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The whale year rIesi we keep wen
stoeked with Iefrstr, We
Carriagis. Carstag. Robes, Water
tees ad Coolers.
Items of Interest
From our
Carpet Dep't.
-Will start the New Year with a
big price cutting campaign among
the Bordered Carpets.
-There's a lot to be saved, even
under ordinary circumstances, by
buying these carpets from our
stocks. You know they are made
from remnants of carpets, and can
be sold for far less than carpets
made to order from regular
stocks.
Bordered Carpets.
Size. Name. Worth. Price.
4 ft. 4 u.x 3 ft.10 in.-Body Brus1s.$l2.50 $7.50
5 ft. 7 In.Z 5 ft.10 !].-Body BruiselA.$12.50 $7.50
*ft. 9 1a.2 S fr. 0 In.--Bdy BrussAes.$13.-0 S.00
o ft. 0 in.x14 ft. 3 1. -Body Br$ss -s.$1;.0o $11.00
8 ft. 3 a.z 9 ft. 4 tn.-Bcdy Brussels.$21.o0 $14.50
6 t. 3 In.13 ft. 2 In.-Bcdy Brussels.$30.00 $20.00
S ft. 3 Ia x 11 ft. 9 In.-Tapestry...$18.00 $12.50
5 ft. a n a 10 ft. 0 1.-Tapestry...$17.0c $13.00
8 ft. 3 In. x 12 ft. 3 Is. 'Tapestry...$21.00 s1.0o
9 ft. 7 Ie. x 11 ft. 9 in.-Tapestry...$15.00 $10.00
11 ft 7 In. x 12 ft. 6 in.-Tapestry...$24.00 $8.0o
10 ft. : In. z 14 ft. 3 In.-Tapestry...$2.00 $22.0o
10 ft. 0 In. x 11 ft. 6 n.-Tapestry...$23.00 $16.50
0 ft. 3 iA. x 11 ft 6 In.-Moquette..$30.00 $20.00
8 ft. 3 in. x 12 ft. 0 la.-A-mt=ter.$s.0o $18.00
6 ft. a M. x 12 ft SIa.-Aaminster.$31.50 $19.00
8 ft. 3 Ia. . 12 ft. 9 b3.-Axn.'-ter.$3.50 $18.00
I ft. 0 In. X 13 ft. 4 ia.-Az=hmeter.s0.0 $30.00
10 ft. 1 In. X 10 ft. S JI.-Axminster.0.00 SM.00
10 ft. 6 In. 2 16 ft. 6 in.-Axwma'ter.$45.Og $30.00
11 ft. 3 11. X 14 ft. 6 ta.-Arninster.s5.LO $322.00
5 ft. 3 In. x 15 ft. 0 s.-Velvet..... $2.0o $25.00
5 ft. 3 Ia. x ft. C ia.-.Velvet..... $40.00 SM.00
a ft. 0 to z 9 ft. " i.-WtM......0 320.00
Japanese Rugs.
worth. Price.
15 JapaneSe ROg.................... $3.2 $7.79
20 Japanese Rug, 6 x 9 ft..........$6.75 35.00
20 Jap. Rugs, 7 ft. 6 in 1 ft. 6 in'.$10.50 $6.79
20 Jap. Russ. 12 t. by ft..........$22.50 $11.00
g0 Nats, lam s 1n................... 5oc. 35e.
Hassocks.
A big Wot of Haneks. made Up
ftomt very pretty carpet&. cholee.. 25c.
Carpet Sweepers.
96,000 brooms have bee displaced by
B130E CAXPEr SW ML. '"ey sweep
s ey--se -les.? Bet n trial. Need we
my more?
9Art Room*. th tiser. it
A NEW '%h'm%'N
and MIY~RE." Removes
every tra_ of tartar
TOOTH - - hardens
chr g fraaneto
the breath 15 . a o
WASH. Ue'"To be obta. onl
.W. Jennings, "H"-W
Cashte~e lowet 142 Conn. ave.
In the city. 1 4 Cr.ae
dn-2so
Hoae- Fruit Cake.
-Only the best-the "arest mate
s' ew - c fr"t and excel_ 25c.
lent butter are used In our eakes.
Then. too, they're baked to a
turn In ar hom oven. Orders
by psetal quicl filled. a pound.
HOLMEN LANDOV.R mAUWp I* afd g S
d::8-16d
For You still have the ad
vantage of our special
the holiday prices on 5
New O'clock Tea Kettles,
Banquet Lamps and
Year's other articles useful for
reception purposes or
Reception as New Year gifts.
Better come now while these holi
day inducements last.
Geo. F. Muth & Co.,
4.30.24d 418 TH ST. N.W.
WParties,
RCETONS, Ball Suppcrs, At5
I~emes, etc., liberally catered
for. WE PROVIDE EVERY
THING, and In our hands yo
ean rest assured that every de
tell wHi be In thorough ''good form."
Ertimates promptly furnished.
. ar is, Caterer, *
469th St. 'Phone oco er
d231-28d *
"fashionable
shoes and slippers
for wear the
coming season."
........r..,.ans for what ,sgo,,, to
........ be th, ayest socal seasn In
S..........,ears, We have..ade..u
........,..ur wants-hae stocked,,p with
... ~..... the bigget ..sA richest ine of
C........ smat nres shoes and ,li,,ers
......... ever sho.... Washingto.
Wilson, 929 F.
RECEPTION
ROLLS
----he daintiest yeo'll find to serve with
--- salads and coffee. Very light andI delicious.
-- Baked to a beautiful brown. Fresh every
--- E7AHI kinds of Cakes. lent any time.
--- Oreiers received late tontght and tomorrow
-- mornhig. 'Phone 235.
Krafft's Bakery,
Cor. Pa. Ave. and 18th St.
"Timely fur
reductions"
- - at Stinemetz's.
The chiliest blasts of this wInter are yet
aabrtforsc ar rsvery timely reduetiaa
egr3 25 Astrahn Cae.. . 8 and $3o
tail and fevt ..0. $S. $4 and $5
Capes, 30 In. deep.................55
B. HI. Stinemetz & Sor,
Eatters and FurrIers, 1287 Pa. ave. de3-20d
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Will only be spent by those having their feet
treated here. Bunions, Corns, Ingrowing and Club
Esils treated without pain. Charges moderate.
PROF. J. J. OEORGS a SON. Chiroijodists,
wa~. nena-a n.-a..1115 P. ave. nw
Colds
Coughs and
Bronchitis
Cured by Taking
Cherry Pectoral
Awarded
Redal and Diploma
At World's Fair.
LSB AYER'S HAIR VIGOR FOR COLO1t.
7 THE BABY IS CUTING TI~I BE SURE
And use hat old and well-tried remedy, ,m
WIb e ensoans haildren teething.
It soothes the chIldsof tenrhe gumallas all
~lcrswind colic and is th, ee rem for
Mb.-2 cents a bottle. Selo-ly
W. S. Loomis of Shreveport. IA.. had terrible
- , I w'l-'n wbl-!h ratused h~ inge
Nills to -conme off, and left him entirely bo~ld. 555
mUrvd him completely. after Hot Springs failed.
We Never Again
Expect to Offer
Such Values in
CLOTHING
- - -as we now have. For two
weeks past-the crowds have been
-buyinghere iuned-of quanti
-- ha bt we ought so heavily
-that tbcre're pike and piles of
m iel~ stl awaiting yorI
lectoo telling when well
-be able to offer you such wonder
-ful bargains again. go don't
- let these go by unnoticed.
Boys' Long Pants Suits,
Single and Double-breasted Sack Coats
-sx-n 12 to 19 year3-4, $4.50, .7,$4.
$5.
Short Pants Suits,
Double-breasted Jackets--izes 4 to 15
en-00 $1.2M 42, 32.M0 $8, $L.50,
r7-5 is, . s
Juvenile Suits,
smee, Velvets, Tweeds, Chevyots,
ost. Ri411ot maisby
P.50 $8L35. 4 0
Boys' Reefers,
Bag d handsome assortment Bl
an lck C('hlncbllas, Kerse. Pilot, .
TIweed and Cai --2. 4501S
$&5%, $4. $4.50 5
Boys' Overcoats,
Plain, plaited, with and without cape
-$1.50, P-., $38.50. $4. $4.W0 .
Men's Overcoats.
Blue and Black Kersey,
.= -Blue $7-150i
Men's Pantaloons.
Oluc ChevotI lwy hlret -et
and et .112.
. est-$150,0 .50. $2.M5
Men's Suits.
tCrd-woven, $3.50. Oxfordl Mixture. $5.
Black Cheviot, SL. Gray fihetland,
Twee,8. Rough RidersI=
Iondo TwisIn la black
worth P5-for $15.
Victor E. Adler's
TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSB,
STRICTLY ONE PRIC.
X
927=9 7thSt.
CO. MASS. AVE.
- t ven ings till 9; Saturdays til 11.
. . . .. . .. . . .. ........
baldness is Curable I
SHundreds of unsolicited testimentals prove.
that LO4tRtRi4l'S EXCELIOWR HAnt,
. RCor I. the gretest reedy for Baldness .
ever discovered. It willpstvy forcerfso fhi nteblethe a n1
age, no matter froms what catse the haly
ness arises, and after all other remedies
have failed. It s bl pt NEes scnt
beatig, ar falin udndruff, suf
=1wek1ad thin eyelashes and .'yeb~ows It 0
dwill restore gray and faded to Its original
color. it wl7 absolutely produce a luxu riant *
growth of Wblhkers and Mustaches on the.
,smzoothest face without injury to the moost*
delicate skin. its effects are truly mar
5vels. Contakm n ye, grease
Thaful Ingredients. Prepared by ORrr
& Co., BaltIm'ore, Md.
Price, 50e. and $1 per bottle.
e Wahingon Ae. ACKER & K&N4R'l
Nti bHRAt 1enna. a e
* (nyl nod get a descriptive 0lr,'uaw. 0
* a rmoe llfan
I C "' C "' C .* CBRIGH C C LEX-C C
Evans'Drug-toe,938F t
Whlral n C Retkl Sole 8
They' re "FOOT FmtaORM"
SBoes sonthy'e good.n
-Tomparo n'os
Iathei valueI hon est. r
aNtin u t Wmten h nd --hild en deShos.
.o Makeu **B ouC r USkin, Whit e
fm* nnlyh6AOikentaining com. COMPhLEX-le
IO. CR. urell b4x. 9thle fre.
vasDrure Swe t olets.
Whl.l and Retil er, -S d t
Tho r are hany Iiat ou'N i
Ex ractof eef
Yo anr kno t by thebeg
wor-rn eisr BILCLM~o" einist Salms
OVER FORTY UNFORTUNATES
They Al Began the New Year the Wrong
Way.
Early Morning Reception Held by
Judge Kisaball in the Pollee
Court - The Cases.
Forty-seven persons started. the New
Year behind the bars, and many of them
were in this deplorable condition because
of trivial violations of the District ordi
nances. Others were victims of alcohol,
while many others were brought to the
prison cells because of a desire to live on
the road, and get their food by the "sweat
of the brow" of others. Some of these
men, too, were also victims of rum, and a
number of them made good resolutions
last night. In some of the police stations
there were all-night watch meetings, made
necessary by the loud noises of those who
were so much under the influence of lquor
that they were not mentally responsible
for their conduct. But there was not the
same amount of drunkennees that there
was a week ago, and the patrol wagons
were not ket so busy. There were so
many alleged vagrants of the tramp
kind included In the list of unfortunates
that the officers on duty in the stations
got the cases, depriving some of the street
men of the number of cases to their credit.
Included in the young army, of tramps
was a man who, although not so old, had
white hair and heard, made so .by expo
sure, and he was one of those who made
the promise to turn over a new leaf and
make an effort to get off the road and re
turn to work and home.
He had a good home several years ago
in the west, but he wanted to become
wealthy in a hurry, and this he thought
he could not do so long as he was employ
ed at hard labor. But fortune did not favor
k im, and instead of becoming a millionaire
he became a member of "Gen." Coxey's
army of the commonweal, and endured the
hardships of the march from Ohio to the
national capital.
Since the army of tramps and others dis
banded this man has spent his time on the
road, sleeping in barns, hay stacks and
outhouses, and eating the second-hand food
pasped out from back doors. Several times
he has slept in the woodyard, and there he
had to saw and split wood, the only thing
in the nature of work he has done since
.is march here with the so-called army.
"I have endured all sorts of hardships
since I started on the road," he said, "and
now I have resolved to return home and
see my friends and relatives, and there I
know I can get work without any trouble."
The officor who heard the man's story
believed every word he said and did not
lock him up, but released him this morn
ing and he left the city for his western
home.
In a Lot.
About the time that he was started out
of the building to resume his journey west
ward, a number of strapping young men,
all of them able to follow a plow or dig
in a trench, were marched to the "Maria,"
and later in the morning they appeared in
Judge Kimball's procession. Besides these
alleged tramps were several residents, in
cluding several women, and they, too, were
in the procession.
Robert Carter, a young colored man not
well dresaed, was the leader of the proces
sion, and he soon found that he had occa
sion to believe that he was to have a happy
New Year.
"I'm guilty," he responded when arraign
ed cn a charge of disorderly conduct on a
street car, "but I would like to speak."
"What do you want to say?"
"I was on a street car last night." he
said, "and gave the ccnductor 50 cents, and
he didn't give me any change. When we
got down near Maryland avenue I asked
the conductor for the change again, and
then we got on cross questions."
"A street car," the judge told him. "is a
bad place to get on cross questions."
"I krow this young man," said Policeman
Greer. "He's a haid-working man, and
last night he was slightly under the influ
ence of liquor. I hope your honor will take
his personai bonds this time."
"I don't like to take personal bonds in
street car cases," said the court, "but I'll
make this an exception."
Robert gave his personal bonds and was
released.
"I'm not guilty of stealing," was Alex
ander Tyler's answer when arraigned on a
charge of vagrancy and suspicion. "I was
trying to sell a weight for a friend, but the
weight was not stolen."
There was no proof to the contrary, and
although the colored man told a straight
forward story he was locked up and re
quired to prove his ii' ocence. The ,case
will come up tomorrow.
Not Suspicious.
William and Henry Reuth, fairly well
dressed young men, were in the toils as
auspicloas persons.
Prosecutor Pugh had filed the charge
agranst them, but when he heard the proof
he willingly admitte-1 that there was no
reason why they snould be held.
They were at the Center Market yester
day and sonic countiymen with rhom they
had dealings had expected to wear dia
monds today, but the young men were ar
rested before the deal in the cheap jewelry
had been made.
"They paid 15 cents each for the rings,"
said the officer, "and were trying to sell
them for 25 or 50 cents."
"But that doesn't make them suspicious
persons," said Mr. Pugh.
"Not unless they had said the rings were
gold," added the court.
"Even that wouldn't make out the case,"
the prosecutor told the court. "If a man's
.fool enough to buy such things he cer
tainly can't expect to Iunish those who
sell to him. And if 1.he buyer thinks they
are gold and buys them so cheap he's a
suspicious person."
The officer said that the young men be
long in Baltimore and are in need of food.
The young Baltimoreans sitid they had
never been arrested before, and the court
discharged them from custody.
David McCarty, Frank Edwards, Ja~mes
Kelly and Frank Smith are strangers in
the city and there was no one to wish them
a happy New Year this morning.
Policeman Emmert complained against
them because they were begging on F
street last evening,
"The street was filled with thIs class of
men last evening." said the officer, "and
so many complaints were made that I put
on citisen's clothes and caught these men."
"Andbthey were begging?" queried the
court.
"Yes, sir."
Kelly was the only member of the quartet
who had a word to say, and he begged the
court to release him,
"I think Kelly has not been here very
long," the officer said, and he was willing
that the court should release him, but
Judge Kimball was not so Inclined.
"Begging on the street," he said, "must
not be permitted, and those who do it will
have to go down or give bond."
They were given thirty days each,
Was Represented.
Georgetown was represented by a colored
quartet, composed of Ike Henderson,
Henry Green, Matthew Taylor and William
Jones.
Policeman Smith was told that they had
been shooting crap, and without a warrant
or arny legal writ. he arrested them.
Judge Kimball promptly dismissed the
prisoners, and toad the policeman that he
had better have wifnesses the next time
he makes such an arrest.
Harry Bradley was also in the tolls as
a representative of the town west of Rock
creek, and Officer Birkight was anxious
that he should be locked up.
Disorderly conduct was the charge on
which the arrest was made, and because
Bradley dropped a bottle of whisky on
the street an additional charge was pre
ferred against him.
"Didn't he want to shake hands with
you on the rtreet and wish you a happy
New Year?1" counsel asked,
"HI was too drunk," the officer answered,
"to tell whether it was New Year or
Christmna"
"But didn't he want to shake hands
with you?'
"Oh, I don't shake hands with every
body."
Judge Kimball thought that one charge
against the man was enough, and fined
him 35 or fifteen days.
Then Bradley wanted a chance to pay
the fine, but the policeman insisted that
he would go and look for the man whom
Bradley said owed him money.
Judge Kimball allowed the prisoner an
opportunity to go and get the money.
Ulrich Holloran said "guilty" when ar
raigned on a charge of disorderly Conduct,
and the usual fine was imposed.
The Weaker lex.
members of South Washington colored so
c!ety, gathered near Tin Cup and Willow
Tree alleys last night tno engaged In a
quarrel. d -
"There was profanitysji " said Police
man Stenhouse, "but which one used It. I
don't know." 'siro:
"Were they drunk' 0.1
"They were under hi influence of
liquor.".. - ;. :1i
The former was fluedi35'or fifteen days.
and the latter was dischanged.
"I wanted to see mybvife. for the last
time." said an elderly ipan named William
Mills. "I married her under the Edmunds
act, and was going to leave her for good."
He said that his wiferefused to see him
when he called, and to 1frighten those who
were in the room, and uake them open the
dcor. he threatened to set-ire to the house.
"Then," he said, "the door was opened.
and I was struck wits an ax, and don't
you think That would make any man lose
his temper?"
"Ten dollars."
Frank Jones, a colored bog, was one of
the members of the procession. He claimed
that he was a friendless grphan from Bal
timore, and says he has no relatives.
He was given a home for a month.
Bertha N!ckerson, a colored girl arrested
on suspicion of larceny, - could not be held
for larceny, and so she was tried on a
charge of suspicion of having committed
an offense.
She was sentenced to the reform school
during minority.
WAS GIVEN UP.
An Alleged Highwayman Caught
After a Chase.
Last night about 10 o'clock a young man
named William McDuell was "held up" near
Marion and Q streets, only a short distance
frem his home, and would probably -have
ieen robbed, but he had not much money
on him at the time. Two young mnen,
thought by tho police to be tramps, commit
ted the assault on the young man. One of
them grabbed and held him while his com
panion went through his pockets, and dur
ing the struggle McDuell's necktie was torn
from his collar.
Policeman Frank Arldridge of the second
Precinct was soon on hand and arrested two
young men, who gave their names as Jos.
Beunard and Daniel Riley. The latter had
been arrested on a previous occasion, and
the officer kneW him. When the prisoners
concluded that they would not go without
a struggle. Riley escaped and jumped sev
eral fences, but when he reathed Freeman's
alley and got in the back yard at the house
of Nellie Mercer, colored, the latter held him
in conversation for some time, under the
pretense that she was going to protect him.
The officer returned in search of him, and
the colored woman turned over the fugitive
to him. McDuell identified the prisoners as
his assailants, and today they were in Judge
Miller's court, charged with assault. Their
counsel entered a plea of not guilty, and
was granted a continuance until Friday to
get witnesses.
MADE A RAID.
Police Interrupt the Festivities at
Mr. Wn. Dorsey Swann's.
William Do-sey Swann Is the name of a
colored man who lives at No. 1504 L street
northwest, and last night the police sus
pected that he was going to give a "drag"
for the benefit of his white friends. Such
a gathering has not been raided for sev
eral years, and the police had no idea of
the character of tAe white men whom they
were going to find in the place. About
midnight Sergt. Jordan 'got together a
squad of officers and 1ieit to the house.
The house was surrouxded, and the offi
cers entered, only to fin&i that they were
a little too early, for thegathering was not
in full blast.
Four colored men ancl ,hree white men
were found in the house, and Swann was
placed under arrest on a charge of keeping
a disorderly house. WUitam Alfred, the
cook, who wore a loni' 1own, and James
Frazier, a member of tAhe entertaining
party, were arrested sa. yagrants, while
the white men were .urmoned as wit
nesses.
Swann had made elabotate preparations
for the entertainment o,* his guests, .and
the police took chargg qg the liquid re
freshments. which consit of beer, wires
of various kinds and the most expensive
champagne. These liqtd# were in court
today as evidence in the ease. 'A jury trial
was demanded ift SwamtNiease, and the
colored trio' will be ti-ed4vext week.
A NEW YEAR -rHAW.
The Old Man Had Slelpt Out All Night
and Wanted His Drink Hot.
"I'll be sixty-six years old next March, if
I live till the 6th. I was born in 1830, and
you can figure it out for yourself."
He looked it, every day of it, and more.
He was standing so near to a red-hot stove
that his greasy old overcoat was steaming
and threatened to melt.
"An', gen'lmen, I slep' out last night under
a tree. Maybe you think it was warm, but I
can just assure you it wasn't. I'm so cold
that I don't think next summer will thaw me
out even if It Is hotter than last summer
was."
It was in an avenue restaurant, this morn
ing. ar.d a trio of newspaper men were ha
Ing a wee bit of apple toddy. They were all
young and vigorous, and the sight of this old
stranded hulk cast a shadow over the group.
One of them started to wish him a happy
New Year. but the wish died on his lips. for
the old man was a typical tramp, and the
irony would have been too pronounced.
"Have a drink, old man," said the pencil
pusher who ~chanced to "have the price,''
and was therefore standing treat.
"I will if you pay for It, for I'm sure I
can't.-'
"Mix him a drink, barkeep."
"Yes, and mix it mos' awful hot. Don't
seem as if anything but a hot whisky could
heat itself into my frozen carcass."
"Are you a native of this city?"
"No, sir. Unfortunately, sir, I am a native
of Virginia, sir.
He did not stop to specify just wherein the
misfortune lay. He raised the steaming
glass to his lips and drank deep. That Is all
of the story. Not much, it Is true, but It did
seem as though an appreciation and enjoy
ment like that deserved to be made a part
of history. As the burning liquid passed
down his throat It seemed as though he ac
tually began to thaw out a little. There
were tears In his eyes. It matters not why,
and there was a shaking in his voice as the
old man said:
"God bless you, merry gentlemen; God
bless you each and all, and may you have
a, thrice happy New Year."
Pr etty good for an old wreck, now, wasn't
Written for The Evening Star.
Hail, New-Blora Year!I
Thou winsome elf, with laughing eyes,
What's .na my fancy sees?
Thy father stretched in selfsame way
And smiling 'cross my knees I
Oh, beauteous child, scarce one short day
Thy little life has t~d
Must thou, like eighteen-ninety-flye,
(Grow wrinkled, grafatil old?
And must my hand inlay ereh sign
Of age upon thy bh,
And sLali I see tne bright'mile fade
T'hat greets me, swiset-ene, now?
Last night thy hoary siidd~ed
And left thee in my ans,
And bade me guard with -Jeslons hsnd
Thy young and tender t4arms.
He told me that my thdohts and dees
Would leave upon thy f'ace.
Their impress deep for 60esf or woe
That Time could not-erase.
He bade me gase on hili'lnd see
The work I last year. wlought.
I looked into hi. poor oM faee,
With grief's sad forg fraght,
And looking koew, as 1i- diaah,
My sin. had graven tle
Those haggard lines, the aiteles da,
That look of dull dpairl
* C C
With saddened heart and penitent
I turn again to thee.
God grat thy fresh young flace ma keep
Its smile, ndimmed by me.
-MARY WRIGHT DAVIS.
Killed by an ExsplosIon.
.A terrifio boiler explosion by which three
men were killed, occurred at the Law col
liery at Avoca, a small mining town near
Wilkeebarre, yesterday morning.
The dead are Alexander Young, aged thir
ty-eight years, a pump driller; Thomas Mc
Donald, aged fifty-two years, a mnachinist,
and John Rolls, aged fifty years. The two
trst named were mangled beyond recogni
tion.
The explosion Is supposed to have been
mansed by low water In thebonlam.
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIh
New Year Usharea in With NOie al
eloeiing.
Many Local- Notes of Interest From
Down the River-Some Sta
tistles for 1815.
According to the usual custom the Nei
Year was ushered In by the ging a
bells, blowing of horns and shooting a
fireworks. A section of the drum corp
paraded the streets and enlivened thing
by discoursing prtrictic music. Th
streets were lined with people, all of whor
seemed determined to welcome 1896 wit]
a vim. A's the midnight train from Wash
ington reached this city it started to ez
ploding hundreds of torpedo signals tha
had been placed on the track, and as th
engine proceeded down Fayette street t
the round house torpedoes were explode
at every. turn of the driving wheels.
Business generally has been suspende
throughout the day, and a number of pea
pie kept open house, where delicious el
Virginia punch and apple toddy were dis
pensed to callers. The various social club
also kept open house to their friends. Th'
banks and public offices were closed a]
day, and the post office observed Sunda:
hours.
A large number of Alexandrians wen
to Washington during the day. Watcl
night services were held in the Methodls
churches at midnight last night, and th
Baptist Young People's Union celebrate,
the outgo!ng of the old year and the in
coming of the new. Services were helo
in St. Paul's Chur..h this morning at 7:
o'clock, when holy communion was cele
brated. Services were held in Grac
Church at 10 o'clock this morning, an<
there will be serv:'aa again at 7:30 tonigh
In St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church mas
was sung at 6 and 9:30 a.n.
Mr. Wesley Makeley's Funeral.
The funeral of the late Wesley Makeley
whose death was mentioned in The Stai
took place from his late residence, No. 42
South Henry street, this afternoon at
o'clock, and was attended by a large con
course of sorrowing friends. Alexandria
Washington Lodge,. No. 22, A. F. and A
M., of which the deceased was a member
and a number of other Masons attended th
funeral in a body.
Police Court.
Mayor Thompson this morning dispose
of the following cases: Thomas Carter,
hobo, arrest'l by Officer Atkinson, charge
with being a vagrant, ordered to leave th
city. Thomas Staples, arrested by Office
Arrington, charge being drunk in th
street; fined $5. Michael Caton, arrested b,
Officer Hall; charge, drunk and disorderly
firej $2. Patrick McDonnell, colored; as
sault on Malcolm Laws; fined $2.
Review of 185.
During 1895 there were 1,913 arrests mad
by the police, and 2,072 lodgers accommo
dated at the station house. There were 46
prisoners in the l.ity jail, of which 147 wer
white and 316 colored.
There were fifty-flve alarms of fire durin
the year, and the engines were in servic
twenty-seven hours and five minutes a
against about six hours in 1894.
Building permits were issued by the cit:
auditor for the erection of fifty-six fram,
and thirty-six brfck buildings. During th,
year there were 384 deaths, 107 white maleE
88 white females, 91 colored males and 9
colored females.
From a business standpoint the year ha
been a very prosperous one.
Little or no improvement has been mad
in the conditions of the streets and drain
age over what was done in George Wash
ington's time.
General and Personal Notes.
The Business Men's League has arrange
to fit up rooms at the corner of King an
Washington streets.
Miss Sallie V. Daingerfield is visitin
friends in Baltimore.
The Alexandria Light Infantry held
meeting last night.
Mr. Rosier Brown entertained the Thir
teen Club at his residence in West End las
night.
Mrs. John McCuen died at her home oi
lower Prince street at 11:30 o'clock. Sh
had many friends who will regret to lear
of her death.
Miss Marshall of Takoma Park is visitinj
t h Misres Frenck, at their home on Nort]
Arfred street.
The remains of the late Mrs. S. S. Hop
kins were taken to Baltimore yesterday fo
interment.
THE CAVALRY TROOP.
New First Sergeant and a Theatrical
Visit.
Troop A of the D.C.N.G. has accepted s
iravitation from Mr. Tim Murphy to vlsi
"A Texas Steer" Friday night, and Capt
Barbour has ordered his men to assemul,
in full dress at the armory promptly at
o'clock that evening. In an order just is
sued by the captain of the troop the corn
pany :s ordered to assemble for regula1
drill every first and third Saturday of eaci
month at 7:30 p.m., and every second ami
fourth Saturday at the same hour for tar
get practice. The order also sas:
"'The post of first sergeant, rendered va
cant by the discharge of First Sergt. J. 'W
Conard, by reason of the expiration of his
term of service, having been tendered t<
Sergts. Simrson and Fitzgerald in turn, ir
recognition of their services to the trooj
and fitness for the position-but declined b:
th'em for good and sufficient reasons-Corp
Von Dachenhausen is hereby appointet
first sergeant, and will be obeyed and re
speCted accordingly."
NEW POET LAUREATE.
Alfred Austin Appqfated to Sueeed
Alfred Tennyson.
Alfred Austin has been appointed poet
laureate of England as the successor t<
Tennyson. The new poet laureate is sixt3
years old, and a native of Leeds. He too]
his degree at the University at London, ir
1853, and in 1857 was called to the bar of th
Inner Temple. At the age of eighteen he
had anonymously published a poem calles
"Randolph." His first acknowledged vol
ume of verse, "The Season a Satire," ap
peared in 1801. Since then he has publish
ed a large number of poetical produdtiom
and three novels. He has written for the
"Standard" and for the "Quarterly Rs
view."
During the sitting of the ecumenica
council of the Vatican he reoresented the
"Standard" at Rome, and was a specia
correspondent of that journal at the head
quarters of the King. of Prussia in the
Franco-German war. He has written
number of political and controversia
works. In 1883, with W. J. Courthier, he
founded the "National Review."
In all his prose Mr. Austin has been
persistent tory advocate, and it is to thil
in part that he owes his elevation to thi
seat occupied by Tennyson,
The work which has brougbt him int
special prominenace was the prose work en
tie 'Trhe Garden 'That I Love".-'
MRS. WIN'EUg SUET.
She Claims Mr. Ma=s== d Owes Xer
flow for Salary.
I As a result of a suit iled lat yesterday
by Mary Saunders Winter against Richard
Mansfield, the box ofce receipts of the La
fayette Square Opera House. where Mr.
Mansfield In now engaged, were attached
a last evening by a deputy marshal, upon
Mrs. Winter's claim of $1,00 for alleged
unpaid salary.
Mrs. Winter, the wife of Percy Winter. an
actress well known here, claims, through
Attorneys C. J. Murphy and M. J. Colbert,
r that she contracted with Mr. Mansfield last
f September to serve as. a member of his
f company from the 16th of that month until
June 15, 18K6, at a weekly salary of S75,
payable every Saturday. The 3d of last
* month, Mrs. Winter alleges Mr. Mansfield
B discharged her, without cause or reason,
I she claims. She explains, however, that
she had previously consented to a reduction
of the agreed-upon salary to one of 350 a
- Week. The last payment, she claim. was
made the 14th of last month, since which
t time, she asserts, she has failed to receive
D anything from Mr. Mansfield.
Speaking of the matter to a Star reporter
3 today, Mr. Mansfield's manager, Mr. Rod
I erigues, stated that he could not under
stand why Mrs. Winter had taken such a
I course, unless It was that she desired a lit
-te advertising. The whole trouble, he said,
6as simply a misunderstanding between
i Mr. Mansfield and his treasurer. Mr. Mans
- field having neglected to inform his treas
s urer that he should continue the payments
of 350 weekly to Mrs. Winter. Mr. Roderi
gues said that the money was awaiting
Mrs. Winter. and would be paid to her
r weekly as agreed upon, upon her demand
fc-r It. He intimated that Mrs. Winter had
t been found by Mr. Mansfield to be incom
Petent and she wrpuld probably be called
upon by Mr. Mansfield to fill a small part
t In "The Social Highwayman." Ml persons,
e he said. engaged-by Mr. Mnaneld were
I engaged as members of the Garrick Stock
- Company, and not necessarily chosen to
perform -in the company headed by Mr.
Mansfield himself. Therefore, Mrs. Winter
had no cause for complaint that he had not
e made her a member of his own company.
That much he was confident was fully un
dirstood at the time the engagement was
made by Mrs. Winter. Mrs. Winter had,
he explained, claimed that the sum of
31,300 Is due her, but that claim Is per
fectly absurd, thought Mr..Roderigues, for
not until next June. when her engagement
u ii! terminate, would that amount be due,
L supposing that she received nothing in the
meantime.. "Her salary is ready for her
whenever she calls for it, and that is all
there Is to it," remarked Mr. Roderigues.
- Mr. Roderigues explained that unless
Mrs. Winter accepted the situation and
withdrew her suit. Mr. Mansfield would
give a bond -to cover the amount claimed.
and would then let the courts settle the
controversy.
MUDD TO BE SPEmAlR.
L
I Made the Nominee by the Maryland
Republieam Caueus.
r The republican members of the Maryland
! house of delegates in caucus last night at
r Annapolis nominated ex-Congreaman Bid
, ney E. Mudd for speaker; Martin Higgins
of Talbot, chief clerk; C. L. Wilson of Bal
timore, reading clerk, and James Albert
Smith of Laurel. journal clerk. W. H.
Schilling of Baltimore received twenty-four
votes and C. F. Markell of Frederick five
votes, while Mudd received forty-one on
the first ballot. The eastern &hore people
claim a victory In the senatorship fight
against Cor gressman George L. Welling
ton.
The demecratic members of the senate
L met and unanimously nominated Joseph H.
Johnson of Dorchester for temporary chair
ran and John Waller Smith of Worcester
for presider.t. Mr. Smith was president of
t the last senate.
Senator W. Cabell Bruce of Baltimore.
I who u as elected as a democrat, declined to
L enter the caucus, and gave as his reason
I that the late democratic convention had
declined to nominate his father-in-law,
r Judge Fisher, for governor, and that the
I same Influences were at work to prevent
his nomination to the presidency of the
- senate.
r
PINGREE WINS MS FIGHT.
Street Car Lines to Sell Eight Tickets
for a Quarter.
i A special dispatch from Detroit, Mich., to
the Philadelphia Inquirer, sent last night,
k says: Mayor Pingree is victorious in his
tfiye-year street car fight. Tomorrow every
street Car line In Detroit will sell sight
tickets for a quarter. President Johnson of
the Citizens' Company issued the order
this af;;ernoon.
- FIve weeks ago the fare was raised to
stra~g'it five cents without transfers on the
Ciizeis' line, and Immediately the people'
commenced to boycott the line, cutting
down the revenue fully one-hr-lf.
.The company officials cut cif cars and
reduced the force, but were unable to take
the fight out of the people. President John
son then offered to reduce the fares, Inter
change tickets with other lines and main
tain a three-minute service on all Uines if
given a ten-year extension of franchise.
The ordinance was passed and sent to
the mayor today. The street railway peo
pie did not wait for the final action. -but
issued the order to reduce fares at once.
'"T'he public sentiment in favor of cheap
fares Is so strong that we could not afford
to fight against It any longer," said Presi
dent Johnson to the Inquirer representa
tive. "I have been watching the struggle
in Philadelphia and predict that ultimately
the Traction Company wilt have to make
a lower rate. Personally I believe in keep
ing up rates, giving the difference to the
city, but the people do not. I figure that
the reduction In fare will save Detroit peo
ple over a million dollars a year. We ex
pect to regain a large per cent of this by
irscrease of traelc."
THE MANITOBA DESPWTE.
It is Believed That the Domimion
Government Will Proceed. Cautiousy.
A special from Winnipeg, sent last night,
says: H. P. RoblIn, leader of the opposition,
was unanimously nominated today to op
pose Premier Greenway's candidate, Wood
land. There is a general opinion here that
the dominion government, as a result of
the recent defeats in the bye-elections in
Cardwell, Montreal Centre and Jacques
Cartier, will have greatly to modify their
school pohcy If they Intend to retain office.
They must not coerce Manitoba. The re
sult of the recent bye-elections would seem
to justify the government in proceeding
cautiously.
It Is evident from these elections that the
Roman Catholics are not greatly ..namored
of separate schools. but as the minority in
Manitoba have asked for them, and are en
titled to them under the constitution, the
government claims to have no recourse but
to carry out the constitution.
Death of Joha L. Edwards.
John L. Edwards, a life-long resident ft
this city, died at his residence yesterday
morning at an early hour. Mr. Edwards
was the son of the late CoL. James L. Ed
wards. He was of a retiring disposition,
given to many kind acts of unoatentatious
charity, and Identified with Epiphany P. E.
Church since Its organization, and for
many years represented Its interests as a
delegate In the councils of the Episcopal
Church. In the demise of Mr. Edwards
the Central National Bank loses a capable
and faithful director.
Laugdon Lodge Eets= Omeers.
Langdon Lodge, No. 26,. LO.0O. F., elected
the following officers last night for the en
suing term: B. F. Edwards, N. 0.; John
Geiger, V. G.; J. G. Durfey, permanent sec
retary; A. W. Stone, recording secretary;
I J. R. Sherwood, treasurer. The grand mas
ter of the District will Install the above offi
ears .January i 1136t
If ?
If you want to preserve
apples. don't cause a break
in the skin. The germs of
decay thrive rapidly ther.
So the germs of consump
tion find good soil for work
when the liningofthethroat
and lungs isb ruised made
raw, or in ured by colds and
coughs. Sct's Emulsione
with hypophosphites, will
heal inflamed mucus mem
branes. The time to take
it is before serious damage
has been done. A So-cent
bottle is enough for an or
dinarf colgL
e as .* a" ""
GerT & owase, miesw TaWT.
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Beme Talk of a row ninayeq Aero tb
Other Leel Netes Vomeersmig rev.
sme and Th-- ^O- --- ineeted
&ad seelety Events.
It Is understood that representatives of
the La Trappe monks at Canada are seek
Ing a suitable site In Georgetown for the
establishment of a braneh monastery. The
.square now occupied by the ou Presbyter
Ian graveyard, which has been abolished
and abandoned since ISM has interested
the Canadan recluses and It is said busi
ness-like inqui-ies have been aude relative
thereto. The Predshteria Church olds a.
fee simple title to an of the graveyard at
but the southwest corner. This must a
ways be used for church or graveyard per.
pcaes, else it reverts to the heirs of tIe
donr,.
An attorney who has Investigated the tete
to the graveyard poperty reports that the
lot owners have no legal or valid ehab t
the ground. They have merely been grant
ed by the church revokable Iatersent per
mits. Tenleytowa would welcome the oce
pation of this graveyard square by any meet
or by any busines enterprise. The cma
tery in its present negIected state is a rear
ful eyesore and a serious sumblmig bisok
to Improvements of that sectiom
G01ma em the streets.
Harry Bradley was arrested yesterdap
by OMoer Birkgt for threwlg giss Is the
rnadway and for being drunk an dismee
ly. The Eman smashed a whskn bottle on
the street intentionally. The numerous
complaints of bicyclists to the efect that
they suffer much annoyance through hay
ing their Ures penetrated by street siam
have instigated a particulrly keen official
watch for bottle breakers en the pubbe
highways.
- L aeers Seete&
At the regular mueeting at American
Guard CounciL No. ', U. A. M., the follow
Ing were elected for the ensuing term: Ea.
coundllor. Geo. M. Sebastian; eouncllor, Jr.
L Money; vice councillor. Jonathan Elech;
recording secretary, Ewa Troth; A. Jt. see
retary. J. C. Alderton; fianiale ecetary,
Samuel Evans; treasurer, D. E. Rabinson;
conductor. Geo. W. Cleamenson; 0. P., WM.
IL Clemenson; trustees. Geo. W. Spar
schott. . H. Sherwood and Gee. W. Wise;
chaplain. A. J. Blackman; representative
to . C. of Virginia and District of Colmn
bla for three years. A. J. RaErckman. The
council is In a prosperous condition. Mam
bers are now busy in making etriarat1on
for their anniversary enterta.ame.. whis
will be held on the night of January 20.
charged With ftemnl= a W.enh.
U22iel Cole, a colored man, anusted on
a charge of stealing a wrench fi'm the
Capital Traction COmpany. was In the
Police Court todau on complaint of Police
nan aUley, charged with petit larceny,
second offense. The ease was heard and
the prisoner was held In $W security fo
the action of the grand Jury.
Notes.
The Pennsylvania ftreight depot under
preliminary construction at Rosalyn will
be a big affair. A large force is daly om.
ployed. It will in al probability be comn
pleted by the time the Romlyn extension
reaches the Aqueduct. All along the ex
tension route are active gangs of workmen.
The Rev. Dr. Graham,. pastor of the Con
gress Street M. P. Church, has been ade
the recipient by his oongreation of an or
der for a b'andsomne suit of clothes. The
pastors wife was als remembered by the
church people at the presentation.
The mnembers of the Crescent Pleasure
Club, of which Virdle Fisher is -president
and Harry Bell secretary, will reeive at
the residence of Mra. Wsiliamn. il2 Uth
street, today. from 2 until 7.
NOT THE B00uE
T'he mElalsusy 6mwe What Was En
teanded te Re mm sen.etie Peneusu*Sen.
Piem the Rieluasme Oastra l Premiteriam.
One of our returned enmi=a=les on a
lecture tour tells a good story on him
self:
"I must tell you how I Interrupted the
pathos of mny clingn *rouements' on yes
terday at the girls' college. Proflessor
-- had puffed mne by urging mne Je go on
after the time was up, and to do s asked
meo a number of questions. I grew oeo
quent over the one as to bow we mlanaged
to overcome such obstacles as I had pic
tured. *not by religious frolics. like those
among our young people, whio mnake re
ligion a social affair;' not by an institu
tional church,' In which we look after
things with which we, as Christians, have
no concern; not by scientific teaching, by
which we would hope to destroy their
superstItions, which would he like trying
to pump darkness out of a dungeon with a
force pump. Not by any such human de
vices, but (and here, growing dramatic. I
seized a book lying on the stand and held
it up at arm's length) by simply holding up
the truths of this Book, which is given as
the light of the world, and before whasch
the darkness of heathenismn fies away.'
Notcing what seemned to be Ill-timsed
amnusement flIt suddenly across the counte
nance of my audience I glanced at thle book
and found It was not the Bible, but a dic
tionry."
The Botanist Who Damer the Ueeum,
may Onee Lived in Ulebend.
Faem the New !esk Tiame.
An Interesting fact In connection with the
famous Schomburgk lAne, whIch bas es
caped observation, is that the man who
provided the British governament with that
boundary camne to this country fromn Gee.
naany when he was twenty-one years eld,
and. after working for some time as a
clerk in Boston and Philadelphia, beamen a
partner In a Richmond, Va.. tobacco mains
factory in lin8
The factory was burned and Schomburgk
drifted to the West Indies, where, after un
suemcessful ventures, his botanical work at
tracted the attention of the London Gee
graphical Society, and he secured ana to
caplore the unknown region of the Orinoce,
where, he traveled from 1832 to 183, and
discovered the Victoria Regina lily and
numerous other plants.
This work led the British government to
commission hian to suggest a boundary be
tween Venesuela and Gia~na, and to msake
further explorationa. The line was drawn,
and he was knighted by the queen for his
services. Schounburgk, untW his death In
18165, continued In the. British consular eere
rice, but devoted himself chiefly to gee
graphical stugies, being a member of thte
principal Amnerica and European leang
...siles.