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Meago, The S nsihiy go, The Selesmanship cor Plates. Jo orthineton C. Holm: "pany “1905 ee \ ? fa ner AD : 4 Terms. $1.50 Per year in A*¥anes, . oe 5 cents per copy a ‘ z Se : i L. XI WASHINGTON, D ©. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1893, No | Topular Subseripiioa FUWD. ToCarry On'the work of the ¥.M.C A. of D.C. Uj he “Se } t ity, known as the “Seyenty Minute- FAILURES FOR THE YEAR. Flre ”, is actually the fastest regularly scleduied pas-enzer train in the world. The dista!.ce from Chestnut street whart to the Camden terminus of the railroad is about a mile and analf, and the fer. ry boat trip aud transfer of the passeng- ers from the boat to the cars occupies ten winutes, This leaves sixty wiiutes for ther ride, and that is precisely the time allowed by the sche: ul: to cover the fiity-five and a half miles which inter- P. THE ALPHA Life insurance Company, DISTRICE OF COLUMBIA. A GOOD HOME IN VIRGINIA. Cholera is still spreading at Hamburg. + 7 Benaairets seert the ee ait S Only 10,270 Commercial Deaths in 1892, ae s 10,270, with liabilities of , the Lowest for Several Years. $103 500,000. ‘The number of business failures in the It is estimated that due bills in the United States during the calendar year Reading City Treasury for $5,000 will 1892, with the exception of South “Da. prove uncollectable, kota (where a State law renders it un- The Methodist Seminary at Atlanta, lawful to report such information ex- .. Will receive 000 by the death of cedt uxder prehibitory conditions), is . Gammen, of Batavia, Il 10,270, a smaller total than haa been re- ris anarchists boast that they will ported to Bradstreet’s since 1882, ten 1607 1iTH 8t., NORTHWEST. (Y. M,C. A. Building.) HIGH VIEW PAR K. 4 », MM.MOLLAND, WM.E.MATTHEW:, |. Why don/c you buy a loi? There Presdt ; Treasurer | i8 money in it. High ground, beau C. A. FLEETWOOD, H.W. WILLIAMS, | tiful views, pure water. Small The directors. of the above named “association have secured the build, ing formerly known as the ‘Forest me - it 2” 1607- b st., p. w. | Vene bevwecn the Camden depot and th nee eaaee * ) ect. ae pees 4 monthly payments will pay for your City Huse” 1607-9 Ale st, wation ut Atlintio. Cite =A nittle inze orem pes government, and are he- Years ago, with the single exception of SR a to 2cts. per weel lot and-tuen you can svon own your They have fitted it up tor the ing will show that this tsa speed of six-| ! & closely watched, | : 1887, when the like aggregate was 9,740. stock $5,00 per saare, own bome. se of the members, who are inti ; ty-five seconds to the mile, or the rate of Kilgore, a little Ohio town, has been Tits is not the only astonishing part of No asse “sments on Stock, | ea | THE ALPHA REAL ESTATE—BANKING-CO. 1607 11th Street,on. w; M. M. HOLLAND, Presdt. C. A. FLEETWOOD, Cashier: | R:ceives depots ofany amount, Loans made ou real estate. ntercet paid or Time deposits. BIGH VIEW PARK is located on one of the highest pomts in Alexandria county, Vir- giuia, less than two-and-bali miles from ihe free (Acqueduct) bridge, on the maia road to Falls Charch and-on- the line of tie projected electric railroad, which will be built to Falls Charen. led:to the following priveleges: A reading room where files o he leading religious and secalaf apers, magazines and reviewr may be found; a miscellaneou ibrary of four hundred volumue aud a pleasant and home like pa Or for social gatherings, religious lng the former record six seconds per mile and almost five miles per hour, Icshould te understood that this refers to the speed of regularly scheduled trains over the enti e length of their scheduled runsy and not to mere p! enomen | bursts of spced or stretches of fast running to make up ‘of Jo-t time or d Tie rate of fiity-five and a half m ig ex- ceeded cyery dsy ou the Reading Rail- road, and possibly on so ue other Ins, tay fifty-five and a half miles per hour, best- | almost a }-makgnant dipther' September, 1801, for $ payment. Governor Flower Isaac H. Maynard of the Court of Appe drews, who was elected Chief Judge. opulated by the ravages of “Deacon” $. V. White. who failed in | sent acheck to the last of his creditors in full It was announced at Boston that the z the exhibit, for the grand total of lia- | bilities of failing traders in the United ates in 1892 appears to be only $108,- | 500,900, a total also smaller than in any year since 1882, without any exception. A similar comparison may be made as has commissioned | °° assets, the total of which is $54,700,- Associate Justice , to sueceed An- 00. Tascott in Alaska. The whereabouts of Tascott, the alleged High View. Park cffers induce-| 4) icy and lectures. atoning railto SUA ie aa fo ie Postal ‘Velegraph Company had leased eee of Banker Snell, of Chicago, THE ALPHA Mente io all, rich aud poor, white| Pye work on ibe gymnasium and | to end Wt ite toate at ec geravan cnrege PCommereiil Union for” ninety-nine elt dete ars tars unsuceessfully 7 ; PRY sp jandcolored. Thi i e : ‘ bee i ener 3 years. ight for years, has undoubtedly been LAW, BEAL, ESTATE: AND @ ground ties slop- | Hath rooms Is being pushed rapid- specd as that of the “Seventy Minute | "Git wasis of (silits Tocce wan: ob located in Alaska. It is now claimed COLLECTION ‘COMPANY. 1807 11th Street; n. We w. M. HOLLAND, Presdt. E. M. HEWLETT, Counselior, THOS. B. WARRICK, Examinerof Titles: Property bought, sold, leased, rented, aud eared for, Practices law in-all Courts, Collections wade. F ire insurance yenewed or placed in. relias bie Companies.and at lowest rate~, Money ad~anced whbh whice to purehasea home, and life of purchaser: insured, ‘so that vania be die in the mean time, the home wil bepaid for, Gall for send for Pamphlets; { Where to carry. your orders ing to the south, well drained, aud every lot exposed to the sun. All lots are 50 teet frout and from 150 to 200 feet deep. The streets wii be all graded and trees planted, sud po pains will be spared to make this one of the most attrac sve and beautital places. around Wapshingion. Tue title of the lots is perfect and abstract can be seen at office. The health of this section is per- fect, 20 malaria, but pure fresh air, from the Blue Ridge, and the best and purest of water. The terms of sale are such ae to ly forward, and will be completes in the near futare. In order that we may be enabled to meet the heavy obligations ander which we are placed and to extend the work toa great degree of usefullness we havedevised the following plau by which we appeal to all persons havitg the welfare of young men at heart for help. Tbe city has been divided into thirty districts, and each district will be placed in the hands of a su- pervisor who willappoint as many solicitors as he may need to do the It is believed Flyer.” g ~ When the Lutter was established it was not «ith the purpose of br-xKing a record, but the officinls wis confidi nt of thei a- bility torun a train safely and prompt! in the spi citied time or less if requir It was det rmined, however, to limit the train to sIx cars to insure quickucss, This was found 10 be impracticable, and for more th n a week the train has been carryi: geight cars, including one or more heavy Pulinius, and making schedaie timeon very trip. Posident McLeod can now eongratu- late himself th t bis road holds the “world’s record’ for the fastest mile (39 4.5 seconds, as samed August 27, 1891, b- ident MCLro!, Mr. Willi: m Sing Pi iladeipmia Reeerd, ent othe ered last week in New York c rigid means are being used tos out. raid in Jounson County, Wyo., on Monday for murder, Leo XULis reported to be much in- cel efforts at solving the school question in the United States. Mr, John Jacob Astor is to build a palatial home corner of Fifth avenue and Sixty-first street, New York, which it will take two years to complete. Tammany leaders in New York have amp it The cattlemen who participated in the ast | William B. Tascott is in Alaska or not, spring were brought to trial inf Cheyenne d at those who oppose Mgr. Statolli’s that Tascott was heavily bribed to take upon his own shoulders the odium of another’s crime. Detective John A, Drew, of Chicago, said: “Whether he did not murder Millionaire J. Snell. The man who murdered Snell lives in Chicago and is well known. He does not want to have Tascott caught, and he is furnishing him money ell the time to keep away from Chicago,” Senator Proctor Sued. U. S. Senator Proctor, late Secretary of war, has been sued in New York by Edmund M. Sweburg, owner of 100 shares of stock in the Vermont Marble work in bis district. » his upon its time table tle 1 expressed themselves in behalf of a new | Company. The complai i : 5 A pees ss a anys aint charges Sen- D. FREEMAN'S Satchel yt er aks sete cd tol that io this way every person 1Dj e« regular tran in tle werl!, | and mpler form of ballet than that | ator Proctor with Baling alana ‘ia ua i ee) istrict will be given the exalt~ which was used in the recent election. | fraudulent and illeg: the lowest around the city, with the d t be gi Sees raudulent and illegal scheme to depre- Studio, smali cash, aud mouthly payments ed opportunity of helping a worthy @00909860006 President E. H. Stokes, of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, in his ciate the apparent value of the property and to misappropriate the assets of the > 5 cause. 1159 17th St., n. w., Cor. 17th a M hema interest, or a discount} We asa for the small sum of one Ps 5 2 PS twenty-third annual report urges the | Vermont Marble Company, of which he FINE PORTRAITS in Crayon, Oil and | When a cash is paid. ; ch fr yy a in | need of a new auditorium to accommo. went from 1880 to 1889, Pastel, enlarged to anv size from Card and The erection of several bhcuses Ho ty core on Eachypersoni {0} { \ date 10,000 persons. ned in favor of hi = Tintype, True Likeness Guaranteed, Month a which we will give a certifisate re-) @ _—— e ‘ > aoe ich Hani eben i nd Weekly Payments taken. GREAT | will soon be commenced. ipt. Solicit ill show due au ‘Tocureconstipation pur; ‘the bow- Bishop Potter. of New York, hae pre- oS REDUCTION FOR CASH. x Gr, be Qo SMES el | ga cisshould bo avoided; it weakensthelr sented his newly married daughter and The Mexican Border War. Lessons given: Flower, andscape Painting CHURCHES, sGHODLS, STORES. ETi. | thority from the president anu Power of motion, A gentle aperien! iilbanide Mroaiid Mia Maaoa Du cidice in John’ C. Bourke, of the Third rs A effect is only required. iny ee. etc. Children’s class every Satura y, from. 0 to So'clock. 25centé per lesson. Banner and Sign Painting of ever description. Orders Prompuy attended to, High View Park bas two colored cuurcbes, one school house, one Odd Fellows’ bail, two stores, and anew bandsome church will soov ve commenced. 5 association aflixed thereto, be sare to pay money only to-sach autbor ized agents who will take pleasure in in producing the required evi- Chairman ; general secVy, with the seal of the’ Liver Pillsare prepared with special views to the permanent cure o! COSTIVENESS and HEADACHE. ‘They are mild and remain in tho sys- tem until they act on the liver, cause a natural flow of bileand their fon, propertics impart power to the bow-! with a fruit farm in Colorado, where they will reside permancatly. Joseph Rosenberg, of San Fi has given a $10,000 drinking fount _the city of Chicago. It will be 2 mag his game Preserve at Newport, N. H. ain te | Cavalry, who has been stationed in Texas j for several years and who is regarded as ; an authority on military affairs in that department, arrived in Washington in | response to a summons, and was in con- | border. —_—_—_—_—— — < 4 . > 2" cans eran 3 , | sultation early in the week with S * sd. dence. | ais to repvre unhealthy acoummlas “nificent (granite structures surmounted SUNS ext ae Che wae wills Seeee ‘ ax & \, _— _— Park has the most -COMMiLTEB : \ © ronnie tneh’soncucre iat _ by a bronze figure of the Gode~~ Hebe. } {219 Biking aude ieeral Sebaficld, The 4 . —— andgesrablalais sronee { Tite SA 1 nine aaa ron ow 5 ARTO, Me Re Austin Cpe Aue yrec cov abimals i” | Measures tein press lawlesstiess. ot f Wasbingtan. : M. M Smith, @2@2000 062328 : ~~ WASH HL 703°O st. N. W . Apply atthe ‘bell from. javitor n the ball, o1 3m: A. O, Hlutterty, (Oppe. new city postofiice.) Practical Watcbmaker and Jeweler. Manafaciurer of Higu View Park offers a home wiibin tbe reach of everyone. High View Park is just the thing for au investment or a home. High View Park overlooks Four Mile Valley, anu is above maleria and disease. Wives and Children — Perfect wome hfe. Plenty of rvom toi lawns, flowers, and out-door lite. Qaiet and Cleau—No Smoke, no dust, no soot; atmosphere Clear as erystal. Gro. M. Covk, 4 Secretary 5 7. L. Brown, J. T. Davie, F. D. Lee. BE, &. Rusreil, JH. Merriwether, President ; J. KB. Moorland, Gen. Secretary The following persons have .ep duly appointed supervisors ip be various districts Prince A, Grimes, 2508 Mesmore avenue. W. B. Johuson, 1508 Ith street p. w. J. W. Cromwel, 1439 Pierce Place. S- McElroy, 2006 10, THIS WHRK'S NEWS. A Summary of Current Events—The World's Doings for the Past Six Days Gathered and Condensed for Our Readers. ad in New York, was reputed to be 124 years and 6 months /olk «dominate. Hitgreatest satis tion is over his buffalo. He five distinct herds. Efforts are being made by the authorities to brin u ing between the Gr ‘which is the Roman Chure! Five memb of the Cumberland Glass Manufacturing Company, Bridge were arrested at the instance charged with violation of the law requiring payment of wages in law ful money. fac now has Vatican about an understand. kk Catholic Chureh, Russian Church, and the a A Man Pafted Up Like a Balloon. Frederick Otte, aged 48 years, had the end ofa rib driven into one of his lungs by being crushed against a wall at Balti- more, Md. Since then the air from the | lung has escaped and pumped among the | tissues between flesh and skin. The re- It is that the sufferer has assumed the | shape of balloon and is liable to burst at jany moment. He is conscious but - not live. ‘ i edals and Jewels 2 ves, 2117} acl Renvalel! Sa GGHE Society Badges, Meds Seeure a home, Secure a vote. | street 0. W. Mauison Joues, 2117) 7) Senator Cullom is hopeful that the hes onik eee eee of Gold aud Silver. Purchase now before prices ad K street nw EF, D. Lee. 1 Ath | “Governor elect Turner, of Tennessee, estate commerce law will be oe oe street pn. w RB. T Drew, 1112 19th) 5, i, cach poor health that his death is turer, committed sui An hour be- Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. Fioe and Complicated. Watch anu vance. Pure, water, fresb air, per tect healt, schools, churcues, Odd Feliows’ ball, stores, ete. In short, vice bomes tor all aud a safe 1- streetn. w. ER Rusvell, 1740 81h street n. w. Oliver Arnold, 419 Q street vp. w. J W. Taylor, 905 LLtp feared. A statute to Chester A, Arthur has been completed, and will be erected in | amended after the holidays in sueh a store the v ity of which it was deprived by recent judicial decis- ions. the vault in the vas fou surer’s office or of papers It is believed open and a num und documents in ashes. b 0 rte f numerous crimes are behind the racic Box Repairing & ! northwest, Hamil on Rucker, 1250 | New York: A race war is imminent at Easley. | ,,, here ie a de ti 533 Specialty. ne ek te see the New Jersey aveuue; W. A. Liver- The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is to be | Pickens County, S. ©. Negroes | ; ie sere th ae eit yo Wi ye « All Work Warranted. No, 682 G St., D. 7 fi WASHINGTON, D. ©. W th Wm. F. LUTZ ——— Pensions The Disability Bilt is a Law. BOLDIERS DISABLED SINCE THE WAR ARE ENTITLED. 3» Dependent widows and parents now depen: dent whose sons died from effects of: x ‘ser- vices are included. If wish your © inims speedily and successfully prosecuted, address 4 "JAMES: TARER . i of Pensions. Late Commissiones of Pension: on, D.C. ‘ roperts free tly to 5 Higa . EW PARK CO., Room %. {‘orecran balding, corner 15ia and F Sureets, Washington, D. C.,, 01 W. CALVIN CHASE, 1109 I Si, n. w. ESTABLISHED 1866. S$ wNSTINE'S LUN OFCE 361 Pennsylvania Avenue. — Gold and silver watches, dia~ monds, jewelry, pistols, gaus, mé~ ehanical tools, ladies’ and gentle- men’s wearing apparel. Old gold and silver bought. Unredeemed pledges for sale. A PATRIOTIC WORK, - J.H. Dabney MAKER. Office 447 L Street N. W. ‘UNDERTAKER & CABINET i { PHILADELPHIA! RESTAURANT & SALOON 48 Peunsyivanta Ave., Northwest | F; tion, Among the authors of these documents ‘Hon, JamesG. Blaine; Wm. McKinley, Jr Bese: SP Ohio: Senator ‘M. Culiom, of ill pols; Senator, Joseph R; bab, ot Gregan: Fig Sib! Eee tervernge at Reison W. Aldrich, of Island; Hon. ‘New. ;_Hon. Robert Porm Oogracten Fed betes 5 a, Agricultural ‘at_ Washi ; Fa Depeche Hon. EA. ‘of New Yorks an Dolliv of lowar, F. Jones ‘Hall Rice. 95 New York avenue W. A. Thomas, 15.) Lestreet n w W- H. Scott, 1018 R street n w J T. Davis, 213 M ssachusetts ave i. L. Webster, 711 Sth street n w L. A Cornish, 12 5 street 8. © J W Butcher Capital Hill, J T Reynold, 2216 12, street n w J T Beason, 2701 Dun, barton avenue A S Jackson, 2603 : P street DW. ———_— A “FLYER, INDEED” SCHE! TRAIN Tue FasTest SCHEDULED N "AMERICA RUNS *ROM PHILADEL PHIA TO THE SEA VIA hEAD- ING KOYAL ROUTE, biood” in the verns of the most s date among us is evidenced by the un-versal int rest manifested in railway speeds and the delight with which the average man hails each successive trump) of the loco- motive over the combined elements of im and distance, Phe. much-vauntel ‘‘Flying Scoteb- min? express tain between London and Edinburgh, in Great Bri ain, is still re- vl y the New York Central, whose rene Blais Express”? between New York and Buffalo bas, until within a few days, claimed the titl - of the fastest reg- ular train in the world. This celebrated distance. of 440 miles, in eight tours and and two-tuirds mils per boar. Deduet- ing al] stops the average runpir g time of this train is fiity-two and twe lve one-lun- dredths miles per hour. Now, however, comes a new claimant for | egh speed hovors. ithas been discov- red that the Reading Ruilro.d’s 3:39 p. ‘m train from Puiladelphia to Auianuc pool, Anacostia Geo, Martin 308} &That there is a streak of “sporting | train rans from New York to Bi ffulo, a! forty winutes. which is at the rate of) seventy—oue séconds to cach “nile, or fifty | _ Frotes f | r University, has been asked to resign by given a trial with emmisite shells near Port Royal, S. A young American who lost $17,500 belonging to his mother gambling at Monte Carlo, committed suicide. Mr. Gladstone celebrated his eighty- third birthday at Biarritz, Queen Vic- toria was the first to send congratula- tions. . ‘The Treasury Department at Washing- ton has issued an order forbidding all importations of rags from certain foreign + gorts. A caucus of Democrats met in Jersey City and unanimously opposed the choice of Governor Abbett for the United States Senate. Treasury drafts for $356,500 of souvenir coins have failed to reach Chicago, and there is fear they have been lost or stolen in the mails. Twelve hundred half-pound cans of opium were discovered concealed in the sheathing of the Oceanic, which arrived at San Francisco. Roundsman Daily, now serving a seti- tence of one year in State Prison, has at last been suspended from the police force in New York, President-elect Cleveland publicly an- nounces his opposition to the nomination of Edward Murphy, Jr., as United States Senator from New York, There is 10 inch ice on the Hudson new steamer service between New York and the west coast of South A way of the Straits of Magellan. Pope Leo assured the French Ambas- sador to Rome that the Panama scandal had in no way shaken his faith in the future of the French Republic, Professor William H. Roberts, of Lane the faculty, who stand by Professor Henry P. Smith, convicted of heresy The opposition to the election of Ed- ward C, Murphy as Senator from New York seems to be concentrating on Bourke Cochran, the great Tammany of- ator, merica by j been ordered to leave town within twenty-four hours, because thy released one of their number who had insulted « white woman. Fourteen conv cts have died of some myste y the Little Rock, Ar! first it was thought that they by poisoning, but an in vealed the presence of a malignant con- tagious dis ‘A big fox : id died a wildcat fought fiercely over four rabbits that had been shot by two hunters r Mud Lake, N. Y., the other day. The wile won the fight by leaping to the fox’s back in the second round and crunching his antagonist’s neck until death resulted. An English physician named Hunter and a German pathologist named Klebs, who have worked indvpendently of each other, are reported to have eliminated from the ymph consumption cure the deleterious substances, foreign to its true remedial principle, which gave rise to the unfavorable symptoms in the Koch treatment. Adrian Fairchild. a New York diver, met death at the bottom of the North | River while tampi: amite charge in aholein the bed rock. Lis helper was notaware of what had occurred un- til he saw a disturbance of the w: He immediately gave te usual si; the diver, but there was ao response, ard A Big Gun for Chica The Penn-yivannia Railroad Company | has just completed a huge platform car Altoona to carry a 124-ton gun built at the Krupp, works in Gert from Sparrow Point, Md, to the Work r. ¥ Queen Victoria has altogether takes 1 and forty-seven agricul Mexican flint knives were made s¢ sharp that they could be used for trim: ming hair. tigation re-| for that time, and he will 40 in the St. Louis Tr Louisiana's 3 w Senator. Governor Foster, of La, has ap Hon. Donelson Caffery, United , States § r, to succeed Randall L. dibson, deceased. As the Legislature joes not meet for eighteen months, Mr. Caffery will hold the Senatorship at le probably be Assembly for the Mr. Caffery is a large sugar elected by the General full term. planter. Bandits Defeated. A dispatch from Laredo, Texas, states that Lieut. West and his company of United Stages cavalry came upon a band of bandits camped on the Alazan Creek, and killed one and wounded another. ‘The fight occured on Mexican territory, None of the troops were injured, and they captured a large amount of arms and ammunition. Mexic: Gotham Changes Officials. Hon. ‘Thomas F. Gilroy, of New York, assumed the duties of Mayor on January ist, the office and the books, papers and keys belonging to it being turned over at noon by ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant. There were no formal ceremonies, but the Mayor’s office was crowded with politi- cians of prominence and adorned with fragrant flowers. 3 ons aS the fastest} pico, Ti : ing will A Bab - ‘ ‘Tarif question. | garded by many peo river, above Newburgh, and cutting will | iy was hauled joa Theve Lion. = SARRIAGES FOR HIRE. ; NS dooa- | egularly sche tuled rate ee ee 3oon begin. Navigation on the lower ey = i aE ip eae hae | fa The Central Pary New York, menag- Telephoue 826-8. ‘~~ | THON Ming nenry eo pages of visinly | Tc however, is. mi-tikey Oe “Exeelled | Hudson has been stopped. See ais te exter erie has a baby lioh, which the keepers Bept 11 0 | ee rerun edited and reliable informe- ceo atvouds in this comutry, no-| January will see the inanguration of 9) jury, will try to bring up on a bottle. Tie mother, a magnificent lioness, had a previous litter of three cubs, but she ate them up. Murphy's Election Assured. | Interviews with Democratic members of the Legislature at Albany indicate | that there will be little opposition to the jelection of Hon. Edward Murphy, Jr., : tothe United States Senate. Peary Going North Again. Lieut. Peary is meeting with so much success in lecturing, that he has sent orders to St. Johns to engage a vessel fos his Arctic expedition next spring. ' 2 *