 25,000 pounds was established, and price paid for break-through and room-turning’ increased. The miners agreed to ignore the ten-day provision agreed on at Columbus, and re- turn to work at once. The bright outlook in the Pittsburg district and the light de- mand have rendered an easier feeling in the coal market here. ——2e—_—le. it FIFTEEN ANARCHISTS ARRESTED. They Engaged in a Qnstration Over the Expulsion of Michel. BRUSSELS, September 147.®ubsequent to the expulsion from this‘city! yesterday of Louise Michel, the Frénch' anarchist, and her two companions,,; Charlotte Fau- ville and Brousson Loux,);who;had come here for the purpose. of making ® fortnight Speechmaking tour in aid‘ef the families of the anarchists executed at‘ Montjuich fortress, Barcelona, the | lice arrested fifte.n persons who were &u ed of be- ing anarchists. The police ith drawn |. Swords, dispersed several- dg, who were parading the streets shouting | cheering for anarchy. Some of these Yands were marching in the direction La § Spanish embassy when disperged bythe authorities. —_. BRIGMAN WAMFED IN MEMPHIS. Prominent Politician Charged With Assault and Jail Breaking. ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 17.—John Brigman, alias Kelley, aged thirty-two years, who is under arrest here, is said to be wanted by the authorities. of Memphis, Tenn., on the charge of assault to kill and breaking. a, known in poli phew refuses urn to. Tenneasce -with- The Best A railroad in America. The Pennsylvania || railroad will sell tickets t» Baltimore and return next Sunday ‘at rate of $—Advt,- [BOOM FOR M’COMAS Maryland Judge's Friends Want Him to Succeed Gorman. SCOTT'S ELECTION A STRONG AID Old “Organization” Faction is Ex- pected to Knife the Ticket. DEMOCRATS ENCOURAGED Special Correspondence of The Fxening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 16, 189 The election of State Senator Norman B. Seott of Washington county as chairman of the republican state central committee in place of Senator Wellington is regarded as a distinct gain on the part of those who are advocating the election of Judge Louis E. McComas as Senator Gorman’s successor should the republicans control the general assembly. Since the overthrow of Mr. Weiiington at the Ocean City convention the McComas boom has revived, and considerable quiet electioneering in behalf of the judge has been going on ever since. In fact, since the 26th of August the only men who have been considered seriously by the better ele- ment of the party are Judge McComas «nd Maj. Alexander Shaw of Baltimore. Major Shaw carly identified himself with the Malster faction of the party in the city, and long ago it was noised about that in czse party control passed over to that wing and success ai the polls fol- lowed the election to the Senate should be his as a natural consequence. It is now believed that Mr. George R. Gaither, jr., the Malster leader, and his law part- ner, Attorney General Clabaugh, have been working in Judge McComas’ behalf for some time. An examination of the city ticket nominated for the house of del gates this week shows more McCo: sentiment than Shaw, and the activi of Messrs. Clabaugh and Gaither mani- fested in bringing Scott forward for tne chairmanship strengthens the suspicion that they are strorgly in favor of the judge's candidacy. Have Party Interest at Heart. No men in the party have its interes more at heart than Messrs. Gaither and Clabaugh. Their aé@vecacy of any candi- date is invariably free from any taint of self-interest or personal considerations, and it is always in sympathy with the wishes of representative republicans. In the presert instance the foregoing is particularly the case. The best element of the party in the state has looked to Judge McComas as the best equipped member of the organization for the position, and coald the selection of Mr. Gorman’s successor be left to that element the judge wouid un- quesiionably be selected. As long as Sena- tor Wellington and his friends retained their grip on the organization the possi- bility of McComas’ election was recognized as-being out of the question, but as soon as the senator was defeated the McComas boom rose to the surface again. The anti-Wellington men are taking great satisfaction in the elevation of Mr. Scott to Wellington's position. The Washington county leader has always opposed Welling- ton and steadily voted against him in the last senatorial election. He has never con- cealed his hearty contempt for the Alle- gany man’s methods, and has never ne- glected an opportunity, as shown at Ocean City and in the recent Washington county primaries, tc lead the fight in person against him. His selection as chairman is eminently satisfactory to representative republicans who did not feel that State Senator Westcott of Kent would prove a suitable senator, and who looked decidedly askance at the suggestion that Repre- sentative Mudd should be chosen. Senator Scott, in addition to being a politician of no mean ability, is of abso- lutely irreproachable character, and those who feared that the choice of the chairman might result in providing a target for dem- ocratic vituperation and mud-slinging are greatly relieved at the election of Scott. The new chairman won a reputation as being the ablest man on his side of the chamber in the last state senate, and will probably be elected president of that body, should the republicans control it. Nominees Are Acceptable. The state convention was remarkably harmonious, and its nominees and plat- form are acceptable to the now dominant faction of the party. The meeting of the state central committee proved of far more interest than the convention, and, as far as enthusiasm was concerned, the election of Senator Scott as its chairman provoked far more applause than either of the nomi- nations made by the convention. The republican party will go into the fight this year opposed by difficulties that have not faced it in the past two cam- paigns, and the general situation at present is far more agreeable to the democrats than the G. O. P. The split over the mayoraity fight in the city will scarcely be healed by election day, and the most sanguine admit that there will be a defection of those who have up to today been termed “organization” men. In addition to this a large falling off in the colored vote is feared, and this dim- culty is one that is troubling the leaders sorely. It is admitted cn all sides that the Meister men made a grave error when they promised the negro leaders representation on tne legislative tickets in each of the three city districts. These promises were undoubtedly made in good faith, but the negroes are inclined to doubt this, and are extravagant in their denunciations of “per- fidy,” and threats of retaliation. The storm of protest that went up when the matter was publicly broached necessitated the im- mediate rejection of the agreement, but the opportunity afforded the democrats to fan the flame of colored discontent is most evi- dent, and the outcome, if in anywise pro- portionate to the predictions, wil] be se- rious. Democrats Are Encouraged. The democrats are very much encouraged at the prospect, and are beginning to re- gain something like their old-time confi- dence. With a divided republican party they realize that success is well nigh cer- tain,-and consequently are prepared to do their utmost to foment the dissensions of their opponents. It now appears that Mr. Henry Williams will be their nominee for msyor, as Senator Gorman and other lead- ers are backing him in preference to ex- Meyor Latrobe. Democrats derive great satisfaction from the belief that many in- dependents will-vote for Mr. Williams in preference to Mr. Malster, who is not like- ly, in their opinion, to attract mugwump voters. In fact, they feel that the majority of mugwump democrats will return to their old party this fall. Two years’ experience among Maryland republicans, they believe, is not likely to prove conducive to per- manent alliance with that party, and the performances of Wellington and short- comings of the state administration, in the. opinion of reguiar democrats, will prove more than sufficient to compel the wan- dererg to return to their old party. —_——__. Matchless Service. sf Peerless route. Fastest time. Finest equip- ment. Pennsylvania railroad excursion to Philadelphia next Sunday.—. ———___ BALLOON ACROSS ARCTIC RUSSIA. INDEX TO ADV ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSEMENTS . ATTORNEYS: 13 10 : 13} AUCTION SALES. as BOARDING 12 | BUSINESS CH. 12 CITY ITEMS. 10 13 COUNTRY POARD. COUNTRY REAL "age 12 DEATHS .... 5 DENTISTRY . 13 EDUCATIONAL 13 EXCURSIONS 10 FINANCIAL 3 FOR EXCHAYGE...... 212} FOREIGN POSTAL SERVIC 13 FOR RENT (Flats) 12 FOR RENT (Halis). a2 FOR RENT (Hovs2s) 2 Fo) rofl FOR FOR RENT (Stab ° FOR RENT (Stores). raze 12 LE (Bicyeles). .. Hous's). LEGAL >OTIS LOCAL MENTIC OCEAN TRAVEL. . PERSONAL .... PIANOS AND ORGANS. POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PROPOSALS . RAILROADS . WANTED SWANTED WANTED FULL OF GOOD READING. The Big Twenty-Four-Pnge Star To- morrow Will Be a Real Literary Treat The readers of The Evening Star have cceme to lock forward to the big Saturday ecition with increasing Interest every week, knowing always that there is in store for them a real literary treat. They will not be disappointed in the Saturday Star this week, for it will be no exception to the rule which insists upon literary merit and timely interest as cardinal virtues in all that sees the light of print. The three graces of a newspaper nowadays, Fact, Fiction and Fashion, will be in evidence, garbed in the styles of early autumn. It is unnecessary to name all the articles that will be worth reading, but a few of the special features follow: PROMISE OF SPORT (Illustrated). Showing how the hunting season this fall will be the best in years, as a result of more satisfactory game laws. HUNTING CRIMINALS (Illustrated). The adventures of Bob Evans, a deputy sheriff in the Ozark mountains, who has grown gray in the service. RUSSIAN FASHIONS (illustrated). St. Petersburg’s leading costumer submits a design for a calling cloak that is sure to provoke admiration. FIVE HUNDRED CARATS (illustrated). A South African detective’s thrilling story cf the loss and recovery of a huge diamond. By George Griffith. FISHING IN THE SEINE (Illustrated). Sterling Heilig tells how hundreds of Parisians find innocent amusement without seriously decreasing the number of fish. STYLES FOR AUTUMN (illustrated). Seasonable hints for women who like to dress well, and descriptions of handsome gowns seen in the neighborhood of New York. OF HISTORIC VALUE (Illustrated). The recent discovery of a mosaic mep of ancient Jerusalem, which was made in the fourth century. A NAVAL CENTENNIAL. The hundredth anniversary of the launch- ing of the Constitution, most famous of American ships. TO RAISE THE WIND. The story of a curious character who travels about the country and earns his living by whistling. UNCLE SAM'S BOOKS. A chat with John Russell Young about the new Libraray of Congress and how it is to be managed. By Frank Ca‘ penter, —_+ CONDENSED LOCALS. Mushroom hunters have not had an op- portunity this fall to tramp over the mea- dows and gather the growth of a night. This is because there has been so much dry weather, but now that there has been a rain it is thought that the mushrooms will be pientiful. There is a set of false teeth at the second precinct station awaiting a claimant. The teeth were found near 7th and N streets by Policeman Ellis. Should the person whose mouth the teeth fit call at the sta- tion, they will be surrendered. Forty-five policemen are on leave ard Lieut. Gessford is thc only head of a pre- cinct who is away. —— Surpassingly Smooth, Extravagantly equipped. The peerless Penn- sylvania. $2 to Philadelphia and return next Sunday. —Advertisement. — IDAHO’S POISONOUS POT HOLES. Death Traps in the Sold That Are the Terrers of Man Beast. From the Denver Republican. Attention is again called to the danger- ous pot holes of the Payette by the story of a hunter who saw several of a herd of cattle plunge into some of them and go bawling and kicking down to a terrible death. These pot holes do not cover any great area, but they are sufficient in num- ber to render travel across the section ex- ceedingly dangerous, while to stockmen ahey constitute a constant source of loss. For many years the existence of these pot holes has been known, but as the years have rolled on they have not apparently in- creased or diminished in size or number, Ff seus ancl FINANCIAL. Protect yourself against that thief “Petty squandering.” J's buman ature to think 11 ud © babit of ete stead means prosperity count with us. Union Savings Bank, 1222 F St. Sel5-15d J. S. Bache & oe Bankers and Brokers, °. Cotton Bx- ily saving $1 Starts an Member . NAW, C. T. Havenner, Tanager. The attent , ie Is eniled to ARTMEN4 netive and sold for cash the NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, sel4-2d Silsby & Company INCORPORATED, BANKERS AND BROKERS, OFice, G13 ISth st. nw, Naticnal Metropolitan Bank Bullding, Telephone 505. NOTICE. We are doing business as usual, all reports to the contrary notwith- standing. The temporary embar- rassment caused by New York fail- ures will soon pass. We solicit your business and will endeavor to give you the same satisfactory service. George W. 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Loans, Raihoad stocks and Konds and all securities Usted cn the exchanzes of New York. Philadelphia, Boston and Raltimore bought and sold. A specialty made of Investment securicies. Dis- trict bonds and all local Railroad, Gas, Ineuranee and Telephore Stock dealt in. Americen Beil Telephone Stock bought and sold. Je51-1 Life Insurance Policies bought or taken as collateral on loans. T. HADDAWAY. 1208 F st. n w., or Box 503, City Je29-1f D. P.O, their shoes covered over with the nasty slime have found that in the course of an hour the leather has become rotted. A feature that attracts many to that sec- tion is that birds abound there, making it a splendid shooting ground, but the Nimrods are all familiar with the location of the holes, and none of them has ever come to grief beyond slipping in to their shoe tops in moments of abstraction while waiting for a shot. Ex-Governor McConnell tells a story of how the poisonous pot holes are supposed to have claimed several victims in the early days. The governor with a party was mining in the Horse Shoe Bend coun- try, and came down to the Payette valley to a point where Emmett now stands after some vegetables, the governor having put in a garden to which he afterward gave his attention, to the exclusion of the mining claims, as a more certain means of piling up a supply of the yellow me During that time the Indians, while not on the warpath, had been giving the miners and stockmen no little trouble, and when t governor and his party arrived on the Pay- ette they found a number of cowboys greatly excited over the impromptu burial, as supposed, of several Indians in what are now familiarly called the pot holes. The cowboys had chased a small band of Indians away from their camp a couple of days before, threatening to shoot them if they did not thereafter keep their distance. The Indians, it appears, secured reinforce- ments in the Boise valley, and returned determined to give the cowboys a taste of high life. They appeared on the side of the mesa opposite the point where the cow- boys were encamped, and just before day- break sneaked out through the under- growth to give the stockmen a surprise party that they would not soon forget. Just before they reached the point where the pot holes are located, they started on the jump for the camp, whooping like a troop of fiends. The cowboys at once jumped for their guns, but before the red. skins had advanced 200 yards a most as. tounding spectacle was presented. One of the foremost Indians was seen to pitch from his horse, and the animal itself was seen floundering on the ground. Several other Indians went down in rapid succes- sion with their horses, and others tumbled over them. This had the effect of stopping the revenge-laden expedition. There was a scramble to assist the fallen reds, and then the majority of the Indians wheeled about and struck off in the direction from which they came as though the devil and all his legions were after them. ‘The cowboys made an examination and