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HOsICcuIhu OW1cT1S Deatns
ANNOUNCED IN AN ORDER OF MAJOR DYE.
This morning Major W. NICE Dye, major and sd
perntendent OF police, issued the following general
order in reference to the death OF Officer Fowler,
who was killed by the convict Langster alias Ian
caster on tuesday morning:
sit Is the painful and melancholy duty Of the
superintendent to announce the death OF OF the
of the force. John H. Fowler entered the depard
1nent as station keeper in March, 1879. He WaS
shortly afterwards advanced to the position OF first
class private on the force, and more recently pro-
oed to the second GLASS; and selected for the duty
he was engaged on at his death because OF his vail
liable experience and his peculiar fitness for the
place His death, at the post OF duty by the hands
OF dastardy desperate, has stirred the feelings Of
the community, and caused an expression OF uni
celerity TO boast OF in the execution OF our criminal
laws. The family Of the deceased have our heart
felt It., sympathy IN their bereavement.
The lieutenant OF each precinct will detail four
olcerS In uniform with regulation baton and
White Gloves to report TO the lieutenant command,
ing the n eighth precinct station at 2sO p. m, on
Friday, the 18th instant. to accompany heremainS
OF Officer Fowler to the cemetery.
SKETCH OF THE DECEASED.
Mr.. Fowler was born in Georgetown, D. c. Oc,
tOber 22d, 1912, and during the war was In the
army, for time employed in the quartermaster's
department, and for several years was In the en-
ployment of Major Morgan and others engaged in
paving the streets He was a thoroughly honest,
conscientious man, and his conduct on the police
force was such that his detail to the chain gang
was asked for by the authorities and he had been
employed In connection with the chain gang since
OCTOBER 9Th last. His practical knowledge OF such
work was OF much value to the District govern.
ment AS has been stated he leaves widow and
three children. who are In quite poor circuIn-
stances.
THE FOWLER FUND.
MI. StOutenburg, OF the Washington asylum
has started the plan of raising sum OF money
from among the employees OF the asylum, which
when collected will be sent to THE EVENING STAH
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to talk upon the subject TO any extent but it was
iound that his liabilities were about $4,000 and
ms assets practically nothing. He had built a
mouse several years ago, which was mortgaged
heavily. but IN which he continued to reside until
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M. dOWeS SalQ CnaC all the arrangements naQ
not Deen concluded yet, but he thought that the
funeral would be held on Monday II the children
arrived IN time, and that the interment would take
place at Oak Hill, where Mr.. SQuier had a lot.
The Recent Failure.
The announcement OF the failure OF SQuier'S bank
was made on Saturday, the 9TH Of June Very little
cOmmotion was caused by 1t In business circles as
the business. done by 1t was OF q character not
likely TO affect other houses. The business con-
sisted principally in discounting Officers pay voucn-
ers and the salaries of government clerks before
the latter practice was forbidden The business
was carried on principally by means of deposits
made by private individuals, who were realizing
six and sometimes eight per cent interest upon
their investment. There was no evidence OF reck-
only explanation OF the failure that could be
reached was that he had met with various losses
from time TO time, which were met by new deposits
being placed In his hands He was, therefore, pay
Ing high rate OF interest on the money which was
lost, and also that which had been subsequently
| deposited In its place
| Mr. Squier, In talking with STAR reporter,
shortly after the failure stated that losses dated
he said, he was critically Ill in New England with
thirty thousand dollars worth OF pay vouchers In
his safe at the bank in this city. No one could
reach them, and when the last Of the month ar
rived the pay orders which he had purchased were
not presented, and when he recovered and re-
turned TO washington he found that he had lost
nearly two-thirds OF the investment This heavy
| loss he never recovered from. The financial diff
culteS OF the summer prevented his keeping the
shaky condition OF his bank secret any longer,
ana It became necessary to suspend. After the
personal friends, felt very bitterly towards him, as
he had confidently assured them, up to within o
few days OF the failure that the financial troubles
OF the day In no wise affected his business; that
everything was as sound as dollar, and that there
was not the slightest danger In investing their
money with htm After the failure, the deposttors
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4 sTHMA AND CATARRH CURED BY THE
CIGARETTES ESPIC
Oppression. sunocating. Coughs. Colds Chest Neu
raleies, &c
Paris: J. ESPIC 128 rue st. LAxare
New York: FOUGERA; MILHAU.
SOLD by all Chemists OF America au28-thkmlp
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SELECT FAMILY EXCURSIONS TO Blacks
TONS ISLAND AND COLONIAL BEACH
Only few trips to these favorite places-Tues-
day. Sept 8; Wednesday. Sept 10; Thursday, Sept H.
and Sunday. Sept Il
Steamer Jane Moseley leaves 9Th street wharf at
am sharp.
Fare. round-trip 50 centa
se8-6ts Ed ABNER Manager
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r| MISS SALLIE F. CHAPLIN, THE BRIL-
~. liant temperance worker of the south will speak
THIS This EEENING, , at 7:so in the Garfield Memorial
ShurCh. vermont avenue, near n street northwe,t.
Rev DE- POWER d. D. will deliver address of welcome.
Miss FRANCIS E. WILLARD tomorrow at convention
Puollc invited 1t
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AND BOSTON CAN PRODUCE AND ARE NOW PRE-
PARED TO ORDER DIRECT BY WIRE ANY WOOD
THAT OUR YARDS FAIL TO HAVE IN HAND
OUR STOCK OF BUILDING LUMBER IS CON-
PLETE WHILE OUR FLOORING. WA1NsCOTING
AND PARTITION is EQUAL. BOTH IN QUALITY
AND WORKMANSHIP. TO ANY IN THE DISTRICT.
NOTING THAT OUR TRADE IS ON A STEADY
INCREASE, WE ARE STILL PREPARED TO FILL
ALL ORDERS EITHER BY WAGON CAR OR BOAT.
WITH PROAIPTNESS AND DISPATCH. AND GUAR
ANTEE SATISFACTION TO ALL. IN ORDER THAT
WE MAY VERIFY THE ABOVE WE RESPECT
FULLY SOLICIT CALL
wM MCLEAN SON,
18TH AND B STREETS AND 14TH. BETWEEN
AND STREETS NORTHWEST. au27
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FAIL AND WINTER IMPORTATION.

suitngs, Overcoatings and Trouseripss received and
open ior Inspection Gentlemen viii place their orders
the
ASADAAo 1AILoRING ESTABLISHMENT OF
WASHINGTON
H. D. BARR
- I'LL PennsyIyania avenue
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Racing i'm England.

The amount of money added to races
run for upon the English and Irish turI
goes on increasing. In 1890 it was
year, e263, 900, while for the past year
the total is no less than f26S,000, Out
of this total, 9S5,000 was given to two.
year-old races and f126,0 900 to handi-
caps. leaving only EST 900 for dstribu-
tion among the weight-for age prizes
for three year-olds and upward. This
proportion is about the same as in past
years; and it follows as a matter OF
course that the greater part of the
f26S, coo was devoted to short distance
races. Upward of f15O,00O went tc
races of under mile. while f74,00C
was given to races of from mile to a
mile and half, only f2l,O0o to race:
of from a mile and half to two miles,
and flS,000 to races of two miles or
more. The total number of horses
which ran during the past year wa:
2.010; and of these S59 were two-year-
olds, COZ three gear oldS, 292 four-year
olds. and 3l2 tive-year olds and upward.
the proportion between the different
ages being very much the same as it
has been ,or the last ten years. 1t is
instructive, however. to note that half
a century ago, when there were 1,239
runners altogether. or little more than
half the number which now run, there
were almost "a many four and five-year-
oldS running as now, while there were
only one~fOurth Us many two-year-olds
and one half as laanv pe-vear-olds as
at the present time. TkeSe figures.
placed side by side, illustrate very fair
ly the difference between the character
OF racing then and now. though it is
only fair to the Jockey club to point out
that within the last three years they
have abolished the half-mile races.
which were up to that time allowed;
and they will go perhaps a step further
and make six furlongs the shortest dis
tance for two-year olds, and mile and
quarter for four -year-olds.-St.Jdnses'
Gazette.
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Painfully Embarrassed.

A stranger who got into the Union
Depot yards yesterday, while trying to
find the railroad ferry slip, would have
been run down by one of the numerous
switch locomotives had not a man at
work in the flour sheds seized him and
pulled him off the track. The stranger
was greatly confused and shaken up
for moment, but after he had taken
a seat on the platform and got his
breath he called out:
"My man, that was nobly done i
expect you can make use of $1,000 in
cash?"
"Well, perhaps"
The stranger breathed heavily,
rubbed his arm, and after a minute con-
tinued:
Eyes, feel just like making you a
present of thousand dollars.
This was painful reduction from
his first observation, but it wasn't for
the flour-roller to find fault. He
brushed away at the strangers hat to
get the dust off, and as he handed it
over he was informed:
81 think you would know where to
put 500 if you had it, eh?"
II want nothing. sir. You were in
danger, and pulled you away"
.'But | shall insist upon your accept
ing something. You certainly saved
my life, and Shouldn't begrudge twen-
ty-iive dollars"
He got out his wallet, which was
crowded full of bills, and as he handled
them over he remarked:
Ten dollars would buy your wife a
dress, and every time she wore it you
could think of me" "
"Yes. SIR
The bill came out but was quickly re-
placed, and after minute spent in
some mental calculation the stranger
all at once handed out a two-dollar
bill with the observation:
''Here, my man, 90 and get YOU a
new hat, and rest assured | shall ever
be grateful to you"
Then it was seen that the laborer was
painfully embarrassed. He shifted from
one leg to the other, looked up and
down the shed. and when asked the
trouble he replied:
"Please,. sir, but haven't you any
small change about you? l think a
quarter would be plenty of reward for
saving your life."
"A quarter! Well, considering the
railroad company pays you for the time
you were hauling me around, maybe
that's enough. Here it is, and 1 hope
you will make good use of it. guess
I can get down to the slip all right from
here, but if you happen to save my life
again you can look for half dollar at
least.-DetrOI Free Press.
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Breaks in Wool.

Farmers who keep sheep are some
times painfully surprised when the
wool is examined by buyer to find the
fibre breaks oil in the middle at some
weak spot and the wool is re .ecteil.
This is an exceedingly bad fault. as it
makes the wool almost worthless OK
cept for felting, and buyers are ex-
tremely cautious in looking for it. The
cause is bad care in the winter. EX-
pOsure, irregular feeding, or anything
that weakens the sheep produces this
effect by stopping the growth of the
wool until the sheep RECEIVERS its health.
Many farmers have the belief that
sheep do not need water in the winter,
and that eating snow is more conducive
to their comfort than pure fresh water.
Thirst interfeses with digestion. Any
animal can better gowithout food for a
week than be deprived of water for
half that time. Water is food in
every sense of the term, for it is nee
essary of life and contributes seventy
five per cent of the bulk and substance
of an animal, and, as without sufficient
water to dissolve the food this cannot
be digested, the want of water is not
only serious deprivation of an absO-
lutely indispensable substance, but it
produces partial starvation in another
way, because the non-digestion of food
is equivalent to short rations. This so
common neglect is one OF the frequent
causes of break in wool. Every other
neglect that interferes with the contin-
uous growth of the sheep is another
cause. The present time with its usual
rigors calls for precautions in this re-
spect.-N Y. Times.
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Locating the Responsibility.

Who is responsible for the Danville
homicides? This is cues ion to which
the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections is about to address itself.
Mr.. Malone asserts that this response
bility rests on the Democratic. party of
Virginia-the party that Includes ma
ior;tv of the voters and an overwhelm-
ing preponderance of the intelligence,
morals, wealth and social influence.
The people of Virginia, us represented
by this majority. rise up and repudiate
this responsibility. They assert, and
the people, with few exceptions, be-
lieve, that peace would have reigned at
Danvile, rs it did elsewhere throughout
the State, in spite OF unexampled ex-
asperation. if the co'ored voters had not
been deluded and infuriated bv the
false utterances of Malone and his
satellites.
1t will be shown that Malone is di-
rectly responsible for the homicides at
Danville; that the riot there was the di-
rect and immediate result of his teach
ings and inspirations. 1t is not charged
that he intended that blood should fOw,
but it is charged, and will be shown to
the committee, that he and his coad-
tutors worked on the feelings and i'm
pulses of the ignorant and credulous
until they became infuriated and pre-
cipitated the robust snch riot as
might be expected in any State where
Mahoneism was turned hose to work
its will on such material as exists in
Virginia.
Mahone is responsible for the disor-
der. out of which he is seeking to make
capital; but who is responsible, for Ma
hone? .e t.-.|..-T
We answer: The Republican Senators
who barga ned with him in 1881, and the
Administration which has upheld him
and made him It's deputy for Virginia
since that base trade was consummated.
But for that shame al bargain and the
Administration support which followed
it, Mahone would have been as power
less for evil as he is incapable of good.
And as that contract in the S cate
was alike violative of precedents and
decency an infamous innOvation--so
the Administration backing OF Ma
hone passed all the bounds of reason
and propriety, and constitutes chapter
of political histoFg which no good eiti-
zen will ever be able to reser to without
a sense of burning shame. .f
We do not suppose that the commit
tee in its report win take the response
bili.y home to tae Republican side of
the Senate and the AGministra ation, but
the cam. considerable iudsment of the
people has already bcated il Just there
and there it will stay.-lELshiNgt0s
Post. ,l s-'a) = .Ti.s
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Are You Gong to Kiss Me:

If ever / go into new locality again,
1 will study up my geography better
than | did this time; for my ignorance
got me into a most uncomfortable po-
sition. As the boat neared Sandford,
/ was standing with others on the deck,
when very pretty young lady came
I'D to me, and, with a sweet smile on
her face, looked into mine with par
of lovely eyes, and asked: ''Are you go
ing to kiss me. sir?" If some one had
offered to lend me 80 l could not have
been more surprised, and hardly know
ing what to say, AMI in order to gain a
little time. / gasped out: Pardon. Miss.
what did you ask?" | felt that she
knew heard her, but she said sweetl2
.'Are you going to kiss me, tO-night?'
There was no misunderstanding her
this time. | heard her, and so did
Others, and felt the blood rushing into
nv face, and [ stammeIed out: II
would like to accommodate you. Miss;
l would. truly; but have wife and
thirteen small children on board with
me, and if nv wife should see me kiss
inc you-' kissing mo, you hateful
old thing! who asked You to kiss me?"
..You did," yelled; "you askel me
twice." .'You old fool. [ asked you if
you were going to kissime-Kissime
City to night; don't you know any,
thing?" and of she went, and if ever
anybody felt meaner than did / would
like to exchange photographs with him.
--BcltGSt 4 lhe. JsJouTssdLs s~F
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after being at all this outlay. There's
the butt end of three hundred dollars
gone, and nothing to show for it, to say
nothing of the worry and time lost"
"'But, said, Josiah it's sure to be
all right. So he sold Mr.. Allgoose the
tickets for the first night-that is, he
had to give him all the tickets. You
see they had coupons, and were worth
less if detached And my niece and
her husband went and they enjoyed it
above everything they said. The next
night Josiah and me got ready early
| was determined I wouldn't be late.
Josiah he argued we would make time
by waiting half an hour-said he knew
all about the crushes but l overruled
him, and all the children saw us of.
every one wishing they could go with
US. But as there were two more places
for the last night for Bessie and Jim,
we had as many as our neighbors.
When we were half way to the hall Jo-
siah turned to me and said:
"'By the by, Eliza, give me those
tickets. | had almost forgotten them.
There will be such crush that every
body will have to show their tickets as
soon as they reach the inside door
"'Ihe tickets says /, II have no
tickets. l never saw the tickets
"'Whatn says Josiah. You do not
mean to tell me your niece's husband
did not giye-return those tickets to
you?'
~ do mean it. I said. Il had moth
ing to do with the tickets. You gave
them to Mr.. Allgoose. You should
have got them back from him. 1t isn't
possible you did not get the tickets
from him.
"Josiah felt in his pockets, and there
I sat-you don't know ho1O nervous.
Look carefully, Josiah, 1 said
"'Well, he said, after little while,
sitting up in the carriage and rum
maging all over himself. That beats
all! Beats the oldest man! Those tick
cts are out at Omaha by this time.
"And so they were, for my niece and
her husband started West the day after
they attended the Festival, and as we
could not get seats then, Josiah told
our driver to turn around, and we
drove back home. And that was the
way we went to the May Festival, :"
said Mrs. Appleby with laugh that
was like a moan.-DdUid. LOlCry ia
ChtcGqO Current.
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HOW THE APPLEBY'S WENT TO
THE MAY FESTIVAL.

"You never heard how we went to
the May FestivalP 1 Thought every one
knew that"
Mrs. Appleby settled herself COM
fortably in her chair, felt her back hair,
rocked slowly and looked arouud.
When she assured herself we were all
listening. she smiled. tapped her foot
on the floor and rubbed one plump hand
over the other gently. There was an
air of repose about Mrs. Appleby that
was reStful The sort of q woman
there are women and men, too-whom
the busy world slips past. They do not
fret themselves needlessly over the
great problems of life. are always COM
placent and 60 to their graves in sub
lime ignorance of the fact that some
body else has carried their burden.
There is always an air of repose about
these people restful to behold when it
does not eXasperate one. But nobody
was ever exaSperated outwardly by
anything Mrs. Appleby said. The
swan-like serenity with which she
glided through life disarmed resent
ment. Besides, all the world seemed
to recognize the fact that all efforts to
convince Mrs. Appleby that she was in
any manner derelict would prove futile,
while something in her sunny disposi-
tion warned people how they invited a
fall of Tears.
"Why, you see, it was bad time, to
be sure. 1t didn't suit Mr.. Appleby at
all, and there were so many things L
had to attend to just then. Way don't
they have May Musical Festivals later
on-say in the fall? People would have
so much more time to attend them
and they would make more money, I'm
sure. But as l said to Josiah, whether
1t was in spring or winter, it was all
one-we were bound to attend the Fes-
dval. Everybody that is anybody goes
to the Festivals, unless they have some
sort OF an excuse. Even the Sourbecks
had 1t all arranged to attend the Fes-
uval the year before. 1 know, because
our Jane had a new dress made by the
dressmaker that made three new
dresses for the Sourbecks, but because
Mrs. Sourbeok's aunt died they did not
60 after all. 1t was about week be-
fore the Festival. but as the aunt was
some poor creatures wife, never
heard of her till she died they did not
go to the funeral. And do YOU know.
if I've heard it once I've heard it sa "a a
hundred times it vas so odd the Sour
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leading their children by the hands or
bearing them in their arms. Dressed in
rags, freezing under the gusts of the
cold wind, cutting their almost naked
feet on the frozen roots, how many OF
them repeat the words of Avvakum' 5
wife: These tortureS, ah dear, how
long will they last?"
No wonder that. according to official
statistics, out of the 2,561 children less
than fifteen years old who were sent in
1881 to Siberia with their parents "a
very small part survived the ma
jority," the GOlOS says, ''could not sup
port the great privations of the jour
ney. Prince Krdpotkfne IN The Nine
teeRth CeniurV.