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New HOrk's Hotels.

The New York Tribune says: Last year was
was anything but a prosperous one for the hotels
Of that city. The hotels that have suffered most
are those on the upper part of Broadway. above
Thrty-ffth street They have added something
like % per cent. to the first-class hotel accom-
mediation OF the city in year in which the de-
mand for such accommodation has not in
creased. They have hurt the old hotels by re-
lieving them OF small proportion of their per-
manent boarG@rs 1t was not so MANY wears
ago that every first-class hotel in the cty could
rely upon very considerable number of board
ers who remained through the season The
large Increase in tn" numhcr OF frst-class flats
had Its influence in reducing this number and
the building OF new hotels with better accom-
notation tor permanent guests has taken away
great many. These new houses have been
compelled to make important concessions in
order tG secure even halt filed house. and
rates have been made SO l0w that the high priced
boarding houses have also suffered In their turn
AT one of tie finest of these new hotels the
rates have been MACE fully a third below those
which ruled year ago, and another which has
been open for many months. has not vet had as
many guests at one time as il had people on the
payroll. Another was sold ont by auction the
other day. and still another is managed by the
assignee Of the builders. who lost nearly all the
money they had in putting up house which has
not yet oegun to meet expenses.
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Indignant Boomers.
MEETING OF OKLAHOMA COLONISTS TO DESOUN
NMEN-rS

MEETING OF OKLAHOMA COLONISTS TO DEEOU nee
THE GOVERNMENTS ACTION.
In Topeka, Kan, yesterday afternoon large
and enthusiastic meeting of delegates from six
teen Oklahoma colonies, representing &c, 600
boomers, was held. w. l.. Couch, the leader of
the saltwater colony, chairman. Sidney Clark,
ex-representative from Kansas made a short
speech. in which he severely denounced the ad-
mlnlstratlon and the congressional delegation
from Kansas for the course they had pursued in
the matter. He was frequently interrupted by
enthusiastic cheers. In the evening the
delegates assembled in the senate chamber
OF the state capitol. and the committee
on resolutions made report THAT
the action of the President of the United
States in ordering Colonel Hatch to shoot down
men, women, and children. whose only crime
was desire to occupy government lands. is an
outrage that would disgrace the worst mon
archy in the Old World; that we have right.
under the laws of the United States, to settle
aud occupy any government land, and by the
Eternal we are going to do so.'
Several prominent men made speeches de-
noucing the action of the President in the sever
est terms. The principal business of the assem-
bly,. to make arrangements for national organ
iZatiOn. was postponed until to-day. CAPTAIN
Couch stated to the Herald representative that
the Payne colony would move into the territory
on the 9Th of March. and in very large numbers
There was an organized membership of one
colony OF 10000, and before they made another
move he would concentrate the men on one
locality.
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His vii, Barred witt, iEins.
TIE MISSING DOCUMENT FOUND AFTER HAyI,

TIE MISSING DOCUMENT FOUND AFTER HAVING
BEEN IN THE GRAVE EIGHT YEARS
A telegram from Buffalo, January 81. saws
Robert A. Wallace. formerly member of the
well-knOwn carriage manufacturers Harvey &
Wallace. died about eight years ago, and.
although he had repeatedly told his children
and friends that he had provided for his chill
dren. four IN number. By a former wife at his
death no VIII could be- found. After futile eff
forts TO find the will the estate was settled ar
cOrdng to law. and the children each received
portion. the widow her third. and she was
also appointed ADMINISTRATIVE of the estate At
her death. which occurred about year later
she left a will dispOsing of the property that
remained TO her own children and the daughter
by her first husband but leaving out the elder
branch of the Wallace family. The proceed
lngs passed through the usual course In the
surrogate court, and the matter was regarded
Is settled.
In April last it was determined to exhume the
remains OF Mr.. Wallice to see if the will could
not be found. The casket was opened and the
search proved successful. Mr.. Wallace had
been buried in dress suit and between the
vest aud shirt document was found which
proved to be the missing will 1t was. of
course. in very mouldy condition. The mem
bers OF the family decline to make the contents
OF the will public at present but say that they
are satisfied as TO its contents and that their
father fully carried out in il his Oft-repeated in
tentlon 10 provide for the children of his first
Vile as well as for his second wife and family
As the estate. which amounted to about $50 600
Jas passed through several hands. il is believed
mat there Is not sufficient remaining to warrant
carrying the case to the courts.
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Gone TO be Il Cowboy Detective

DINE NOVELS TURN THE BRAIN OF A BANKERS
ELEVES-YEAR-OLD son.
A telegram from Cheyenne Wy. February 8.
says: Two detectives arrived from the East two
days ago in search OF a boy named Shepard, who
ran away from New York several weeks ago
Mr.. Shepard is New York banker and has Of
fered a reward of $4,000 for the safe return Of
his son. The detectives will separate here one
going to Texas among the cowboys. and the
other. after travelling through Wyoming will 90
20 Arizona The officers state that Fred. the
missing boy, accumulated library of sensational
literature. novel was found on his desk at
school, open at the place where young COW boy
detective unmasks mis- fathers murderer. and
caTves him into mnceneat to quick music while
holding the minor villains in subsection with
two revOlVers held in one hand. Scrawled at
the bottom OF the page was the line. a. I'm going
West to be a cowboy detective" Fred's tin
savings bank. which must have contained twenty
dollars in dimes and quarters. was found broken
open and entirely despoiled of its contents No.
body saw him make his depart ure but it was
made in the old romantic way of going to sleep
early on the plea of a headache and then climb
Ing out of a window. The detectives are urged
to activity BY the large reward offered. and will
make a thorough search for the eleven-year-old
y0UQirStpP
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Killed in Her Hut.
DEATH OF AN AGED WOMAN, WHO HAD BEEN
HERMIT F0RTY-EIGHT YEARS.

DEATH OF AN AGED WOMAN, WHO HAD BEEN A
HERMIT FoRTY-EIGHT YEARS.
Special from Reading, Pa, Feb2
Undoubtedly the strangest character in east
ern Pennsylvania died to-day in the mountains
back of Bernvilie. this county. This was Sallie
Ketner. who was known as 1.-THE Woman Her.
nit of the Mountains" She lived alone in a.
rude log hut. away from all society and neigh
bOrs. The tumble-dOwn hOvel fell of its own
weight. Some Of the falling timbers struck the
old woman and she was 50 badly injured that
she died shortly after being taken from the
wreck. Four of her favorite dogs were also
killed. The old woman was 81 years old and
lived in voluntary exile in the same old dia pi-
dated hut exactly forty Eight years.
The story uf her eccentric life would fill book
When she took up her solitary abude she was
thirty-six years old. People remember her as a
stout. healthy and comely woman. The story
goes that in her youthful DAYS she fell in love with
prepOssessinS young man. who followed the
sea for q living. He left with the promise that
IN five years he would make her his bride He
never returned, having been Impressed into the
service OF another country. He died in French
prison sixty years ago, but the old woman
kept his memory ever green, would never have
anything to do with men, and i'm her bosom
when dead was found the last letter from her
lover. faded with age, written just before he
died. The woman grew melancholy. fOrsoOk
ner family and friends, received small Inherit
ance from her father, and in 1897 took up the
life OF a hermit. She fed at the approach of
strangers, was good shot. and during the
winter season her hut hung full of game brought
down by her unerring rifle.
She adhered men. never spoke to them If she
could help it, and lived in the society of her cats
and dogs. Of which she had nineteen of the
former and twelve OF the latter. Frequently
she was not seen for months The rumor in
the neighbOrhoOd was that she was
miser and had considerable money hid away.
but nOEe has yet been found in the debris of
her hut. The Rev. d. ID. TreXier will officiate
at her funeral on Thursday. Her rude life made
her healthy and strong, and when she died she
was as well preserved as q woman Of fifty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

DYNAMITE IN MONTREAI.--Somee excitement
was caused in Montreal yesterday by the arrest
OF two men having dynamite in their possession.
Taken in connection with threats that hav" been
made recently concerning public buildings there
the dynamite discovery created much consterna-
ton at police headquarters. A full set of bur-
glars tools was found with one of the men. and
this set the detectives on another scent The
latter now believe that the parties arc members
OF a gang OF thieves who on Monday night en-
tered a hotel at Tongue Point, few miles from
Montreal, carried the iron safe a distance of
three miles, and then forced it open takils ssv-
eral hundred dollars, with which they escaped.
The safe weighed between seven and eight hun
dred pounds. The hotel keeper, his family and
boarders were asleep in the upper stories at the
time the safe was taken away.
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Scared by a GyuSy.

HOW SHE GULLS THE CREDULOUS FOLKS IN yIR-
GINA.
From the Portsmouth, Va. Times.
gypsy woman stopping near Deep Creek
is causing some trouble among superstitious
persons in that neighborhOOd. She informed q
farmer, who lost 81 600 on his crops last year.
that cit was no wonder; he had been trcked
that bottles containing articles which brought
about the troubles We're buried on the farm"
She directed darkey to certain point on the
containing pins, rusty nails. etc. This. added
to her prediction that the farmer would never
have good health On his farm. is said to have
gotten him into very unenvlable frame of
mind. 1t is presumed of course by less cred
ulOus persons that the woman had buried the
bottle there on previous visit to the neighbour
hood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

DoINGs OF KENTUCKY KU-kLUX.-A band of
ku-klux or regulators in Grafton county. ky..
have of late been going the rounds at night
whipping and otherwise outraging persons who
fell under their bans About seventy of them
surrounded the house of family named Forbes
but the Forbes brothers fired upon them and
succeeded in running them away, killing James
Sally, one of the regulators. 1t is said that the
regulators have whipped helpless women, and
have by threats run parties out of the county.
and not long since whipped an old man named
Tom Green nearly to death because he did not
get along with his family. Bud Graham was also
whipped so that it is thought he will not re-
cover.
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Dynamiter NezzerOfY Half Dead.

New fork special to the Philadelphia Press
There seems to be no doubt that the man
whose head was beaten and whose features were
dsfgured by an unknown assailant last Friday
night, in Brooklyn, is the notorious dynamiter
Professor MezZerOff. His large Siberian blood
hound his companion in distress and prosperity,
betrayed him. His wife also contributed to this
result. for the fame of her beauty and the fierce
ness of the dog had long since been known to
the professors friends. Nevertheless MeZZeroff
still lies fdead on his miserable cot in the ton
OF a cold loft at No 352 First street, BROOKLYN.
and persists in calling himself R. NJ. Rogers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

RICHMoND's MAYORS PAPER WEIGHT. During
the brief stay in Richmond Va, of the Mary
Commandery, Knights Templar. Of Philadelphia,
member Of the Commandery. presented ' to o
Mayor w. G. Darlington. who is member of
Richmond COmmandery, No. 2. u beautiful SOU
venir in the shape OF paper weight, represent
ing the old Independence bell resting on silver
base. upon which Is the following inscription /:
ITO the Mayor OF Richmond, Va. from William
b. Smith, Mayor Of Philadelphia"
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A DeadvVOOd Husband.

fTOlII tIlt DciIWUOI otaT
DeadwoOder published the following: my
wife, Sarah, has Shot my ranch. When | didn't
Do thing to her, an | want it distinctly I'M
derstOOd that any mGn That takes hur in and
keerS for bur On my account will get himself
pumped so Full of lead that some tenderfont
will locate him for q Mineral elaine. word to
the wise is sufficient and orter work on FOOLS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

Il am not ambitiOus-unless negatively
now and then feel stirred up to excel a fooA
merely because | hate to let fool imagine that
be may excel me. Beyond this feel nothing OF
ambition Ny life has been within
impulse-passiOn-a longing for solitude-a
seorn Of all things present. in an earnest desire
for the future.
am profoundly excited by music and by some
poems-those OF TenDysOn especialIv--;yhom
with Keats. Shelley, COleridge Occasionally
AMI few Others OF like thought and expression
i regard as the "s sole poets. Music is the per-
lection OF the soul. or idea. Of poetry The
" ya-ueueSs OF exaitatioH aroused by a Sweet
air (Which should be strictly indefinite and never
too strongly su@gestiye) is precisely what we
should aim at in poetry. Alteration. within
bounds. il thus no blcmiSh
L have been so negligent as not 10 preserve
copies 81 any OF my volumes OF poems nor was
either worthy of preservation. | think nv best
poems The Sleeper. THE COnqueror Worm -
The Haunted Palace" ''LenOre." dream
land, and the Coliseum: :" but all have been
hurried and unc0nsidrred. Ny best tales are
"llEeia. the "GOld-Bug," the Murders In the
Rue MOrgue. The Fail of the House OF Usher -
the ''Teli-Tale Heart" the BLACK Cat" .sWiIl-
lam Wilson,. and THE Descent into the Nael
strom. The Purloined Letter" fort hcominp
In the GIFT. is perhaps the best of nv tales OF
ratioc1natlOn. | have lately written tor Cooley
The ObiOng Box and Thou Art the NAM
as ye, unpublished. With this mail Won :. The
Gold Bug, which is the only one of nv tales I
have on hand--FroD1 q letter 10 j. r. iO,reH in
Mr. a. T. Hoo9n03s LIFE Of Edgar Alan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

john L. Sullivan says In response to Paddy
Ryan's challenge to fight him at any time for any
amount: " have no response to make to Mr.
Ryan. as have retired from the ring and box
Ing exhibitions till after return from England. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

The wife and eleven year-old boy of the Rev.
Z. H. Smell were murdered on Sunday last six
miles from Inkster, OAK. FOR money. BY George
Miller, q hired man, while the Rev. Mr.. Smell was
holding meeting at Mayvillc The murderer
fed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

While praying during recent storm, SAYS the
Natchez (Miss) Daily Democrat, "oid Katie
Hightower, who has been blind for fifteen wears.
had her sight suddenly restored, and can now
see az well as when q child"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

THE DANGEROUS SUsQUEHANNA Ice GORGEs-
The several ice gOrges in the Susquehanna river
at Port Deposit and above remain intact and a
fearful time is expected when the break takes
place. The telegraph and railroad have removed
their offices to higher ground to be out of the
way of danger. At Columbia, Pa. the gorge is
so large that it is expected both the dam and
railroad bridge will gOwhen the ice breaks I'D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

The discovery of Chinese lepers is not of very
rare occurrence In San Francisco now. One
was discovered in a shoe factory few weeks
ago
The richest Chnanan in America is All II. of
La Porte, Cal, who is worth ~. 900, OoC. He
made money mining and will repair tn the
Flowery Kingdom to enjoy 1t as soon as his bus
mess can be settled up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

NIGHT DRESSES.
PlainSacque Gowns, finished with Cambria Ruf.
hes, 29c., worth soc.
I Plain o well,made Gowns good Cotton, superior
Fine Muslin, deep yoke, three rows insertion be-
tween clusters OF tueks front, neck and sleeves
would be cheap at Sl.25
Mother Hubbard Yoke, five rows Hamburg Inser-
ton between clusters of tuckS front, neck and
sleeves trimmed with Ruffies OF Embroidery, s6c :
most decided bargain.
SKIRTS
Extra good quality Muslin, with rur1es and tuck
Ing 29c.; SOC. quality
Fine Musn, with inch Cambria rllffles. with five
French tucks. and hem with wide and narrow tucks
above, 6:c ; an extraordinary good bargain
Fine Muslin with 9inch handsome Embroidered
FIounce, with tuclS above, forming in all TRIM
ming "a yard deep. &C. worth sl.5o.
CHEMISE
Good Muslin, plain band, neck and sleeves, well
finished. 19c.. regular Csc. Chemise.
Yoke OF Insertion between four clusters OF five
fine tucks, embroidered front. neck and sleeves,
trimmed with fine Hamburg Edge, 47c never sold
Tor less than 15c.
Pompadour Yoke, OF all over Hamburg Embroid-
cry. square neck, with fine embroidery edge and
neck and sleeves sSc.; would sell readily at S.25.
DRAWERS.
Good Muslin, with hem and five tucks, nicely fin
tshed, 19c.; a bargain at 25c.
Muslin. with five tucks and Cambria ru6le and
tuckiDg, 36c. regular price 4Sc.
Fine Muslin, wide and narrow tucking deep en-
brOidered ruffie, 66c. were csc.
Fine Muslin, fine open-work Hamburg Insertion
between French tucks, edged with wide Open-work
embroidery to match, 9Sc.; very cheap at S1.51
INFANTS LONG SLIPS
Good Cambria. neck and sleeves trimmed with
1ne ruff1e, 23c.; Cambria costs more.
Cambria, with Mother Hubbard Yoke, fine tuck
ing and embroidery, 49c.
SHECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Startling Reductions In French Woven and Do
nestle CORSETS, marked at % TO 30 per cent lower
than'regular prices.
Good Corsets at 25c-; special Offering.
Better Corsets at 5Oc. worth from 81 TO $1.50.
We must reduce stock, and therefore have made
prices exceptionally low. Call early TO avoid the
anticipated rush.
LANSBURGH & BRO,
40, 422, 424 AND 426,
1a19 SEVENTH STREET
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GaEAr SLAUGHTER

GnrAr SLAUGHTER
ovERCOATS AND SUITS
LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO.
Corner It'll and G streets,
We are determined not to carry an Overcoat till ne
season; therefore, selling them at great sacri-
fee
Overcoats we sold at $25, sell now at Sl250
Overcoats we sold at 8 D. sell now at S1l
Overcoats we sold at 800, sell now at &c.
Overcoafs we sold at $l6, sell now at So
Ovecoats we sold at $l2. we sell now at sc.
And all others in proporhonate low prices.
fine Chevoit Suit at sc. worth So
fine Cashmere Suit at SO. worth S16
+button Getaway Corkscrew Suit at H. worth Sls
fine Black Atwood Frock Suit at S13 worth 600
A fine ALI wool Prince Albert Suit at Sl5 worth S25
Oh The dollar.
1900 pair of Mems and Boys Pants from Sl25 up-
ward.
LONDON AND LIVERPOOL CLOTHING CO.,
CORNER SEVENTH AND STREETS.
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WOOD AND COAL.


Coal: WooD.
JOHNSON BROTHERS.
wHARvEs AND RAILROAD YARD:
TWELFTH AND WATER STREETS SOUTHWEST
BRANCH YARDS AND OFFICES CONNECTED By
TELEPHONE:
1902 Street Nor.hwe t.
l5l5 18th Street Northwest
1740 Pennsylv ania Avenue Northwest
ll12 9th Street Northwest
Corner Sd and Streets Northwest
221 Pennsylvania Avenue Southwest
1al3
~ GORGE CREvELINE OFFICE AND YARD 1871
N 18th street. Wharf foot of l4h street-Ione Wood,
Pine - per cord; Oak, s.; Hickory, 81. Sawed and
Split: line. SO Per cord: Oak, 81: Hickory, S876
1a13-lms
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Walter l.. Blrdsong. oi Hazlc,
barst. died last Suudsv.
God il tn" au,hor of truth bat
the devil il tic father cf lie-."
The Iowa Republicans have nomi
mated AIR. Larahee tor Governor.
Senator Sherman has orened the
campaign in Ohio by u speech al
Nt. Giiead.
Hon. II. Q Bridges and tamil,
have left Summit. to settle in Kan
sas City. BIO.
The anti Lowry rapers have al
gracefully fallen into line and sup
port the ticket.
New Orleans will have doubl,
track steam railway to the Exposi
ton next winter.
The New York Republicans vii
hold their State Convention at Sara
toga on Sept. 22d next.
The loss caused by the recent Sc
v'ie storm at Charleston. S. c., i,
estimated at over one million dol
lars.
YIN. r. MeInnis has been sppoint
e'i postmaster at Monticello /: Row
an I. Godbold, at Summit and
C.S. Kellogg, st MeComb.
II is not recorded that the late Ii
au"r DEALERS Association opened
~ilh rrsyer. The bare suggestion
u s-th 2 thing seems blssphcmous
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-09-03
MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
The Platform of 1877 and 1891
Reaffirmed.

Resolred, That we reaffirm the follow
ing, adopted by the Democratic State
Convention which assembled in this city
on the second day of August, 1877, and
OH The fourth day of August, lsel:
The Democratic party of Mississippi,
grateful for the success of its past efforts
IN the cause of reform and Of just gov
eminent, and invoking the blessing OF
heaven on it's future endearors in the
same cause, does adopt and proclaim the
following platform of principles:
l. Fidelity to the Constitution Of the
United States.
2. Home rule government, with all
their reserved and guaranteed rights IN
impaired.
3. No intcrG renee by the military pow
er with the freedom of elections and with
the civil and political rights of citizens OF
the United States.
4. The protection of equal rights of all
classes, and the prompt and vigorous and
impartial administration of the criminal
laws, aud to this end, we exhort iutl yes
and p, ace officers and jurors, grand and
petit, TO vigilance, fidelity and prompt
ness.
S. No discrimination on account of
race, color or picvi"ns condition of serv-
itnde or birth place, and no special lrgiS-
expense of the many.
6. A strict adherence 10 the time hon
Ored JetiersOnian standard--''is he hon
est, is he capable, Is he true to the Con-
stitution 7"
Z. A continuation OF the policy of re-
trenchment and reform So signally iuaug-
uraten by tho Democratic party.
:. Reduction o. the burG, of taxation
to the lowest point compatible with an
efficient execution Of the law.
9. Corporations of every deSCript ion
suprrvisable within constitutional limits
by State authority and subordinate to
State legislation in the interest aud for
the protection of the people.
10. AS the perre,uity Of free Gov
eminent depends upon the virtue and IN
telligence of tie people. We pledge our
selves to the maintenance Of our State
system of free schools.
IL. We favor The granting Of such aid
as may be extended wiihuut violation of
the Constitution OF the Quilted States or
departing froiu the cstab!l. he'd usaars of
the Government I" the rebuilding and
Keeping in repair Of the le.ete If the
mississippi river.
II. That upon this plat fern Of princi-
pies aud public policy We invite co-npera-
tion 81 all citize's without regard 10 past
differences III support Of the cand:dat,s
nominated hy the convention.
Is. That wo declare it TO 10 ;he policy
Of the Democratic Conservative party TO
encourage til" TOW of Immigration to this
State, aud recommend the passage VI
nerdful laws and the making "f ali nee
esssry appropriations 10 thin end.
II. That We invite the investment of
cspital and assure to It AL necessary legal
protection.