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FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
MAYoR's OrrIcE, Washington, May l6, 49,

MAYORS OFFICE, Washington, May l6, 1912
WHEREAs there is good reason to believe that
w the alarming frequency with which fires have
lately occurred in this city, by which much valuable
property has been destroyed, and much more exposed
to imminent peril, has been caused part by wicked
and wilfu ncendiaries and it being of the utmost
consequence well to the safety Of property as for
tes should De put sop by bringing the perpetra-
tors thereof to condign punishment; have thought
fit to issue this, my proclamation, offering reward
Of Five Hundred Dollars to whoever shall give tnfor-
..l0a wacn shall lead TO the diss0ye and cohyis
any dwelling house or other building within the city
of Washington
W. w. SEATON
MAY 20-3t
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EXPERIMENTAL LECTURES.

MIR ROBERT GRANT will give series Of il
lV.l Illustrative lectures at the Apollo Hall, COM
mencing on Monday evening" May 80, and continued
for three successive evenings,
The chief object which Mr.. Grant has in view in
these lectures is the exhibition beDre the Depart
ments of our National Government, of variety OF
interesting and philosophical apparatus, and OF Illus
trating by actual experiment, several new and scien-
tifc discoveries never before demonstrated.
I5Sngle tickets, for gentleman and lady, fifty
cents-for the course Sl-to be had at Stationers
Hall.
Lectures commence at 8 o'clock.
Nav 2l-3t
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Ma DoRRs SwoRp.-Mr DoT made great
flourish, last Monday, about his sword, which he
drew and brandished in a most fearful manner, and
told great story about its having belonged to an Of
fcer who fell fighting for his country. This sword
belonged to Lieutenant ramed Rcll, who died Of
dysntry on the passage from 81 Marks to Providence
and all the blood that was ever upon it, would not
wet the point,-Prop. Jour.
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HEAVY DAMAGES.

The Boston Atlas says that the case Of MIR.
Brewer, of Westfeld, who was so dangerously
wounded in the collision of cars between Westfeld
and Chester last fall, has been before referees in
Springfield, two or three days last week. The re-
ferees were Hon. John Mills, Gen Forward Of
Southwick and DR. Smith Of Springfield. N. T..
Leonard, ESQ., for plaintiff, and George Ashmun,
Esq, for w r. r, Corporation $3.50 has been
awarded to Mr. Brewer.
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ARMY AND NAVY CURoyIcI :

TNHE publication Of this paper bas en.,u,Deoo,J
= about three weeks for The want ola very trlainp
sum OF money-not five per cent Of the amount 81
outstanding subscriptions. As soon as remittance;
ADVISED Of now on the way and da,ig erpectd shaI
De received, the publication VIII be resumed
Eseiy one indebted : earneety requested to make
an immediate remittance N 5G
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JAMES PiALEN a. Co., Managers Once, cor
nef of 9th st. and Penn. av.

The grand capital prize Of $4,000, in the above
lottery, was sold in share TO worthy ana highly
tinuaton Of our usual fortune for, in Grand Conso
dated No Z, drawn April l4th we sent certificate
of a package Of wholes which contained combination
IA, sc, 81, prize Of $4,000, to gentleman IN North
Carolina.
We would particularly call the attention OF distant
and home adventures to the splendid, magnificent,
and unrvalled scheme to be drawn May 26th in Will
mngton, Deaware-whicb, beyond doubt, Is the very
best scheme ever issued in this country and which
contains over million Of dollars to be distributed
among the favorites of fortune.
Our distant customers may rely upon the most strict
and confidential attention TO their ORDERS and, by
sending them u.s. they to be in the road to
fortune.
GRAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
OF della WARE.
Glass A for 1912.
To be drawn at Wilmington, Delaware, May 70
1912.
Under the superintendence of Commissioners ap
pointed by the State.
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WHATMAN'S DRAWING pApEp

M FISCHER, Importer and Dealer in snne,,,,
~ Stationery, Parchment, and Rodgers fine
cutlery, has Just received direct from the Mann,c,i
rsr, large supply of Whatmans superior Dawn,
Paper made expressly to order, ofthe following ,ze
an o. Wnch ae constantly Kept for wholesale Of retad
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DR. T. G EVANS AMERICAN yEC3Erh
BILE VIRMIFIGF -

| is lar to conclude that every man will snoot n
ngh terms OF his own productions but. with 70.
gard to this prompt and powerful norm de,trove no
proprietor has only to say, gipe trial and the re-
sun WI snow you how much il is entitled to its dis
tnguished name. If worms be the cansc IF cam
the fact 'oo" '''iue
II is compounded Of pure vegetable ingredients
ana may be depended being both safe and certain
For sale by
w. YOUNG,
Sole agents for the District two doors east fGadsbys
April 6-3t "'' u 'aespy
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ARTISTS MATERIALS

W Lillian FISCHER has just received by the
w schooner Phebe Eliza, a complete assortment
in part of Prepared Canvass by the foot or stretcheJ
on frames, from by 10, to % by Sc inches OH Co.
lors, Portrait, Sable and CamePs Hair Brushes
French Black and Colored Crayons, Miniature Iyory
and Cases Of every size; Pallets Slabs, MuIlers'
ny boxes or by the Single Cake large supply ofsho
above articles IS constantly kept Tor sale at Sationers
Hall Nav ls W.,
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Certificate of package OF whoes $50 90
Do. do. halves 25 90
Do do. quarters ~ SO
Whole tickets IS, 00-Halves 81, 5O-Quarters 81 25
Orders for Tickets will receive the most prompt and
confidential attention; drawings sent to all those who
order from us Immediately on the receipt thereof
The immense number of prizes distributed by us
consisting OF whole of$lQ,0 00-whole of "a 600
Ia of $25O 900, besides many other prizes too hume
rous to mention, will make it the interest of all pur
chaseIs to forward us their orders. Remember our
big scheme draws on the Goth of MAY.
K FRANCE, Agent for the Managers
Corner 9th St and Penn av
4 ~
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NOTICE
OF The disc0ntimud1ece OF the Public Land
GWce at BUCIRUS, IN the State Of ()bjo
NOTICE


| INDEX the provisions of the second section az Al
~ act OF Congress, approved on the 18th of June
ioao which declares that whenever the auantty Of
public land remaining unsod in any land district shol
De reduced TO number of acres less than ,ne HIM
dred thousand it shall be the duty of the Secretary If
the Treasury to discontinue the Land Office of sucL
district; and If any land in any such district Shall r
nam unsod at the time of the discontnuance Of \
Land Once the same shall be subject to sale at some
one oihe existing Land Offices most convenient 10 The
district IN which the Land Office shall have been J;
continued of which the Secretary of the Treasury
shall give notice"
Notice is accordingly hereby given that in The pro.
seculon OF his duty, under the above section the Sc.
creary OF the Treasury has advised this office tina, the
Land Office at BUcYRus, in the State of Ohio is lobe
discontinued by law, and the lands in said district ~
naming unsold at the time of the discontnuance
70 be thereafter subject to sale at the Land Office m
Lima, in the same State
Lands remaining unsold and unappropriated bv
ia" ana SUBJECT to private entry, within the limits ~
the district or BUcYRUs will cease to be subject
Try as heretofore at that Office from the date of The 70
ceiPt OF this notice and the Land Officers AT Inr,
VIII give further notice Of the day on which tbev vii
De prepared to receive applications for entries Of anv
such lands. - any
E. M. HUNTINGTON.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Aprit4 ls42.
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GARD. Fl. BROLASKEY, Merchant Tailor
~ of Philadelphia respectfully informs his custom
ers residing in the city Of Washington, that be has
received direct from his agents. in London and Paris
the Spring and Summer Fashions, with an extensive
assortment of the finest and most approved goods now
worn Also, real West of England cloths, wool-dyed
black, brown, Prussian, green and London smoke
golden olive claret and bronze, of beautiful shades
French twilled habit cloths of very light texture
single miIed doeskin diagona-ribbed and serpen,ine
cassimeres, and fancy vestings of light mateIial-sk
cachmerots, bombazeenslinen drills, gambroons and
fancy Pantaoon stuffs-satin and silk vestngs adapt
ed to the approaching seasons.
The above goods will be made TO order at 20 per
cent belop the usual prices for cash approved cree
dit Any gentleman wishing to send order for
clothing, have his measure taken by any tailor ON
sheet ofpaper, stating what kind ofarices he wants
and will guarantees the safe delivery ofthem.
PRICES
Extra superfne dress or frock coat from $40 to S2-
single or double-mled cass pants. sc to $40
satin vest from SO to So
White drilling pants from $3 to s.
]. II. BROLASKEY,
100 Chestnut ST. Philadelphia
mar l5-dlm
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G. H. VAN PATTEN, M. D..

pennsylvania avenue, few doors from Brown,
ilo.el. nov. 90, is1y
ENOR SALE -Forty-seven thousand dollars in
= Certificates of the United States Treasury, bear
ing Tue interest OF eight per cenum per annum until
payment shall be made by the Mexican Governor,
IN money or Treasury notes receivable at the Mexi-
can custom-houses IN payment of duties upon goods
entered for Importation or exportation according Ia
the article of the Convention of the llth of Anrl
1853 between the United States and Mexico, and The
act OF Congress of June 18th, 1910.
The owners of said Certificates of the Treasure
Department of the United States for the above sum
OF ~ 900, purposng to make visit in Europe, viii
sell either said amount in its totally or in sums to sut
purchasers, on accommodating terms, for silver or
so'G pneIs TO be addressed through the post office
to > Ii. 4 Co. In case of parity of offers members
OF Congress shall be preferred. Oilers received until
the 18th inst 8 n a. ~ ~"
WASHINGTON, ID. G. March 2, 1912
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Now that Belgium has commenced the steam navi-
cation Of the Atlantic at least is about doing So
the Belgian Government having purchased the con-
sort OF the i'll fated President steam ship the British
queen, the following memoranda will not be deemed
unnterestng. 1t appears that this tiny nation has
some great souls therein, and that they are anxious
to seek glory and goods wherever the winds and the
waves may carry them. In such noble enterprise we
can only say God speed them. 1t will be perceived
cal fame and that had it not been for their crisis
revolutionary and monetary much more gratifying
evidence in their favor might have been adducede
The spirit has ever been willing, and the Belgian
lacketh not mercantile skill
Her trade in the East has considerably increased
since the revolution and her cotton manufactures
and machinery are there in full demand. Her ex-
ports with Turkey in the year 1884 were only $780,
600 francs value-in 1899 they had reached 1889 :
600 francs. But her enterprise extends to other
countries as the following exports will prove:
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SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.

POST OFFICE, WASHINGTON Cry
r. April 81, 1912
iHE uREAr EASTERN AND NoRTHERN Man. viii
nere s be closed at this office at p NJ and
Letters and papers rec ivcd by !, will be- Delivered
at q A. M and u p. NJ
NE GREAT SOUTHERN Man, will be closed dliiy
Letters and apeTs received by it will be livereJ
at Al P. M.
The GREAT WESTERN Mail will be closed y,ilS
at 3 p. NJ 80
at u A. M.
HI The Pos, Office will be- kept open every day
except Sundays from u A. NJ to p. NJ On Sun
Gays as heretofore
This arrangement will be contpued during the
summer and until further notice
ape2 DIV WILLIAM JONES, P. Nj !
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Combination, 10, SO, 81, prize of $1,000, was
sent into the country.
The following scheme is to be drawn on the 10Th of
May, in Wilmington, Dell by Commissioners APP
pointed Ivy the State.
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1894 1885 1896
United States, 1,266,000 2,293,0OO 24S5O0O
Great Britain, 100000 100000 I6, $4,000
France, l,859,000 Lazy, 900 I4l9O0O
Cuba, $4,000 $4,000 1000
1897. 1898. 1899
United States, 1,77S,000 100000 2226 900
Great Britain, IL, 100000 l766S00O 1925, 900
France, 2,19s,000 3,523,000 274SOOO
Cuba, $4,000 100000 I,343,O0O
The official documents for 1910 and lS4I have not
yet been published; but il that the arrival and
departure of indigenous and foreign shipping in those
]. w. G.
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A certificate Of packages Of 26 wholes, $40
% halves, Sl20
.@ s 26 quarters, $50
26 eighhs $50
s'a-Persons at distance may be assured that
their orders will be promptly and faithfully attend
ed to.
All communications are considered and held strict
ly confidential.
All prizes sold in our Lotteries will cashed pre-
sentation. Address
R. FRANCE, Managers Office,
Washington city, d. c.
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WILLIAM YOUNG, g doors east of Gadsby 5
w Pennsylvania Avenue,) has Just received
fresh supply Of WHITE SULPHUR WATER
direct from the White Sulphur Springs in Virginia
which he will sell on reasonable terms, and in guam
titles to suit cusomers-in half barrels or otherwise.
ANALYSIS.
The solid matter procured by evaporation from 100
cubic inches of the White Sulphur Water, when
dried at 2l2S, weighs, agreeaby to the experiments
of Professor Rodgers, 6354 grains this consists of
Suphate of Lime, Chloride Of Calcium,
Suphate of Magnesia Peroxide Of Iron,
E-,,.,
Carbonate of Lime Sulph. Hydrate Sodium
Carbonate of Magnesia, Organic Matter.
Chloride Of Magnesium, Precipilated Sulphur.
Chloride of Sodium, Iodine.
The gaseous matter consists of
Suphurated Hydrogen, Nitrogen,
Carbonc Acid Oxygen MIG
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Pennsylvania avenue, few doors from Brown.
nolel nov. 90, is1y
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BLANK BOOKS,
OF the most durable kind made from the finest linen
paper, and bound in a manner unequailed in this
country Tor strength and dural ty Books made by
their predecessors upon the plan still followed have
been in use upwards Of si1ty years, without gyinb
way, and any of their superfne books which NAV be
ordered will be warranted to stand for that length
of time.
Orders from public offices, institutions. and ;nd;v
duas, will be attended to with promptness and at fair
rates. HOGAN & THOMPSON
No, 80 North 4th ST. and No los.
40 Chestnut, st., Philadelphia.
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NOTICE-MILITARY ENCAMPMENT.
OFFICE OF TRANsP. B. b. R. r. Coz
WASHINGTON, May 10, 1912 (
NHE public are respectfully notified that the fare
7 from Washington to Baltimore and back will be
reduced to 3d. with the privilege of returning at any
time during the ecampment.
MAY l9-3t
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c1,,I 49, - CUmWlSSOner
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CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE PRE-
SIDENT

Tomorrow we purpose giving the details of
the conspiracy to tear down the Executive
branch of the Government. The Constitution
is IN danger-our freedom is in jeopardy-but
still we hope and believe the bastard plotters
will be defeated We believe that Mangum
will not obtain possession of the Government
even for an hour. He lacks too many of the
qualities of Cromwell But there are others,
not members of Congress, of better intellect
than the avowed impeachers, who will be as.
tonished to find that we are familiar With all
their secret, selfisl movements, for months past.
1t is our intention to give the particulars to-
morrow. In the meantime, let all true men be
prepared to stand by the Constitution.
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contest which comes on before the People at
the next election. Let US force onr opponents
to the direct issue-let il be blazoned forth to
the masses on the highways in banners of liv-
ing light-let the hardy pioneer of the West.
whose ancestors gained their heritage by beard
ing the savage in his hut-let the sons Of the
Pilgrim and Puritan, who de6ed the lions pow
er-let the children of the sunny South-my
own land-see the standards raised, "CoNsTI-
Tor II, when the former shall burst forth as bril-
llanlly as the MONDAY sun, the simeon blast OF
popular indignation will cast the latter in mil
lions of shreds 10 the four winds of Heaven.
PHOCION.
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THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAILS.

The Nalchez Courier of the 9th ultimo, has a
fierce and unjust invective against Mr. Wick
life, for not providing mail facilities upon the
Mississippi There is in the article deal OF
gall, which has been conjured up, no doubt, by
political differences but as our object is to VIM
dictate the Postmaster General from this charge
against him, of official delinquency, we shall
leave the Courier to the quiet enjoyment of its
peculiar political views, with the hope that that
paper will republlsh our remarks, and II 1t does
not, that the Free Trader will
The Courier alleges, that, from the 2Sth OF
May to the 9TH of June, only two mails from the
North arrived at Natchez. On reference to the
authenticated returns in the proper quarter, we
find that the Northern mails, down the river,
came to hand al Natchez on the following days
May Doth and 31st,
June lst, 3D. 9TH, 9Th and 9th.
Now, it is plain, that, with three times a
week mail, this is not such horrible" service;
at all events, it was performed five times from
the 9th of May, to the 18th of June, when the
Courier states it was only done twice
The next allegation of the Courier consists in
a series Of statements about the amount paid for
transporting the mails along the river. Here
that journal Is equally at fault A few facts will
serve to convince the public Gifts errors.
When Mr.. Wicklife came into the Department.
he found a contract for carrying the mail from
Louisville to New Orleans twice a week, touch
ing at Match and the intermediate points, 70
which the sum of forty-six thousand six hundre
and sixty -seven dollars per an. was given. Tha
the contractors performed this service with care
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I lessness; that they frequently employed $40"
boats, and delayed in other ways, soas to pay as
little possible for the work DONE is admitted, ioI
the facts are notorious; but no fault can be as
cribed to Mr.. Wlckliffe for these delnquences.
The Postmaster General, in order TO ascertain
wht Their it were better for the public interest to
give out the carrying Of the river mails to con
tractors, as before, or TO undertake their trans
porallon by means Of agents and postmasters,
established third mail per week on the Ohio
and Mississippi, for the carrying of which sew
enty-fve dollars week were paid. In all par
lculars, this service proved to be the better OF
the two more expeditions, more certain, and at
tendant with scarcely any trouble.
This result induced Mr. Wickliffe to adopt
this method, when the lime Of the conlractor
for the twice week mail from Louisville TO
New Orleans expired; and, on the 1st day Of
July, 1912, sic times q areek mail between
the above two cities went into operation, under
the charge Of General George w. Chambers,
of Louisville, Kentucky, for the transportation
average of twenty dollars per trip, each
way. The fastest boats are Invariably en-
ployed. Four Of these mails touch at Memphis,
Vcksburg, and NatcheZ, de cendng and as
cending, and two of them at these and all other
intermediate points, and they are to be paid sew
enty-ive dollars trip, up and down. In addi-
ton to these facilities, three times week
packet service between New Orleans and
Vicksburg, touching at all intermediate places,
is performed for fifteen thousand dollars
year. and the amount of money to be expended
for this whole river transportation, including
salaries of agents, &C., will not exceed fifty
thousand dollars per annum.
In regard to the arrival of mails, at stated
| hours, upon river route of such great length,
precise regularity cannot be expected, but the
utmost precision will be preserved in their de-
parture.
| What will the Courier say to this? Will il
| continue to sheer at the Western Postmaster
General, or will it lay aside prejudices and make
the amende honorable? We shall see
From this expose, the people of the valley of
the Ohio and Mississippi will learn what their
Postmaster General is doing for the promotion
wants The achievement of daily mail from
Louisville to New Orleans, 1--WE say daily, for
one days loss out of seven is not felt,) at so
small a price, and that too to be transported on
the most rapid vessels, is work of no little mo-
ment. 1t proves the wisdom of selecting the
head of the Post Office Department from the
great West, and lifts Mr. WickIiffe, at once, 10
that point which, from the first, we knew that
his energies, his comprehensive mind, and his
indomitable industry, would enable him to oc-
cupy.