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THE EVENING TIMES. WASHING' mYEMBEB 26, 1893. 9 GHIK KM I.Y. Investigation l)y Treasury Agents Completed. RESULTS SOT MADE PUBLIC Efforts- Being 3Iadc to Apprehend Charlie Kee, the Ringleader.

Oi-rntloiiH of the Gnnir More Ev- tviibtvc Timn AVs at Kirnt Siip- poKCd liy the Authorities. The Treasury Department has not begun criminal proceedings against the customs officers at Malone, New York, who are accused of aiding the unlawful Introduction of Chinese into the United States. The delay in presenting the matter to the grand jury is not due to any doubt on the part of the Government as to the strength ot its case, but because of a desire to apprehend Charles Kee, a well-known Chinese smuggler, and who Is said to have been the ringleader in the alleged smuggling operations at Malone, By order of the Secretary of the Treasury issued on last Saturday. N. W.

Porter, deputy collector at the port of Ma-lone, and V. M. Olemenshire, a Chinese inspector, were suspended from duty pending the Investigation. Moy lxy. a Chinese interpreter, was arrested.

He was taken before I'nited States Commissioner N. U. lunslll. and gave bail for his appearance on last Monday. At this hearing his attorney made a motion to dismiss the charge, on the ground that the affidavits on which the warrant for the prisoners arrest was procured were not sufficient in their specifications.

The District attorney stated that if this were a valid objection, it could be easily overcome by a new complaint. He stated, however, that he had determined not to press the prosecution at this time. At this point in the hearing. V. S.

Chance, a special agent of the Treasury Department, proented a letter signed by the Secietary of the Treasury, peremptorily dismissing the Chinese interpreter from the service. The investigation into the alleged smuggling conspiracy, conducted by Special Agents W. S. Chance and George t'rites. Chinese Inspector Ralph Izard Emory P.

Close, I'nited States district attorney Tor the Northern district or New York, has been completed. The full results of the investigation will not be given out by the Treasury officials for -eeral days, but it is known that the operations of the smusglers were more tenslvo than thought "to be, when the investigation was undertaken. The lindings of the specUl apents have be-e transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury Messrs. Poller and emen-shit'e 'will given an opportunity to make against th c'aargrs. and then the Secretary will render hi decision.

"If lie deems the accused to g-i'-t h- wiH dismiss them from the service If the charges are not sustained they- wi I Ik to duty. If the cvilenco shall warrant tlu-ir disml'-sal. they will Ik proceeded again-t criminally under section 2 of the statute entitled "An net to evoute certain treaty siiulaions re l.iiing to Chinese appro. ed May 0. 1SS2." During the suspension of Deputy Collector Porter.

Floyd G. Shufelt has been placed in charge of the port of Ma'one. SECHETAHY SQUTRES REFUSES THE RECORDS Uiciim' of a Standard Oil Company Oiflciiil for ol (lltrjiiiK a Court Order. Columbus. Nov.

tv Attorney General Monett's motion lor an older compelling Secretary 1J. Souiies. of the Standard Oil Companv to produce books and rec-oids'desfied for evidence, was argued In the supreme court yesterday. The argument of the defense was that Mr Squires cannot be compelled to produce the books, as 1m? would incriminate himself. The boldness of this argument called for strong inxectlve from the attorney genet a 1.

The annals of the court, he declared, did not contain another instance in which it was thus defied to enforce it- own orders. The motion may be decided next Tuesday. Chart arl'tt Sad End. Bloomington, 111., Nov. 2C Elmer Mun-sell.

who was married on Wednesday, was shot dead yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oden, two miles and a half east of Danvers. Munsell was married to Miss Oden at noon Wednesday, and was shot by a brother of the bride. Thanksgiving, the newly-married couple repaired to the home of the bride's parents, where last evening a number of young friends gathered to congratulate them.

The bride and groom were treated to old-fashioned charivari by boys, and the young men were invited inside. Young Oden, brother of the bride, on reaching the room where his new brother-in-law was, play-full raii to him and pointed a revolver him. The weapon exploded and Munsell fell with a bullet In his brain. He lived about an hour. here the Earthquake Wan Kelt.

Richmond. Nov. 25. Reports from many points in South and Southwest state that an earthquake shock was felt In those sections yesterday af-lernoon about 3:39 o'clock. The vibrations proceeded from east to west, and were preceded by a roaring noise.

The duration of the shock is variously reported from one second to one minute. No damage was reported. The nature of the shock can best be described by the following dispatch from East Radford, Va "Two severe earthquake shocks here at 8.10 o'clock yesterday evening, lasting several seconds. Windows rattled, buildings shook and a general tremor of the earth." Dispatches from Charlotte, Franklins; ille and Winston. N.

state that the shock was very distinct In those sections of North Carolina. GOING DOWN HILL. People suffering from Kidney Diseases, feel a gradual but steady loss of strength and vitality. They should lose no time in trying Foley's Kidney Cure, a Guaranteed Preparation. EDWARD STEVENS.

Pa. ave. and 0th sL nw. JOHK W. JENNINGS, 1142 Conn.

ave. HITTON HILTON. 22d and sis. ny. L.

S. DAY 4: 14lli and sts. nw. HCRLEHACS'S PHARMACY, 14th and sts. nw.

J. R. CASSIX. 7th and fcts. nw.

A. T. BROXACGH, 7th and bts. nw. H.

a EASTEUDAY. X. .1. ave. and sts.

nw. C. II. WEISS, Aiiacostia. WASHINGTON WOMAN INTEHESTED IN A WILIr JSIra.

L. V. Murdoclc at Lnvr Over nn EMate in ChnmhcrKlturK' Valued at Chamberburgt Nov. 26. The central figure' in a bitterly contested will case now before the county court at this place is Mrs, Murdock, of Washington, D.

C. About two years ago Misg. Anne McGov-ran died here, leaving an estate valued at $75,000. Under the intestate laws of tho Slate seven first cousins of the deceased would have come into possession of the property, which consists mainly of railroad stocks. Government bonds, and valuable property In Wheeling, W.

Va. But Miss McGovran, insisting that her relatives had ignored her because of a misfortune in her youth, directed in her will and codicil that In no event should Jive of them, Mrs. Murdock, Mrs. Frances Lehr, and Mrs. Kate R.

Johnston, of Baltimore, and Elizabeth De Bow and Mary Ann Symers, of St. Louis, have any share In the estate. Mrs. Murdock at once tried to have the will set aside on the ground that Miss McGovran, who was exceedingly nervous and advanced in years, lacked testamentary capacity, and that Miss dislike for her was so great that she could not in any sense act fairly. The court hero sustained the will, and this decision was confirmed by the Supreme Court of the State.

Then an auditor was appointed to "distribute the residue. He determined that under the law the seven first cousins weie entitled to share alike. The two beneflgarjes, Mary Ann Loughboro, of San Francisco, and Philip H. Moore, of Wheeling, W. who were not cut out in the instrument, are contesting this const ruVtion, while Mrs Murdock, and the other four cousins, by their attorney.

Charles Ttusscll, of Washington, are striving to have the court agree with the auditor. PORT CHESTER V.TXD MAN A TERROR TO TRAMPS Captured In the Wnnils, He In Put in a Itoom ami Mutilates One I nforl Mount Vernon, N. Nov. 2fi. Several tramps had a Weird "experience in the jail in Port Chester Thursday night with a wild man, who had been put in iheir company.

With his teeth the man tore the skin of the hand of a fellow lodger. The man in question has terrorized the residents of Port Chester for several days, as many of them had seen him dodge about the woods and heard him utter weird yells. Policeman Cook and two others caught him after a hard chase through the woods. He fell into a ditch and the policemen sprang on him and secured him hand and -feet. He snarled and 'snapped like a wild beast at first, but on- his way to the jail became calm and talked rationally.

He said he was Peter Smith and once owned a farm In the county. His wife died ai then he Most Ml" time, he said, he not responsible and wanders about. He appeared harmless and was paced in a large room with tramps in the icar of the steel cells. Everything was quiet for three hours, and then the air was filled with wild jells. A policeman foi.nd Smith pounding a tramp and biting the man's Coats and parts of shirts were scattered over the iioor, having been torn from the other men, who had sought safetj on top of the steel cells.

Several policemen subdued Smith and he was put into steel cage. The tramps refused to stay in the building. Smith was declared insane and vas-taken to the State Asjlum at Poughkeepsie. MARRIES THE MAN SHE HAD REJECTED AT THE ALTAR Margaret dented a SeiihdfftTii. CliniiKo.

Her Mind Itceciim- nWVlfe. Scramon. Nov. 2G. Margaret Moore and Timothy Foley were married In this city torthylJylhY RJAV'Rlcilaru' H.

Walsh, Of Mo-OIUV- llio-. The announcement. pew life to a sensation created a few days ago, when Miss "continue the marriage service In1 Church, Moscow. and aloijeown the aisle and out of the church. It was learned later that her conduct was prompted by a desire for revenge on Mr.

Fole, who had once deserted her foi another girl. Mr. Foley at, first was. humiliated, but determined finally to renew his wooing. He was accepted again, and Father Walsh came from Mo-eotv yesterday morning in a Pocono Mountain blizzard and the ceremony in the house of a friend of the bride.

The event was kept, as private as possible. MiK.ii .111111 In Jail in Ireland. AVaterbury, Nov. 26. Edward Dwjor.

thirty ears old, of this city, who has been missing since March, 1S97, has been found by Ins friends in jail In Ireland on a charge of murder, and efforts are to be made to defend him. It has been learned "that while he was In New York he heard of his mother's illness in Ireland, and at once went to her. He was driving between Bansha and Tip-perary soon after his arrival there when he w.f; et upon by several Intoxicated men. In defending himself he struck one man on the head with a heavy whip and then drove on. The not day the man was found dead by the loadside with a fractured skull.

Dwyer Is held for trial at the next assizes. When he left Water-bury he was president of the leading athletic club and an officer in several Catholic and fraternal organizations and prominent in politics. ChnieN Ccmet Seen. Cambridge, Nov. 26.

A telegram has been received at the Harvard College Observatory from Prof. J. E. ICoe-ler. at Lick Observatory, stating that Chase's comet was observed by Codding-ton.

November 24, .0319 Greenwich mean time, in right ascension JO hours, 21 minutes an 4S seconds, and declination plus 23 degrees, 36 minutes and 6 seconds. This comet was discovered November 14, at the Yale Observatory, near the radiant point of the meteor shower of that date. It will be interesting to determine the connection. If any, between these objects. ACKER tc AFFLECK.

1429 Pa. ave. nw. WHITESIDE WALTON, 1921 Pa. ave.

nw. G. O. C. N.

Y. ave. and 14th St. nw. HOWARD HATCL1FF, 11th and sts.

ne. HOYLE 4th and E. Capitol Bts. FRANK P. WELLEH, 8lh and I sts.

e. CHAHLES IlLUMEu. N. Capitol and sts, ne. VICTOR H.

ESCH. 1428 Marrland are. ne. M. FALCONEH, 11th and sts- sc GERMANS WANT OPEN SALOONS ON SUNDAY bllOED I'PON MORAL GROUNDS CitlzciiN Dewlriiifc PrivilegreM to Enjoy The in selves in Parkin nud Garden on (the Sabbath.

New York, Nov. 26. German-American citizens of this city have begun a movement for open saloons on Sunday aftpr-j noons, and for other modifications of the present excise law by the next legislature. Moral grounds, not "personal liberty," are urged as a reason for the amendments. According to a German daily i paper which supported Col.

Roosevel nd lhe other Republican candidaces in ilic teccnt campaign, Germans who voted for Roosevelt did so because they believed they had reason to expect an equitable adjustment of the excise laws from the Republican party. This paper has formulated the proposed amendments, and "will rttblJsh them today. One of the most radical changes suggested is an amendment to section 31, which defines the hours during which liquor may not be sold. The amendment follows: i i 1 Section 31 It liall not he lawful for any corporation, association, copartnership or pcrwin, whether having paid such tax or not, to sell, offer, expose tor dc or give away any liquor on Sunday before three o'clock in the afternoon or after ten p. or on anyotllimlay-beTweeil' one o'clock and me o'clock in the Another amendment provides for all night licenses for an additional fe of $200 to holders of lieiuur tax certificates who have assembly or banquet halls on llielr premises with an area of at least threo thousand setuare feel.

Still another the reduction of license to restaurants that sell liquor with cooked looJ, -as distinguished from the Raines law sandwiches, from $S00 to a Tear: It is urged that these append men t.j would do awa with the "Raines 'aw ho tels," and that the mechanic, as welL.ajs the millionaire would be able to obtain his Sunday beer. Mr. Oswald Ottendorfei being if the proposed amendments were desired by the German-Americans, replied: "There is demand among Germans, as well as among other citizens, for-u. modification of the piesent excise law. but doubt If any amendments on the lines they would approve will be passed by the next legifdature.

There has been no meeting of lepresentativc Germans to draw up the amendments that 1 kuow of, and it would be better if uch a movement were started by others than Germans. Wo could then join in tho movement without giving rise to talk about Germans wanting tilings in this country different from other nationalities. "There is no desire to have saloons open during the hours for religious services oh Sundays, but if they were open in the afternoon and eeninjr would be appre ciated by thousands of persons who either desire to purchase beer to take to their homes, or who live in such narrow' quarters that they wouldJike the privilege of going to a garden or park, or even to a saloon, which is practically tho poor man's club. "I think there should'be1 'a'mflM? 1-jwer license than at present -for. the.

of beer, ale and light wine, but I can reo danger In granting all night 1ieene. It would afford an opportunity for -esorts uch as existed in Hester Street ten years ago." Other representative Gcrman-Am-'ri-cans say there i no desire among them to destroy the American Sabbath, and that only Mde doois should bo open during the legal hours. Curtains choiiM be kept down and business conducted quietly. At gaidens and patksln Lift, suburbs, they think malt liepiors shouli) be fold all day on Sunday. With many Germans attendance at uch is an I.inocent recreation, and is not attended with intoxication.

FELL FBOM THE CAGE TO THE MINE BOTTOM A Laborer Who nt. a Xcplicit of Millionaire Me I pi 11. a "ev "4 (irk Tolmeeo Merchnii't, Marion, 111.. Nov. 2tj Edgar McAlpin.

a laborer, aged twenty-five, wa- instantly killed In the Jhio and Mississippi Valley mine here yesterday. While being hoisted from the shaft he fell from the cage and struck the bottom. He was a nephew of McAlpin. the millionaire New-York tobacco merchant. CoMIy Klondike MiiIIk.

Vancouver, Nov. 20. Kourteen thousand lettets reached Vancouver from Dawson, in the Klondike, yesterday. They had no and the overworked postal clerks mildly objected to sticking postage stamps on the enormous pile of mall. An investigation was made, and it is alleged by officials hete that certain Canadian postal employes at Dawson col lected 23 cents each from the Americans who intrusted to them these 14,000 letters to friends in the United States; that they sent to Vancouver money enough to pay the correct rate.

3 cents for each letter, and that they pocketed the balance. The Davis Very Knot. Portland, No 2C The torpedo boat Davis, constructed at the Wolf Zwicker Iron Works, of this city, has been successful on her two hours' ofiicial trip. She made an average speed of 2:3 1-2 knots an hour, a full knot in excels of requirements. Lieut.

Comdr. F. J. Drake, president of the naval board, sent this dispatch to Secretary of the Navy Long: "Davis is the first torpedo boat on the Pacific coast to make one knot more than contract speed. Revolutions average r.2.

No undue friction of engines or excessive vibration of hull. Two hours' consecutive run; two turns." Justice Seller Dead. Roslyn, Nov. 26. One of the most famous characters of Old Virginia pased away yesterday, after a short illness, In the person of Justice Valentine Walker Sellers, of this place.

Justice Sellers made his home for years in an old house, which was also used as his courtroom. Us law was expounded according to Sellers, and when an offender was brought before him the decisions of his court were always more conspicuous for their humanity and common sense than for their legal strength. Justice Sellers passed away at A o'clock. He was 5'J years old. Iiiluilc-d Gun Till Dead.

New York, Nov. 26. Thomas L-. Jordan, fifty-five years old, a retired business man, living at No. 2774 Decatur Avenue, Fordham, committed suicide at.

his home yesterday afternoon by inhaling illuminating gas. Mr. Jordan hrtd been ill eight months and had become despondent. Signs of dementia had been noticed for seme time past by his wife and family. Murphy Will Xot Uetire.

Troy, N. Nov. 26. Senator Murphy yesterday denied the story circulating among New York City politicians that he intended quitting politics forever. Mr.

Murphy said he would not retire in the face of defeat, but woulil" bend his energies to make his party, successful at the next election. Accidentally Kllla His Brother. Ashland, Nov. 26. A party of hunters started out Thursday this place.

"When about two miles out of town Frank l.amaster was shot In the head by the accidental discharge of'" gun" In" the' hands' of his brother, John. lie died immediately. JUDGES OFFENDED BY A POST-PBAJUWAi SPEECH Question Whetherfl HrTTther Jiin- tioe linn Xot Ileen Guilty of Contempt of Court. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 2Cp-The seven common pleas judges, were called together yesterday by Prcsjfllig Judge Ong to consider whether or not Judge E.

J. Blan-dln In his strictures on the bench in his speech' Wednesday before the Bar Association was guilty of contempt. Io action was taken? but an neljourn-ment was had till a stenographic report of the speech can be obtained Judge Ong is keen to act, but some of his colleagues are less so. Tt may be he will act individually if tho other? ion't support him. STOP-STILI, POLICY OF.

TENNESSEFJANS Fl.vinin.Hlon (ipoHcd at a Clutttu- nooKn Meeting: I'rcHlileil Over by Ceui(reNniiu'-i Moon. Chattanooga, Nov. 26. At a mass meeting of representative citizens tonight resolutions opposing the acquisition of the Philippines were adopted. Congressman Moon, chairman, opened the meeting with a strong anti-expansion speech.

The resolutions declare, that the annex ation of the Philippines would be incon sistent "with the genius and spirit of our American Government, which was born of a protest against the right of any one people to govern another." They hold the extension of sovereignty over the distant semi-barbarous islanders would only be wasteful to the resources of our country, and would entail foreign entanglements. HANGED FOB MTJRDEB DENIED TO THE LAST John Slum- Salt! to Have Killed the liii-iband of the Woman He Loved. Dallas, Nov. 20. John Shaw was 'hanged pilvntely sit Cleburne at 11:43 a.

m. today. lie murdered Thomas Crain on Nov. 3, 1S97, It was said, because he was desperately in love- with Mrs. Crain and hoped to get possession of her her husband was out of the way.

On the scaffold Shaw denied killing Crain or ever having been in love with Mrs. Crain. He claimed to be an infidel, but at the last moment i denied so far as to permit a preacher of a Christian denomination to be on the gallows with him and offer prayer. Shaw died without showing any evidence of fear or nervousness. CLAIMS AGAINST PB.

EVANS' ESTATE lleport of Another and Later Will or the Millionaire DenlUt of I'arin. Philadelphia. Nov. 3S. V'ord was received in this city ye-Zrerday that a later will of tho late Dr.

Thomas Evans, the mlllionaiie dentist ojf Paris, had been discovered in Paris. The- alleged new will Is now on its waV'td this country, and will be here within Toty- or five days. The will may upset all calculations as to the disposition of iho.tXyOfX) estate and big museum and institute in this city, iind may bring to an md all pending proceedings in the orphans' court In this city and legal contentions New York and Paris. 4 PICQTJABT'S TBIAL MAY CAUSE SUBPBISES His Military AeeuxerH Said to Hate Plotted AicaltiMt the Kxlutenec of the Hciiahllc. Paris, Nov 26.

The case of Col. Pic-quart, whose court-martial has been ordered by Gen. Zurlintlen, military governor of Paris, may lake an extraordinary turn, ns it is alleged that ex-Premier Brisson has pi oofs that those generals who are Piccittari's accusers were guilty of conspiracy In the lecent plot to overthrow the republic. It is asserted that if necessary these proofs will be forthcoming. The result woulil be a maelstrom In the Dreyfus scandal that would engulf the prosecuting generals.

A TOWN IN A PANIC FEABING DLPHTHEBIA School Children of WiiahliiKtou. X. KInn a Coiiiptniloii WIki Died From That Dlenie. New York, Nov. 2C.

One hundred and fifty school children were permitted to kiss the lips of a little comrade who had died of diphtheria. More than two hundred adults visited the house, and many of them followed the example of the children. All this happened in the town of Washington, N. with the rather startling result that one hundred. and fifty children are now quarantined and mire than two hundred grown persons anxiously watching for symptoms of the disease.

It is f-agreed thai if Washington is not visited with a sweeping epidemic diphtheria it will not be the fault of those whose duty it is to prevent just such a disaster. It was not known positively when Alice Gushing, aged five, diid, in the Uner part of last week, that diphtheria was the cause. The suspicion was very stior.g however strong enough to nave justified the precautions that would have been demanded by a certainty. The first doctor called to attend her had believed it to be a case of diphtheiia, and had sent some of the mucus matter from the little patient's throat to the State board of health at Trenton. Other physicians were summoned, however, and when the child died a certificate was given of death due to acute bronchitis.

When the deplorable kissing scene took place last Monday a messenger as on Its way from Trenton, warning the local medical faculty that the cultures had developed diphtheria bacilli. The rounding up of the one hundred and fifty children who had kissed the l.ttle one in her coffin was, si formidable task, and threw the community into 1 aimult. To quarantine that number of children meant throwing a great many families into confusion. The town is practically under board of health rule, which is just as severe as military rule. Every person who attended the funeral has been solemnly warned to report, to health cfheers the slightest symptom ot Indisposition.

The community is undenu spell of anxiety. Keep in mind that Scott's Emulsion contains the hypo-phosphites. -1- These alqnemake it of great value for all affections of the nervous system. It also contains glycerine, a most valuable, soothing and healing agent. Then there is the cod-liver oil, acknowledged by all physicians as the best remedy for poor blood and loss in weight.

These three great remedial jents blended into a creamy uulsion, make a remai 'e tissue builder. 50c and all druggists. SCOTT BOWNE. Chemists. New York.

0)iiioiH)f: the- Engineer Wlio Constructed it. HE EEARS FOE ITS SAFETY 31 1'. 'Roebling Says-Its Is Greatly Overtaxed. Daiijj'crM Tfinit 'Misfit Result From a lllockadc on the Great Strnc- ture AcrpHM.dEuMt Iliver. New York, Nov.

26. W. A. Roebling, the engineer who built the Brooklyn Bridge, says heavier loads are placed upon the bridge than should be. In a letter to the Railroad Gazette, Mr.

Roebling says: "Inthe bet'innirig neither elevated run by locomotives nor electric roads were thought of. When the bridge was half finished the elevated road demanded the right' of '-wa-yCnrttl shortly after its completion the electric road also pressed for recognition. In 1SS0 some of the bridge trustees insisted that I should adapt the bridge for the passage of elevated locomotive trains. I yielded with reluctance, and agitlnst my better judgment. "But the crying evil on the" bridge is that, ovury year.

since. It been opened to traffic, there have been numerous additions to' the' dead load, small in themselves, but, large in the They amount to fully 13 per cent. If not more, all of which must be multiplied by a factor of tension of 1.70, and is Intensified by bfjlng carried chelly by the two mlel-dle cables. They comprise, for example, telegraph cables and wires, pneumatic tubes, double, of rails, fastenings, sheaves and topes, trolley wires, with extra heavy supporting brackets, heavy rails for trolley ears, heavier planking, electric light stands, etc. "The climax of overloading was reached when the trolley toolc posse'sston of the roadways and began to run in defiance of all stipulation as regards weight of cars or distances apart.

I can readily believe that the incident of a horse dying on the track caused a blockade of cars, which increasetl the live load from two to even three times what it was fixed at originally. Similar blockades on a smaller scale have happened before, and the bottom chords have buckled before, and, In all probability. 'will again. "What Is needed at present is a recalculation of the loads and weights of the bridge, so a US determine the present tho-maln parts of the structure, such a- cables, anchorages, etc' A'ppllcatlon to this effect has b'tu made; Xn the proper' -authorities by me, without any satisfactory result as yet. 1" have" no fear of the cables.

They still have ample strength, and could pull up the anchorages with ease." Mr. Roebling's letter refe-s to the buckling of understays In August and a blockade due 16 a horre falling dead reported about the same tim. Bridge Commissioner John L. Shea, when shown Engineer Roebling's letter last night, said: "Engineers have thoroughly gone over the subject and reported that there Is not the slightest danger. The bridge can bear four times its own weight, while it is an impossibility' to piace iipon it more than once ils'-own weight.

"However, .1 fully, recognize that the is worthy of careful coitMderailun. Since the buck-lings all lhe recalculations that his letter calls for have been made." THOUGHT HKR COOK A MAN IN DISGUISE lint the Count; foiifttnlile. Who the fluid's Fiancee. OiMpelled an Alarmed Lml'i Agitation. New York, Nov.

26. Just what Mary Murphy had done or said to bring her under suspicion may never be Known, but her mistress became suddenly possessed of The conviction that Mary was a man. Hence complications. Mrs. J.

B. Miller, whose husband is a brother-in-law of the late Jay Could, and who lives in what was formerly Joseph Jefferson's homestead, near Ridgewood, N. was perturbed at the Idea of having a disguised man In her kitchen. She is a timid little woman, with a morbid dread of anything like a disturbance. Half a dozen times, as she confessed afterward, she went into the kitchen to reproach the supposed Mary for not having been man enough to own up to not being a woman; but on each occasion she re-tlreel precipitately when her excited vision detected some new symptom of particularly ferocious masculinity.

A personal Interview, she decided, was out of the question. She would write Mary a nice little note. And a very nice little note It was. Mrs J. B.

Miller was careful to assure Miss Murphy that not for a moment did she doubt that Miss Murphy was a perfect gentleman; but It was not customary In the best Ridgewood society to employ dis guised males in the kitchen, and therefore Mrs. Miller regrettecl that she would be obliged to dispense, etc. Having spelled out this soothing communication, which had been pushed under the kitchen door, Mary refused to be soothed. Nay, she felt affronted. Hearing the pots and pans rattling violently Mrs.

-Miller dispatched a fleet messenger for a village constable. But re-enforcement arrived too late. The citadel had capitulated. "It's all right," said Mrs. Miller, ael-justlng her rumpled coiffure.

"Mary will continue to be my cook. She is not a man." "A man!" ejaculated the constable. "And what's more," continued Mrs. Miller, "she's a perfect lady." "Well, I should say she was!" cried the constable, proudly. "Why, ma'am, Mary and I are going to be married." SNOWSTOKMS IN NEVADA.

Sayre Description of Grand, and Stnrtlintr Siftht. (From the New York Sun.) "Virginia City," said Sayre Noble, a Nevada ranchman, "is pretty well up In the world, as any one knows who has ever been there, and there are few localities In all the Rocky Mountain region from which a wider range of country can be taken in at one view. Owing to that fact, some very and unusual sights are frequently seen by the dwellers in that favored city, almost within sounding distance of the clouds. I have witnessed some of them myself, and one in particular I remember, in fact, it was a sight that no one having seen could ever forget. It was a moving panorama, Ing no less Impressive In the extreme, being no les than five distinct snowstorms raging among the mountains and deserts to the eastward, while In the city not a flake of srlbw was falling.

The storms represented all degrees of fierceness, and covered an area ot at least 100 miles. The one furthest to the east, and at the same time the most northerly one, was appar- I St- Eclipse 175 Our S75 Model for '98 has been reduced to With the Automatic Coaster and Brake, 540. There are only a few left. They must be sold in ten days to make room for the '99 models. Try a Pound of Eclipse Coffee.

J. D. LASLEY, 14th and Sts. TRUSTEES' SALES. THOMAS J.

OWEX, Auctioneer. TRUSTEES' SALE OF CNIMPROVED REAL ESTATE FRONTING 73 FEET ON KENTUCKY AVENUE SOUTHEAST. By virtue of a certain deed, of trust, recorded in Liber No. 2275, folio 2W, et of the land records of tlie District of Columbia, we will sell, at public auction, in front of the premises, on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2S, 1S9S, AT 4.30 O'CLOCK V. the followin-r-decribed real estate, situate in the city of Washington, in said District, and being original lot numbered eighteen (18).

in square numbered ten hundred jnd forty-one Terms of sale: The above property will be sold subject to deed of trust amounting to SI, 500, with interest from January 31, Mid deed of trut being rtcotded in Liber 220S, folio the purchase money over and above said deed of trot to be paid in cash. A deposit of $100 will be required at time of falc. All convcvaniinc; and stampi at purchaser's cost. Terms to be complied with within ten days, Uutee reserve the right to resell at risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser. ROBERT M.

MORRISON. 00 st. nw. V. E.

EDMONSTON, 500 3th St. Trustees. ently passing- directly over the forty-mile desert. It was as lilack a thunder cloud, so dense was the whirling body of snow, and was, perhaps, ten miles in diameter. Anyone In the of It would have been willing to swear that a snowstorm must be raginp over the entire continent, but just to the north of It several tall, stately peaks rose out of the Herce storm and towered above It In the full -plendor of sunlight.

The high hills that lay beyond the storm were shut off from as though by a gigantic black curtain. "Nearer, and to the southward, another storm, not so black and tierce as the first, but still dense enough to hide all the region behind It. was in less active progress. It crept along toward the enst, reaching from the level of the Carson. Valley upward to the very cloud when It came, high in the heavens.

Still nt-arer. and between the city and the mountains of Como, a lighter storm 'yet. -one dnly 2 or 3 miles In width, passed on It? way. Through this the mountain peaks could be seen dimly, as In a thin fog. A mile fur ther south a fourth snowstorm, smaller in area than even the last one, but as black and tempestuous as the great blizzard that, with the sun touching It's sweeping the tw- I ful fury.

AH behind it was hid as with the pall of the "blackest nfght." M'ls away, further up to the southward, th llfth storm, a vast and violent one. was sweeping along, covering and hiding a range of 30 miles of high, hills. "Between these several storm bodies hills, plains and mountain peaks stood Te-vealed as far as the eye could see. all lying In the glory of a late October sun. The gleaming peaks that rose golden far above the black masses of storm as they raged In furj at the mountain bases and far up their rocky sides made a particularly striking and awesome part of that strange picture." CAKRIER PIGEONS.

31 I'linuKien' Interesting: Theory of Their SletlioiN. tTrum Most authorities now believe that the carrier pigeon finds its way by fhe'lhoels more or less ordinaryv-but by a very -extraordinary skilled combination of them. We translate below part of an article- en the subject, contributed by M. zies to the Revue Scientlfhiue (Paris. March 26).

M. Thauzies. -nf tr giving- sons for rejecting the theoryof a special sense, ana otner nypoineses puf torm on the subject, proceeds to state the fohow ing facta which he believes to be flrmly establlshed; "Well trained pigeons, even if taken very far away say several hundred miKs from the pigeon cote get their bearings nnrmoi amncnlir0 vL-uh ,11 imi promptness, without turning about otner directions, without rising to a grt-jt height. Before one can count rstty have disappeared. "These same pigeons, left in open air in their baskets several mlnuus before releasing them, while they are given food and drink, look around them, walk to fro, evidently studying the sky, until, having found out, doubtless, what they sought, they remain eiuiet.

Then, ir the baskets are opened, they fly ff low and almost horizontally, without zig and in a straight line. In the proper "The same pigeons transported to a strange region that is, for instance, where they must make a southerly journey when they are accustomed to make a northerly one. betray a striking de- crop nf Hcmii(tinl( In their baskets n.t thp monieni. ui cicjmi iu.c, wic-v iu ue surprised, and somewhat taken aback. As soon as iney are tree uiey ny uu.

east- waru, maKing targe ellipses toward ne sun; then they explore in all directions, but they always return to the east with a patient tenacity that seems to signify that there Is the key of the problem and that there alone will be found Its solu- I tlon. After several minutes of this, hav- I Ing reached an altitude of 150 to 200 yards. they disappear In the proper direction. The earlier In the morning they are released, the more prompt Is their success In getting their direction. After noon, even in calm weather, anel even if 1 the elistance Is small, their orientation is dull, slow, wavering and without vivacity.

"When the day coincides with a change of the moon, the orientation, both at the point of departure, and aiFo on the route, becomes difficult; the birds return slowly and at long intervals. Finally, even when the sky seems everywhere very clear, if the atmosphere Is undergoing any of those invisible disturbances that are revealed only by the most delicate instruments of our observatories, the pigeon. as In the preceding case, hesitate, lag behind and sometimes take doublo the time that would be necessary for their journey under other circumstances." STRICTURE CURED AT HOME When wo say "cured." we mean no patching up, but a rositlve, never to return cure. Our treatment Is by a New Method, painless, and requires NOSURCICALOPERATION no loss of tlme.and is used secretly at home. We havo never failed in over 5,000 and aro as sure to euro stricture, ami prostatic enlargement as the suu Is to rise.

lrof and sealed lunik free. Eali'IKK MED. Smith Bld'g, Boston, Mast. no21-Su-tf Removed from 457 Pa. Ave.

Bicycles 135! 'S CURE YOURSELF! Un Bis ii for unnatural discharge, inflammations. Irritations or ulcerations of mucous niembrann. fain lead, ana not astrin- THeE1SChEUICHC0. ent or Powonons. Sold by UrnujIsU, or gent In plain wrapper.

bjr cxprrts. prepaid, for l.l. or 3 tiottlrx, $2.73.. Circular sent vii re-jucst. cc21-cod-ljT iVJAKE PERFECT MEN SOSua'DUPAIR! DonotSuf-fer Longer! The Jots and ambitions ot life can be restored to jou The Try worst cases of erraan Ilebllltyar.

absolutely cured by I'JEKFJECTO TAlILfiTS. QiTe prompt relief to in-somuia. failing memory and trie waste and drain of vital powers, inenrred by Indiscretions or excesses of early years. Imrjart vtcor and potency to eerr func tion. Brace np the system.

Uire jifSk bloom to the eneeks and lustre to tne eyea of A-f sAyounicorotd. One Mc box renews ital enerjry PWlflC boxes at (2. 0 a complete guaranteed cure XjTiIr or money refunded. Can be carried in Test pocket. Sold eTerywbere.or mailed in plain wrapper on receipt of price by 71IS FtCSTCTO I'uUo Ckleits.

111. Sold in Washington, D. C. by E. Stevens, 8th and Pa.

ave. and Henry Eraas, 933 it. nw. in Wade a weli Man of Ale in 30 days." This old. Tet marvelnn Remedy for men cures all Nervous Failing mpmnrv Vii, ocerKy, caused by Terwork, past excesses or early abuses.

Prevents canity, enlarges shrunken organs and restores mbltion and viKorosity in old or youair within 30 Price II w) a package; lix forfcS.OO. with vri tt-n guarantee to cure or money refund-d. IMMI'O can be bad of druczfas named preferred, we win send it prepaid securely ealed on receipt of price, llook of alu? frt-r, Jl.MJOO ILL 5TEVEN9'5 PHARMACT. 9th and Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington.

D. C. GAS STOVES. For Cookirg and Ileaticc. GS APPLIANCE EXCHANGS- H24 New York Avenue.

FOSTORFJCE WASHINGTON', D. C. POSTOFFICE Should be read daily, as changes may oecmr at any time. FOREIGN MAILS an forwarded to the pert ot sailing daily and the schedule of closings is on the presumption of their uninteTfUptrd orerland transit. F.r the week ending: Noem-' Ut 26, the U-t connecting closes will be made at this office as follows: Mails for South nnil CemrnI A 111 erica, IVeat Indie.

Ktc. SATTRDAY (d) At 12:03 p. for NEWFOUNDLAND, per steamer from North Sydney. d) At 12:05 p. for ST.

PIKRRE-Kf-QUELON. icr steamer NrtU Sydner. (d) At a. for IXAGCA. CAPE HAITI.

PORT DE PALY. ad MARC, per s. Alfred Dumou, fam New York. Mad- lor NEWFOUNDLAND, m- rail Halifax, and thence via steamer. i-Ioe hee except Sunday at 12:03 p.

and on at 11:33 a. m. (d) Mails for MIQl'ELON, by rail to Bten, and thence mz steamer, cloe here dailj at p. m. (a) Mads for CUBA, cloe here daily at 3:85 p.

for forwarding by steamers sailing frm Pert Tampa, Florida. Monday and Mail for MEXICO, overland (except tb-e it)? CAMPF.CHE, CHIAPAS. TABASCO, aad YPCA-. TAN, which after the 7:10 a. m.

clo5iB-- Wtdnrj-di, will be forwarded to New York up to and including the 11.10 p. m. doting- ritttay). ck-e 1 here cUilj at 7:10 a. m.

id) Tranwimc-Illc Mail. I for rmXA ami jaPA.V, per Olvm- 1 pja Tacoma. dose here dady at -w p. 1 up to 1. juj Mad for CHINA.

U'AN. and HAWII. per i. Coptic, from San Francisco, clo-e here daily it 6:10 p. up to November 23.

(d) Mails foe the SOCIETY ISLANDS, per saip Galilee, from San Francisco. cloe here daily at 0:40 p. up to November 24. (d) Mam for tetcepc taoe jor west Australia, which are forw.irded via Eiww). x-t-- 'i-ii ivn iiwir vitT ISLANDS, per s.

5. Moans. from Fraitei-j-o. tloe here daily at 6:10 p. up to November 25.

Id) I Mail fer CHINA and JAPAN, per Empress of China, from Vancouver. doe here daily at 0:40 p. up to November iS. (d) I Mail for CHINA and JAPAN, per Glen-1 ogle, from Tacoma, close here daily at p. 1 up to November 2S.

(d) MaiN for HAWAII, per Aixtraiia. frsm San Franci-co. doe here daily at 6:40 p. up to December (d) Mail for AUSTRALIA (except West Au'traliaV NEW ZEALAND. HAWAII, and FIJI ISLANDS, per s.

s. Miowera, from Vancouver, Use here daily at C. 40 p. after November 2o and up to December S. (d) Mails fur CHINA.

JAPAN, and HAWAII, rr t. s. City of Pekmr. from San Franc-ie. ele here daily at 6:40 p.

up to December 9. (d) (a) Registered mail do-? at c. same I day. IUJ ncsisieiru iii.iiL3 tm-c t. a.vw hi.

Kfflt; Bj4f rlnv at 6:00 p. m. ara day. (d) Registered mails cioe at 6.W p. m.

prev- 1 ious day. JAMES P. WILLETT. Postmaster. J.ABIES' GOODS.

WANTED Ladies to know that MRS. LIVINGS TON, of New ork, owner and patentee ot "The Self-Adjusting Garment-cutting Machine." has taken parlors at CCS 1-th St. and desires the pleasure of showing this wonderful invention for cutting- ladies and children's garments without paper patterns, pencil, weights, "crews, or pins. A garment can be cut in five minute, and perfect fit guaranteed. In order to CONVINCE the skeptical, he will without charge, teach any one to cut garment.

$25 couTje offered, thi week, which includes machine, instructions in cutting waists, single or double under arm: French and tailor bodices, sleeves, skiru, princess gowns, Louis jackets, box coats, copying fashion-plates; also matching plaids and stripes. oc27-lrao FOR FOR HIHE Horses, buggies, and dayton, 2 per day to drummers and business men. PRESTON'S STABLES, Slh and I sts. phone 917-2. no22-lmo 1 FOU KENT-STOKE AND DWELLING.

I v. FOR RENT With or without stable for seven I horses, 2012 II st. the Desfosse French I Bakery, store, dwelling, with 9 bedrooms, bakery; two show windows for confectionery or groceries. no3-lmo FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. FOR SALE or exchange for Washington property, a fine farm near Frederick.

land well watered and highly fertile. Address FARMER 47. thw office. no2(J-3t FOR EXCHANGE. FOR EXCHANGE I make a specialty of tradlns properties; send me full description of your property for exchange.

I handle city, suburban, and country, improved and unimproved. ABRAHAM FISHER. 512 st, nw. oc31-lma CHURCH NOTICES. ttT vmv ntPTMT r-m-nnrf iitK I st ne.

SilRdnv-rhnnI 9 a. Prrarh- ing. 11 a. m. C.

E. at 7 p. and preaching-at p. rn. The pastor wilt fill the rostrum at these hours.

All are welctsme. REV. W. J. ROBINSON, pastor.

It HONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN. WILL some kind gentleman Iain; a colored widow fCO; will pay interest. Address MRS. L. this office.

It 4HIV Gurisucl SI sat to Krietarr. 1 Prenu common. slaV iAciNaNiut.0 -H v.s.x. JF tJVP I 9j I isSils nfiK tt.