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Last Friday morning when the two or- derlies who raise the flag at Fort Mc- Phersen went out to perform their daily duty one of them let his end of the rove slip and the atars and stripes shot. up to the top of fhé pole and stuck there. The men tried to loosen it; but it re- fused tc move an inch, and so they left it. The exercises of the day were perform- ed and it came time for the sunset gun and the Icwering of the colors, the two soldiers who were detailed to perform the function of letting “Old Glory” slip down the staff were at their posts, guy ropes in hand, waiting for the bugle call and the gun, as they always did. The call sound- ed, the gun bcomed, and the soldiers be- gan to tug at the flag ropes, but it would not move. They threw all their weight on the lines, but to no avail. The soldiers held a council of war, and one was electcd to go and report the matter to the quar- termaster. He marched to the quartermaster’s of- fice and told him that he could not get the flag down. The quartermaster in- mediately accompanied the soldier to the parade ground. The situation was soon explained and he sent for the men who had raised the flag that morning. When they came and explained the cause of the eccident they were soundly rated for having failed to report the matter and a second council was held. “I see no other way to get it down but to climb for it,” said the quartermaster. One of the men was detailed by the quartermaster to make the trip and re- lcetantly he mounted the wire ladder to the first landing and, after two or three unsuccessful attempts to go further, an- neunced to his comrades on the ground that “it was no go,” and that the trip could not be made that night. > the attempt was given up, the sol- diers dismissed and the quartermaster went to report the matter to his supe- rior, leaving the stars and stripes to spend their first night out since ft had joined the regiment. In due time Colonel Cook heard of it and remarked that it was a gross piece of carelessness, and immediately sent for the quartermaster. The situation was fully explained to the colonel. It jwas thought best to let the flag alone until morning, and the quartermaster was in- structed to ses if there was any man la the post who would volunteer to make the ascent er who had been a sailor before he had joined the army. After a thorough search of the quarters he reported in the negative, and he was instructed to offer a slight reward. So it became known throughout the fort that the man who got the flag would get a doilar, and yet none of the soldiers came forward. The reward went to $1.50, $2, $3, H, $5, and yet there were no offers to climb. The men held off for more and the quartermaster reported to the colonel. He was ordered to increase the amount slowly and carefully and to use every persuasion to have it accepted. The market, accordingly, began to go up again, but the soldiers gave it vlenty of time, for they all felt that a little ex tra Christmas money would come in well. When it reached $10 the men began to watch each other lest some one should accept and not let the offer grow. At $05 a soldier wearing.on his arms the stripes of u sergeant and on his cap “Co. D” stepped up, saluted and announced that he would take the flag at that. His com- rades were taken by surprise and many of them thought he was unwise to gu for so little when the price was bound to rise. “But there was no telling,” said the sergeant afterward when asked about the offer. So Sergeant McRann of Company “I sturted his trip about 10 o'clock on Christ- mas morning. He climbed within one foot of the waving banner, his strength gave way and he fell back. After a short rest ne tried it again, and this time got no nearer than ten feet of the coveted banner. He got a stick, nailed a hook in the end and started a third time, re- marking that he would not go again for a hundred. He climbed with a will, but the pole bothered him and he had to slip to the platform to get a fresh start. Here goes for the last time,” he said, and started to climb. The soldiers and officers on the ground began to shout their encouragement to pluck, geant. it, Mac Don't give up. “only more. Go for it, Mac.” 8 got it,” and a cheer went tann had got his hook firm: ‘ound in the rope anl was now sli lown with the flag in his arms men cheered him again and th and their wi who were attr: the scene, applauded him vigorous McRann, smiling all over, pd te But paid no atten- tion to their salutes, but followed tie ‘quartermaster into his office and soon came out with three new $5 bills, and went off to treat his soldiers with his roll. “Genevieve he asked, ‘would you love me if I were penniless?” She looked frightened and exclaimed: “Oh, Arthur, have you lost your fortune?” “No,” he replied, “I merely wished to know if you would love me if I had no for- tune?” “Well,” she answered, “since you put it that way, yes, I would.”—Cleveland Leader. Insist on the Genuine ONT The best Washing Powder made. Best for all cleaning, does the work quickly, cheaply and thoroughly. Largest package- greatest economy. THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago, St. Louis, New York, Boston, © Philadelphia, . " THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1898-14 PAGES. VON DER AHE RETIRES A St, Louis Syndicate to Take the Browns. WILL BE POT ON A WINNING BASIS Bowling by Saengerbund and Car- roll Institute. CURRENT SPORTING NOTES ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 5.—On the authority of a prominent sporting man of this city, who is closely connected with those interested in the deal, it is stated to- day that a syndicate of young business men of St. Louis have made all arrangements for buying the St. Louls Browns, and will pay $90,000 for the National League franchis grounds, etc., which will be turned over by President Von der Ahe, free of all incum- brance. The syndicate. he said, is composed cf S. F. Myerson, president of the Myerson Printing Company; Gus Frey, president of the Frey Stationery Company; C. C. Spink, Proprietor of the Sporting News, and George Munson, sporting writer and for many years secretary of the St. Louls Browns. The men mentioned have, it is stated, put up part of the money them- selves, the remainder being furnisned by a number of those interested in base ball in this city. President Von der Ahe was of- fered $85,000 by the syndicate, but held out for $95,000. The difference was split, how- ever, and he will receive $00,000, out of which he will pay all the club's indebted- ress, which is reported to amount to $50,000 at least. It is the intention of the syndicate, so the authority for this statement announces, to issue bonds to the amount of $150,000, and reorganize the club for next season on a winning basis. NEWS TO MR. SPALDING. Reported Sale of St. Louis Club to Him and Others. NEW YORK, January 5.—A. G. Spalding was asked today regarding the alleged pur- chase of the St. Louis base ball club by a syndicate, of which he was one, and replicd that it was news to him. Mr. Spalding said he knew of no one in the city who would be likely to know of the alleged sale of the club. BOWLING. Institutes Defeated Twice on Their Own Alleys. The league ten pin match scheduled for Monday, but postponed en account of a counter attraction till last evening, drew a large gathering of spectators to the alleys at Carroll Institute. The opposing teams were the Saengerbund and C. I. bowlers, and the opportunity was presented to the home team to take first place in the league race. To do this it would have been nec- essary to win all of the games, but the best the Carrolls could do was to capture the »pening event. The Saengers evidently found the alleys more easily afier that, as their team scores in the second and thirc games were much better. Mr. Desio added two more pcodles to his lst, and he now leads the procession in that line. Difficult spares were not in evidence, Spiess in the jast game making the pretty shot of 3-10. None of the team totals reached 800, a pecultar fact, inasmuch as these two teams from their present standing may be con- sidered the strongest in the league. That very good bowler, Fritz Hanold, led for the evening with highest single game, having bowled 193 In the second game. ‘He also did good work in the first game, bowling without a break. The home team won easily in the first gan-e, having 48 pins to spare. Desio had a hard time at spare work, in consequence of which he was much the lowest man on his team. The score follows: CARROLL INSTITUTE, Locraft 160 Kice. Smith: Stone 5 Armstrong. 3 4 Total... The German club turned the the second contest and won by The Carroils were slightly behind from the outset, and the positions of the teams remained the me throughout the game. The score of second game: CARROLL 1D t 2 .4 ao * Se. fs To Total... é The last game was by far the mos teresting of the series, the final showing the small difference of nine pins between victors and vanquished. Suen- gerbund started with pins to Carroll In- stituie’s G4 in the first frame, and the positions were held till the when the Carrolis pulled u pins of their adversaries. They lessened the distance in the following frames, and the result of the game was in doubt till the last man had bowled on each side. The score of third game: SAENGERBU: St. 8) Total The Baltimore Catholic Club comes to Washington Saturday evening for a three- game match with the Carroll Institute. There will be league ten pins tonight at the Columbia Athletic Club, the South Washington Business Men's Bowling Club being the visiting team. The standing of the clubs follows: Won. Lost. Saengerbund. .. 17 FY Carroll Institute. 11 7 Washington 9 9 Columbia A) 6 12 Business Men's Bowl. Clui 2 13 CARRIGAN RE-ELECTED. Slap at the Executive Committee of the N. A. A. O. Gordon S. Carrigan has been re-elected ccmmodore of the uylkill navy of Phila- delphia by eight votes to three for Dr. Root. It was a decided victory for the ele- nent among the rowing men that is bit- terly hostile to the rule of the present ex- ecutive board of the N. A. A. O. At the meeting of the N. A. A. O. last summer Commodore Carrigan was warmly supported for the position on the executive beard to which this section is entitled not only by the navy and Philadelphia oarsmen generally, but by the Baltimore, Newark and Washington clubs. In spite of this support Carrigan was defeated by proxy votes. The re-election of Commodore Carrigan is Aap at the executive board. The navy also adopted resolutions refusing to give evidence in the investigation of the conduct of Secretary Fortmyer, who was accused of bringing about Carrigan’s defeat last summer. A committee of the board was appointed to take testimony. TOM OCHILTREE DEAD. Contestant the Most Memorable Turf Event of Maryland. The Baltimore Sun says: R. Wyndham Walden’s celebrated race horse Tom Ochil- tree died at Bolingbrook, Mr. Walden’s stock farm, near Middleburg, in Carroll ecunty, Md., December 29, after having served there nearly twenty years. Tom Ochiltree was a great horse in the old racing days when four-mile heats were in vegue, and his produce have also shown the speed and gameness of their sire in many cases. Major Domo, Sluggard and Cynosure were three of his offspring. whose names will be handed down in-turf history in years to come. Tom Ochiltree figured prominently in one of the greatest races ever run in this coun- try. It was at Pimtico; October 24, 1877, and was the occagio: Parole defeated the champion, Tén k, in a two-and-a- Hoel i aoeee th Parole oe Face, mi the léregit, was due Tom Ochiltree, as be had last: pace from the start, carrying Tef,. k fast with Parole trailing. ‘arole won by four lengths, Ten Broeck second and Tom Ochil- tree pulled up in the fast furlong. This race was-& case of west vs. east. Tom .Ochittree_belo: George L. Lo- Triltard of New" Yor = was by Lexing- ton, daa Katona. 7 rillard owned Parole and F. B. Harper of Kentucky own- ed Ten Broeck. T: ix_thousand persons saw the meni Mitest. The United States. Senate conyen| adjourned that dey. and special traing, ‘ied the senators and members from ington to Pim- lico. In the poole the! rn speculators paid $1,200 for Ten Broeck. The eastern pool buyers bought Tont Ochiltree for $400 and Parole for $350. So much money was bet that the pool sellers raf out of ticke'! Ochiltree was ohe af the biggest horses that ever.raced. - Gere 45 INDIFFEREAT ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP — e’s Attitude in Howing Not Gen- erally Understood. “If the people would simply get out of their heads ‘the idéa’ that ‘Yale wants to be the champion,” said Mr. Curtis, a Yale graduate, who is an authority in rowing matters, yesterday, ‘they would soon understand why she takes the posi- tion she does in regard to Cornell. We acknowledge the Ithacans to be the cham- pions, we know that they are high-toned, honorable fellows and we don’t conceal the fact that we would like to meet them again. It would give us great pleasure to beat them, but the mere fact that by so doing we would gain the title of champion would have no tnfluence. “Put to the rear the notion that we are Corbett and ought to go to Fitz- simmons. That rule is all right in vugi- lism. Moreover, it is entirely proper for college crews that have an ambition to be first of all to accept challenges, and go half way or make concessions in the matter of the course, but we haven't that ambition. Had we been able to get on a race with Harvard, we would not have gone to Henley, “We look upon Harvard as our natural and traditional opponent. We want to row her every year and to hold the race at New Haven. If Cornell decides ic come this year, we will gladly make the race three-cornered, and know that we are meeting the best in the land. “But the come one, come all! idea has not and never will have a place at Yale. In meeting the Ithacans we do so not because we seck to regain the title of champion, but because the members of the crew are high-toned gentlemen and sports- men, and because we would take delight in defeating such a worthy foe. “To many a college superiority in one or several branches of athletics is of the greatest advantage, and the faculty make: special arrangements by which nothing can interfere with the working of the severai teams—they are aided in a financial way: but Yale reeds no such advertising, and therefore can afford to act independently And. let me say, that we act as we do because of no feeling of superiority or ex- clusiveness.”” JACKSON AND MAHER TO FIGHT. ¥ Colored Pug Has Gone Training for the Event. SAN FRANCISCO, January 5. — Peter Jackson and Peter ‘Mater are to meet. ‘The managers of th® colored man and the Irish champion haye heen in correspond- ence for some timesaué have finally come to an agreement. ‘Phé articles, in accord- ance with this, have been drawn up and fcrwarded to Maher for his signature. They call for a tweaty-round contest, and {t probably will be Held In this city. Jac son has already gon into training. The mill will probably take place within eight weeks, roo . Profits of Foot B: Manager Twitchell of the Yale Foot Ball Association has hig’ feport of the Yale- Princeton game almost completed, and it will ghow the receipts of the game were not far from $23,000 There were almost 15,000 persons present. After the expenses are deducted it is ed _€ach colfege will receive between afd $9,000. As Yale received abouf, $12,000 from the Yate- Harvard game, the last season will go on record as the most prosperous in the foot ball history of the university. Into L. A. W. 1898 Meet at Indianapolis. The executive committee of the League of American Wheelmen has decided to ac- cept the invitation of the Indiana state division to hold the annual meet at In- dianapolis. The following telegram was sent to Chief Consul Wallace Sherwood at that city. “Executive committee by unanimous vote accepts Indianapolis invitation and awards the meet of 1898 to your city. We extend congratulations end offer our best co-oper- ation to accomplish the most successfui meet in the history of the organization. Ten Eyck's Plan, Edward Hanlan Ten Eyck, champion teur single scullerzof the world, says in order to develop amateur eights he would put twelve or fifteen capable men in single shells to row two years for grad- uation watermanship. From ‘he would select the eight and teach conc work. He believes that the college whict adopts the plan will get a winning crew and cause other colleges to change their tactics. ne The Shufeldt Divorce Caxe. The court of appeals of the state of Maryland has hended down an opinion. reversing the decision of the circuit court of Montgonery county in the case of Florence H. Shufeldt against Robert W. Shufeldt. The parties to this case are well known, Robert W. Shufeldt being a retired army officer.'The proceeding w: one for divorce, the wife filing the original bill asking for a separation. She charged cruelty and abandonment. Later Mrs. Sheufeldt filed en amended bill alleging adultery, the corespondent being a woman who resided in this city. The hu band denied the charges. The petition of Mrs. Shufeldt was dismissed by the cir- cuit court. ¥ In its opinion the court of appeals of Maryland, after reversing the decree, di- tects that the cause be remanded so that a divorce may be granted the complainant and tie lower court may take such action as to alimony as the circumstances may justify. ———— Get Mr. Lambert's Affida To the Editor of The Evening Star: Referring to the article headed ‘“‘Broken- down Pensioners,” by G. L. Lambert, copied from the New, York Times, in your paper of last evening, I, as a pensioner desiringj, §o4 have all frauds ousted from the peasign roll, respectfully call the attention af -the commissioner of pensions to the positive statement made by Mr. Lambert that,yhe knows of a dozén fraudulent cases near Eustis, Me. I trust the commissioner wéil.at once send a spe- cial examiner to take the affidavit of Mr. Lambert in respect*te these “typical pen- sion cases,” which affidavit, when obtained, should serve as a ‘gcod‘‘basis for prosecu- ticn of the parties’and discontinuance of their pensions. Surély the affidavit would not be refused, espevially as Mr. Lambert, by the above pubficatfon, has ted many gcod people to belfeve*he has stated the truth, and, of course, "they will expect him: to back up his statemefit. He cannot now refuse an affidavit Without convincing these same people that ‘he has simply wriiten Eimself down as a liar. PENSIONER. January 5, 1898. ‘ , Ite A The annual session of the Bakers’ Bene- ficial Association, No. 1, was held Sunday, January 2, 1898, when the following offi- cers were elected: President, George Sup- pes; vice president, Henry Arnold; corres- ponding secretary, Paul Burk (twenty-first term); financial secretary, J. A. Schuerger; treasurer, John W. Miller. Finance com- mittee, Chas. Stein, Theo. Plitt, John Bonetre Wm. Spe¢kmann and Andrew TOSS. ‘ lg Laborer Appointed. The Commissioners have appointed Jus- tin A. Harwood a laborer-at the municipal lodging house, vice‘. H. Wells, resigned, at a monthly salary Of $15. : T GEORGETOWN DOINGS Affray Betwoen Two Colored Men May Result Fatally. ONE SUSTAINS FRACTURE OF SKULL Record of the Temperature Condi- tions for December. OTHER WEST END NEWS An affray which happened over at the Consumers’ Brewing Company's stables yes- terday afternoon, between two of the co ored employes, will probably result in a charge of murder against one of the men. William Jones and James Lee are the names of the combatants, and, while the former is confined in the Alexandria county. jail, the latter is at a hospital in Wash- ington, suffering from the effects of a crushed skull. According to the story of the affray, Jones came into the stables yesterday afternoon, shortly after 1 o'clock, with two horses, the animals being warm from their hard work. Jones wanted to feed them im- mediately, and Lee objected. Words re- sulted, and then came blows, Jones strik- ing Lee in the mouth with his fist. The latter picked up a pitckfork and pursued his assailant out of the building »nd around the grounds. Jones stopped long enough to pick up a good-sized rock, and this he nuried with true aim and terrific force against Lee’s head. ‘The latter fell to the ground with his skull badly fractured. He was quickly picked up and conveyed in ene of the wagons of the company to a locai hospital, white Constabie Gaines arrested vones on a charge of assauit with intent te kill. He was given a hearing before ‘Squire Sellers, who committed him to. the Alexandria jail to await the extent uf the juries of the victim Lee resided at 1344 28th street with his wife, and was weli known in Georgetown. vones is also known here, both inen having worked for local business houses. Summary for December. The meteorological summary for the month of December, from observations taken at 30th and M streets by Prof. M. F. Burrows, shows that the mean temperature for the month was 36.7 degrees. The max- imum temperature was 70 degrees, which occurred the llth, while the minimum was 18 degrees, occurring the 25th instant. This makes a monthly range of temperature of ST degrees. The greatest daly range of the thermometer was 34 degrees, which oc- curred the 10th instant, while the least uaily range, of 4 degrees, occurred the 3d instant. There were twelve clear days during the month, seven more that are classed as fair, and twelve cloudy. The total monthly rain- tall, including melted snow and hail, was 3.68 inches. There were fourteen days upon which one one-hundredth or more than an inch of rain fell, while the aver- age daily rainfall was twelve one-hun- dredths of an inch. The snowfall for the month measured five-tenths of an inch. fhkere were four days on which hail fell, while frost occusred fifteen different days. The prevailing direction of the wind was frem the south. Knights Elect Officers. At the last regular meeiing of the Knights of St. John, held Monday evening at the headquarters on O street between 36th and 37th streets, the annual election of officers was held, which resulted in the choice of the foliowing: Commander, Augustus Boyd; second deputy, George Peters; finan- cial secretary, James Smackum; recording secretary, William Yerrie; treasurer, John Dorsey. Moses Z. Booth, Capt. William | Neal and Charles Duvall were elected trus- tees for the ensuing year. Second Meeting Week of Prayer. Congress Street M. P. Church was the scene last evening of the second of the union meetings for the week of prayer. The subject of the evening was “The Church Universal,” and Rev. W. S. Ham- mond, D.D., the pastor of the church, who was the leader of the exercises, made an extremely interesting address. Several other local ministers were present and de- livered short addresses. The third meeting of the series will be held this evening at the Gay Street Baptist Church, The pastor, Rev. W. S. O. Thomas, will speak on the subject “Nations and ‘Their Rulers.” District Secures Title. The’ District government has ured the title to the property adjoining the Cur- is schocl building, on O street, which now occupied by the Western High School. The property in question is lo- cated west of the present building, and is a direct line with the northern extension Potomac avenue. The board of schoo) trustees have secured the use of the lot and a fe of rers has been placcd at work, under Contractor C. W. Jones. taking down the brick wall which marked the old bounds of the school properiy, and rading the land on the vacant lot to the vel of the school grounds. When the mprovements are completed the whole will ‘be used as an additional play ground for -he scholars. Jury of Condemnation. ‘There was a session of the condemna- tion jury held yesterday at Tenleytown to inspect property through which is to be the extension of what is to be known as 39th street, and also an extension of the present Albemarle street, both highways being east of the Tenleytown road. The jurors were Messrs. George W. Linkins, foreman; Carusi, Benham, C. H. Fickling. Holtzclaw and George W. Morris. Another meeting will be held tomorrow at the cily hall and hear arguments on the matter of the extension. “The owners of property whose rights are involved are represeated by Lawyer Chapin Brown, Clearing the Channel, The tug boats whiclf operate between this place and the quarries have hecn keeping steadily at work, and have been successful in breaking up the ice in the channel. In addition to the work of these tugs, several other tugs, said to be in the employ of the District, steamed up the river yesterday and more thoroughly pul- verized the broken ice. Workman Seriously Injured. Samuel Marcey, a white man employed as a laborer at one of the stone quarries on the Virginia side of the river above the Aqueduct bridge, while at work yes- terday afternoon, received injuries which are thought to be fatal. Some flying stones propelled by a blast struck him, one heavy piece producing a concussion of the spine, In addition to this he suffered a number of other painful injuries, the calf of the right leg being cut almost to the bone by a Jagged plece of rock. He was brought to Georgetown and removed to the Emergency Hospital in the patrol wagon. Without, Her Parents’ Consent. Miss Ida F. Staub, a sixteen-year-old girl, residing with her parents at 2817 M street, was married Friday last to George T. Ste- venson by Rev. C. Alvin Smith, pastor of the Peck Memorial Chapel, almost directly opposite her home. Immediately after the ceremony the daughter wrote home sign- ing herself as Mrs. Ida Stevenson. The parents did not believe the information at first, but now that they have ascertained it as true, they are unrelenting, and state that the daughter shall not enter their home again because she married a Gen- tile. The newly married couple are now ‘at their home on the Conduit road, just avest of town. The disappearance of the young lady from her home was at first a source of great. anxiety to her purents, but subsequent disclosures made the mat- ter clear. eS t Masonic Hall Association. - “The annual election of the Georgetown Masonic, Hall Association was held last evening at the hall on 32d street. Officers for the ensuing year were chosen as fol- lows: President, John T. Mitchell; treas- urer, J. G. Waters; secretary, H. W. Ber- rett; directors, Thomas Dowling, Samuel C. Palmer, Wolf Nordlinger, A. B. Jackson, Isaac Birch and H. G. Wagner. Brief Mention. Miss Emlie Stevens, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens of #27 N street, was married yesterday to Mr. Manning, a son of Representative Manning. The ceremony took place at South Macalister, I. T. Miss McCahill, the davghter of Mrs. E4- win McCahill of N street, gave a tea yes- terday in honor of Miss Bellamy of Wil- mington, N. C. Policeman John Sullivan while attempting to repair a belt at the station this morn- ing accidentaliy cut two fingers on the left hand. The cuts were deep enough to reach the bone. = ee ASSOCIATED CHARITIES. Meeting of Board of M: Yesterday. The board cf managers of the Associated Charities held its regular monthly meeting yesterday at the office, 811 G street north- west. Chairman Janney presided. Genera! Secretary Wilson presented his report of the work done during December. There Was a marked increase in the number of applicants for relief. The total number Was 773338 white and 385 colored. During the month sixty-four persons applied for work, and employment was found for fif- teen. Nin» received temporary employment and six permanent. There were 33) investi- gations made by agents, and relief was procured from some source for 497 faml- lies, Fifteea persons gave false addresses. Savings by the poor, amounting to $27.10, were deposited. Applications for free treat- ment at the Central Dispensary to the nimber of 222 were investigated by the scciety. Mr. Wilson stated that the funds of the central relief committee had been exhaust- ed practically, but that it will be organized for work in a few days. CHURCH MEMBERS GRATEFUL. agers Held Assistant Chief of Fire Department Gets Thanks. Assistant Chief Kurtz of the fire depart- ment has received a letter from the pastor and congregation of Grace Evangelical Lutheran congregation thanking him, as well as the department generally, for the good work done when the destruction of the church by fire was threatened Sunday morning. The letter reads: “Please accept our heartfelt thanks for the prompt and efficient services rendered by you, and those companies under your charge, at the fire which occurred in our church this morning. That the fire was confined to such a smail area was the re- sult of intelligent and well-directed ef- forts on your part: that the flames were extinguished with comparatively insignifi- cant damage by water is deserving of the highest praise, and that alone prevented what might otherwise have been a very se- rious loss to us. “The result in this case is simply another illustration of the fact that, as property holders and citizens of Washington, our confidence in the officers and members of the fire department is not misplaced. —_—— ACCUSED OF WIFE BEATIN David Shen Arraigned in Court for for the Offense. A young man named David Shea and his wife, Annie, were before the Police Court today charged with disorderly conduct in their room in Mrs. McInerney’s house, No. 119 24 street northwest. Complaint was made that the husband had been drinking and witnesses said he had beaten his wife. “I was called in there Christmas day,” Policeman Walgh told the court, “but the little children and wife begged so hard that I made no arrest.” “There's been disorder in the house ever since I rented them the room,” Mrs. Mc- Inerney said, “and I am anxious to get rid of them.” Shea got on the stand and declared that a,.hough he had been drunk and had not acted just right, he had not struck his wife. “How did she get her black eye?” Mr. Pugh inquired. “I didn’t do it,” was his response, “and she won't say I did.” “I don’t suppose she will say so,” Mr. Pugh added. Mrs. Shea was sworn and she denied that her husband had assaulted her. “He's a good man,” she cried, “and I hope, for my sake, that you will forgive him this time. His only trouble is that he will get drunk.” Mr. Pugh said he thought the woman was innocent. The only thing she appeared to have done was to scream when she was beater Judge Scott fined the husband $10 and @ismissed the charge against his wife. gee UNDER FEDERAL JURISDICTION. Extending Operations of Over Indian Territo According to reports received from the authorities in the Indian territory, the op- eration of the law extending the jurisdic- tion of the federal courts over the five ci ilized tribes has gone into operation with- out friction. There a de: e to stay the operation of the law, and a delegation visi Vashington during the he ". but the absence: impossible. Agent W reports .he full ope 1 adds made this the Union Agenc: tion of the law without friction, a that the better element of the Indians are satisfied with the law which places them under the jurisdiction of the Unued States. cae A Boundary Dispute Decided. It is reported that Mr. E. P. Alexander, civil engineer, appointed by President Cleveland arbitrator to settle the bounda dispute between Costa Rica and Nicara- gua, has made “award No. in favor of the plan of measurement proposed by Cos- ta Rica, which was to run the boundary line from the initial point along the mar- gin. of the nearest channel to a point three miles from Cas Castillo Viojo. ——_—_——-e-_____ The Nicnragea Canal Commission. Advices from Greytown are to the effect that the Nicaragua canal commission and party are comfortably located near that port. About 150 laborers from Costa Rica ard Bluefields are quartered at Camp Che rey, across the lagoon. They will be sent away with the <ngineering parties that are ncw almost ready to take the field. In about a week or ten days only the com- raissioners and staff will be in Greytown. + -——_—__—__— A Stormy Month on the Atlantic. January weather on the North Atlantic ocean, according to the naval hydrographic predictions, will be stormy north of the 40th parallel and along the American coast north of Hatteras. Southwesterly and northwesterly gales along the trans- atiantic steamship routes. The effect of these gales is frequently felt as far south at latitude 35 (about Hatteras). Occasional gales it. the vicinity of the Azores. North- ers may be expected in the Gulf of Mexico. Fog at intervals on the Grand Banks, but not in extended areas. Ice near Cape Race, probably as far south as the northern steamship routes. --- Caution to Pension Examiners. The commissioner of pensions has sent a circular letter to all special pension ex- aminers cautioning them to be on the watch for circulars, advertising cards or advertisements used in the solicitation of business or claims before the bureau, and to cbtain copies of the same if possible and forward the same to the bureau. Dr. Rebert L. Dabney Dead. Dr. Robert L. Dabney, one of the most prominent educators of the south, died at his home in Knoxville, Tenn., yesterday. Charles W. Dabney, president of the Uni- versity of Tennessee and assistant secre- tary of agriculture under President Cleve- land, is his son. Suit Over Property. A bill in equity has been filed by Levi Woodbury, naming as defendants George R. Sheriff and twenty-nine others. The suit is instituted for the purpose of adjusting and settling rights in and to sub lots 20 and 44, square 50. The court is also asked to direc: a shle to pay certain incumbrances and t. _ thorizé a distribution of the surplus. 1 eeeee Mertz'’s Ox Celery Boulfon BM be served free tomorrow. ‘Try it y Chapped Hands. remedies for chapped hands being — thorougi.ly Dleaxant it dries qui Ce erccccsceces ee eeeees to nae cente bottle ly. Pure Cod Liver Oil, 50c. pt. We want to impress on som that our Cod Liver Oi1 is pur fresb—it's imported dire has ro fishy taste—no 50 pint Coeeeeroeovee Its made It POO e eee reer erereeeeeereseseee® by us Smapuritic | i Mertz’s ‘Pharmacy, wl Ithand F Sts. : . . . . . . . : PS . . CO eeeeoeeoe . Seer ercccccccceesccoes How Worry Affects the Bra’ From Pharmaceutical Products. Modern science has brought to light noth- ing more ctriousiy interesting than the fact that worry will kill. More remarka- able still, it has be@n able to determine, from recent discoveries, just huw worry does Kill It is believed by many scientists who have followed most carefully the growth of the science of brain diseases that scores of deaths set down to other causes are due to worry, and that al Tho theory is a simple one—so simple that any one car readily understand it. Briefly put, :t amounts to this: Worry injures beyond vepair certain cells of the brain, and t brain being the nutritive center of t body, the other organs become gradually injured, and when some disease of these ur- be sans, or a combination of them, arises ath finally ensues. Thus does worry kill Insidiously, Hike many cther diseases, it creeps upon the train im the form of « single constant, never-lost idea; and, as the dropping water over a period of years will wear a groove in a sone, so does worry staduaily, imperceptibly, but ‘no less surely destroy the brain cells that lead all the rest—that pre, so to speak, the commazi- ing officers of mental power, health and mo- uon, Worry, to make the theory still strong: is an irritant at certain pomts, which duces Ittle harm if it comes ‘at intervals or irregularly. Occasional worrying of the system the brain can cope with, but the reiteration of one idea of a disquieting sort the cells of the brain are not proof against It is as if the skull were laid bare and the surface of the brain struck lightly with a hammer every few seconds with mechan- ical profession, with never a sign of a let- up or the failure of a stroke. Just in this way does the annoying idea, the madden- ing thought that will not be dor with, strike or fall upon certain nerve cells, ek diminist~ never ceasing, and week by w ing the vitality of these delicate organ- isms, so minute that they can only be under the microscope. — How Hawatians Got Rid of In: From Nature. Few countries have been more plagued by the importation of insect pests than the Hawaiian Islands; in none have such ex- traordinary results followed the introduc- tion of beneficial species to destroy them. By far the mest conspicuous of (he former class, and hitherto the most injurious, ha been the scale insects. The number of species of this group which have spread throughout the islands is remarkab! and not less so the enormous multiplication of individuals of many or most of these spe- The first importation of coccinelidae to destroy these hordes was made in ISM, when Vedalia cardinais, Muls., a native of Australia, was sent over by Albert Koe- bele. At that time many trees were in a deplorable condition from the attacks of icerya, monkey-pod trees being particularly badly infe: 4 hat they we e only resource. 3 a complete aturalized, inc time, prac he became perfec digiously for Vedalia w s, and t paratively sea while at the p the numbe has arrived d in it is « numbers, ident that sportion. Previ- ously to its intro n here the same lady “had done excellent service in the fruif ards ot Lower Calitoraia. eee Truck Gardening in Hawatl, From the Honolulu Si ron O. Clark, ener, who rr a pract recently © e here from 4, Cal. to settle permanently, has the McLean pine apple ranch, 1 intends to go into the fru ple ness on a large at will be watched w 4 number of truck farm- who have long nds rival of ne here if th of su . but have not the capital to lose in such a venture. In speak- ng of his project yesterday Mr. Clark said: When I came here I was surprised to bu consid- s in southern C d their eyes on the is and would co rn that the major portion of the fruit und vegetables used here are imported m the coast and from Australia. A imilar condition of affairs was found in California when I settled there, twenty- eight y ago, but today she not only rats enough fruit and ve bles for home consumption, but ships an enormous ot and even abrog to all portions of the United State 1. The export trade ts Frow- ing year by year, and many handsom: ortunes have been made, and are being made, in the business. There is no re why we cannot here raise even better and vegetables than in California and come nto direct competition with her in supply- ng the markets of the worid. “The climatic conditions here are very similar-to those of southern California, only more even, I think, and crops m er tain. The soil is excellent, too, and biz re- turns may be had on small investments. ly as Lean judge after two month=" thi truck garde: ture for thos “adise a_ perfect and there is quit > who will venture into it. “You and I must be related,” by’s sweater to the monkey-on How's that?” asked the mon’ ‘We are both baby jumpers, small sweater. And the wax doll laughed until her com- plexion rolled down her cheeks.—Har Bazar ba said the The Government Inter- nal Revenue Stamp over Cork and Capsule on every bottle OLD CROW» HERMITAGE WHISKIES If you get this bottling you are r. fectly sure of the nae and Purity of the Whisky: buy. See that the name W. A. & CO. is on the stamp. 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