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NATURAL GAS IN WASHINGTON.
A Discovery Made While Sinking Z
Well ON the Flats.

Colonel Hams, the engineer In charge
of the Improvements in the Potomac
river, has been engaged with his as.
sistants, for some days making experiments
at point about q thousand yards above the
Long bridge, near the Virginia channel, with
the view of determining whether the foundation
for q proposed sluice gate could be sunk there.
With this view artesan wells have been sunk.
Friday afternoon when well had been sunk
to o depth Of 80 feet below the river bottom a
plug of mud was shot up out OF the four-inch
well pipe to q considerable distance in the air.
This was Immediately followed by q flow OF
gas out of the pipe. The gas at first gave q very
strong odor which soon disappeared, though
the gas continued to flow. The gas was ignited
and made flame about q foot long at the
muZzle of the pipe.
This flame, as described by Col. Hams to a
STAR reporter, looked very much like the flame
OF burning alcohol. 1t appeared like gas which
would not make good light until carburetted.
Saturday, about fifty feet distant from this
pipe, another flow Of gas was struck. The gas
from the artesian we'll first mentioned continued
to flow uninterruptedly until today, when
cut of. Major Hams said to-day, when asked
what it indicated, said that it indicated
to him that the spot was not q good
one for putting down the foundation
of the sluice gates. AS to whether there was
gas there in paying quantities or not he could
not say. He thought that striking it SO near
the surface would indicate that there was gas
around here somewhere. The fame, he said,
would burn continuously and steadily unless
there was strong wind. No investigation has
yet been made OF the gas.
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the MIGHT Clerk Of the Arlington Dis
appears with the Contents Of th,
Money ROx.

IRA, FRANK Prentice; the night clerk at the Ar
nng1on motel, went or duty ut haltpast five
O'Clock this morning. About six o'clock there
was neeo In the Office tor the key to the cash
drawer and the search for this key led to the
discovery, that not only the key, but the tin
casn-oo1 Kept in the safe, was missing. Some.
time afterwards the housekeeper discovered
the casn-oox In one of the rooms near the Office.
Inc Ito mad been opened with chisel and nearly
al us contents taken. The amount taken was
1000. The embexzler left considerable
money In the cash drawer, which he might
nave taken, and also some heavy rolls Of silver
IN tne cash box. Search was made, when the
rOnn5SsIy was discovered, for Prentice, but he
coula NOT DC tound: He left all his clothing and
Personal eHects in his room at the hotel. Prem
ice Is man about twenty-five years old, and
mas Deen IN the employ of Mr.. Roessle. OF the
HInnk.on, IN this city, and at Lake George. for
a 70 lou houf years He was engaged as Mailman
Ior a SIMe, ana then as q fireman until q few
mont4s ago, when he was promoted to the post
OF nIght clerk. He was rather q fine-looking
young man, of athletic figure, and boasted OF
his physical prowess. He Is not known to have
Deen OF last or irregular habits. He was paying
ar;e Is said, to young lady in Alexan-
1ria. Inc robbery was reported to the police
TINS morning. This afternoon nothing had been
iearn00 Oh frenttce's whereabouts,
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Gaming . " oman.
A GOVERNMENT oFrIcKR IN ST. LOUIS An


RESTED FOR ASSAULT.
A ST. Louis special 10 the New York Tribune
Nov. 2Sth, says: w. W. Han, chief OF the
United states secret service here was the priu.
cipal I'm a sensational scene at the Union de-
pot tins morning. He states that his wife re-
Gently died in Chicago and after he was trans.
ferred here he was followed by Anna Howard.
who kept q swell boarding house. The pair
saw great deal of each other here. She wanted
him TO keep an alleged promise OF marriage,
which he refused to do, and this morning she
bought a ticket back 10 Chicago. Just before she
stepped on the train Hall met her. and amer .
few angry words struck her twice with n heavy
cane, breaking 10 10 fragments The woman
screamed and fell bleeding on the platform
The police seized Hall and locked him up. The
woman Is handsome and richly dressed. She
states she was n friend OF Mrs. Hall, and that
she came TO II. Louis with MIR. Hall upon prom
Use of marriage. When he would not fulfill the
promise she started back and was followed On
the depot and assaulted. Hall was fined $40
In the police court The United States attor-
ney, Drummond, iAterceded for him. Ths
woman went back to her home I'm Chicago
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Two curr.npFN ApnIrcrrn

Two CHILDREN ABDUCTED.-The mysterious
disappearance OF the two children OF A. ii.
CHASER in Kntztown, Pa, Saturday evening
has led 10 the belief that they were abducted
Mr.. Chaser, though married, has not lived
with his wife for some years. she is at present
at her home in Ohio. Their two children, a
seyen-year-old son and a daughter two years
older, were put in the hands of friends I'm Read
ing near each other. Saturday evening the boy
was sent for bread and the girl was also on the
street on an errand. They did not return. ana
to the present time. The police were not in
formed until yesterday, and the father returned
home nearly distracted. The belief is that the
mother employed agents to entrap the little
ones at the first opportunity when they should
be out together, and that they have been sent
west or are kept in hiding awaiting the FIRST
chance TO go.
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THE RoMANcE OF YOUNG CoupLE.-Cin
cinnau furnishes the following romance
Several years ago Charles Schneider, a bright
young German employed In the stove works
of John GraSsious, married the daughter of his
employer. The father did not approve of the
match, as he was rich and wished his daughter
to marry some one OF social distinction. The
father endeavored to get his daughter home
again. and at last he succeeded in estranging
the young wife from her husband She went
home to her parents, and Schneider in his
despair became dissipated. One day he went
to his wifes home and demanded that she 90
with him. She refused and he shot at her
but did not hit her. He was sent to the peni.
Tertiary for three years. He was not allowed
to see his children, nor was his wife allowed
TO testify. He served his time, and his wife al
her fathers command secured a divorce. This
almost broke the young convicts heart, and
he went back to Cincinnati last summer com
pletely broken in spirit. Just before his term
expired the father died leaving a large fortune,
Of which generous portion went to the
daughter. Schneider came back among his
people, and was welcomed as q wronged man.
A few days ago he arranged TO see his children
at the home OF q former friend. The mother
happened in, and the meeting of the former
husband and wife was touching. There were
few words and tears and then q reconcilia-
ton. They were married again, and now the
ex-convict and his wife are living in wealth
and happiness.
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DAILY. At 3l5 q m, NoyembR 0O.1006, ELLEu
DAILY AFTER short Hines, In the sevenfyStxth yeaf
OF her age.
Nay she ret in psecs
Funeral from her late rezadenCA 138 Cofrou Utroo1
southeast, at am, wednesday, Decsmber q thenco
10 ST Peters church. where win b said ar tho
invited 20 attend -
HEAVY. On Sunday, Noysmbef 2oth, 1855. q z
p.m., JULIA ANNA, only daughter Of Th0ma1 and
Della Heany, aged year, months and dayA
Funeral nom the r6aidence o. hor par0uea, eurD1 q
and streets northwest, Tueodny. Dooember i. g y
"a.
HEBRON. oaNoysmber a. 1885. e 1870 SsssscE
Funera viii take pAnce nom bis late fesi0anca, He
026 street soufhwest. On Tuesday. December 4, 9
2Oc1ock p m
sTEvENs On Sunday. leth oceoesr, 1855. g n
dcApA Dept OlAncho, Aoe1urne 9 A, aner an tlnean
e. ssd 's Sr q He 81 Is $500 Of ss %
WARD In eauta N, New Mexico. = A. r,ukaupo,
q her son-sn-lsw. 0eocge W. Lana es0oenry 81 -
Ieerieory. On Weoneeoay morning, Eovenhsr 269A
thh city,
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News BrieN.

The Princeton college freshmen football team
Al Annapolis Saturday afternoon defeated the
MAYA academy by score of 10 TO nothing
Inc Rev. John Butler. OF the American Pres.
oyterian mission at Ningpo, Japan, and his
eiIest son died OF cholera on October IL
Inere were three cases of smallpox in New
h9 9r city last week. one of which was fatal
with with typhus fever In New York tenement
o non. J. o. Jolly has resigned his seat in the
MS constituents on the Riel question
tine Inc swathmore boys defeated the Hopkins
team at football i'm Baltimore Saturday
No further trouble has occurred al The mines
near Plttsburg, Pa, since Friday. Owing tc
allegea threats of intimidation by the strikers
the mines will be guarded to-day
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A DIVORCE SUIT FOR FAY TEMpLEroN.-A
special TO the New York World from Chicago,
November 20, says: William IL. West the min.
strel, will tomorrow ask the superior court 70
divorce him from Fay Templeton who il now
playing an engagement In New York I'm Rice's
"Evangeine" company. The bill will claim
that Miss Templeton deserted him after six
weeks connubial happiness. Mr.. West SAYS
that when Fay married him she promised 10
renounce the stage and attend strictly 10
domestic duties. During his six weeks oxpe-
rience as a husband he says he did the very
best he could To make her happy aud that
since she has deserted him he has used every
ertieayor TO get her 10 return,
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Clara Morris.
SHE Is SAID 10 BE THE MOST NERVOUS WOMAN
ON THE STAGE.

prominent member Of the dramatic pro-
fession recently In Chicago said: "Clara Norris
Is the most nervous woman on the stage. She
has studied her characters SO much that be-
heve she actually imagines she is their living,
breathing original. She goes to greater ex-
Deen prey to her Imagination since youth.
Wnen she was . ballet girl she got y INTO ne!
neao mat she had spine disease. she Ioon9
rom that time to this they have doctored that
spine tiu suppose there really IL sometn,ne
the matter with 1t now. Tho medicine that
woman has taken would drive homeopasn
Wild. But her studying has done the mosi
part, aud for days he Would Sc q good VI MAD
She would TX her mind 20 tntently upon y
and would work herself mp TO sucn na&I
pitcn OF nervous excitement, that she wOuto %
almost insane. Her hallucinetions about ne1
health nave become chronic. She ~ soLIounoee
~ meH,cans bottles and thinks sns ncs ~ "a
other thingAn
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O80eH MoeSC~Os
The procedure established when Mr.. Rayard
was elected president pro tempore OF the Sen.
ate, Mr. Arthur leaving the chair vacant TO be.
come President, It is maintained by Senators
and Representatives, we'll informed on the sub.
ject, will operate in the present instance, and
Mr.. Logan cannot be chosen the president pro
tempore of the Senate until after some other
has been elected, 90 that he Lcgan) NAV be
sworn In. He could then, Of course be elected
to replace whosever might first have been
chosen. Mr.. Logan's friends are very anxious
that he should be selected, and will press his
claim, but the more conservative members of
the Senate say that the honor will be again con-
that Mr.. Edmunds would not accept the elec.
tion but IL is generally believed that there Is no
more foundation for this assumption than
there was four years ago, when he was chosen
and accented. Notwithstanding the Impression
that had gone out that he would decline.
The ninth sbs TTE STAR
8laine's wanting Senator Hale to resign, so as
to allow him to come to the Senate and be
chosen president pro tenn, IL too silly to admit
Concerning the question as to whether the
Senate could 60 outside of its members tn select
would not bear the light OF common sense.
The president pro tempore may or may not
vote Certainly the Senate has not the right to
vote in the Senate. They could not thus elect
q Vice President.
Representative Crisp takes the same view of
the case and calls attention to the constitution,
which provided that In the only case where the
Senate has right to elect Vice President is
where no candidate before the people has a ma
jority, they are then restricted to the selection
of one of the two getting the highest number of
votes.
SENATOR cocKRELL THINKS MR. LOGAN EL1GI-
BILE.
Senator Cockrell expressed the opinion that
Gen. Logan might be elected President pro
tenn. of the Senate and sworn in as Senator
afterwards. There is nothing in the statutes,
he says, to prohibit the Senate from choosing
whomsoever they want for President pro tenn,
whether he Is or Is not a Senator.
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From the kansas City Times.
Mr.. Charles Chaplin and wife, OF Niles, Mich.
spent yesterday in the city. en- route 90 Fort
Scott. Mr.. Chaplin is one OF the wealthiest
young men of Michigan, being owner OF a val
liable iron mine, which brings him an income OF
100000 a month during seven eight months
OF each year. The history of his fortune sounds
like an Arabian Nights tale. 1t Is stated that
several years ago Mr.. Chapin's sister married q
young parSon, and the couple went up into
Michigan, where the minister was given q
charge. At "A donation party one OF hts parish
toner's gave him a deed 10 one hundred aud
sixty acres OF wild land. II not considered
especially valuable, and was not regarded rs
anything more than an ordinary gilt. In the
course of time the minister died, aud his wife
followed him, childless, and the land fell into
the hands OF Mr.. Chaplin. One day some traces
OF iron were found on land near that given the
parson, and Mr.. Chaplin went up 10 investigate
lie found his whole tract was full OF the riches;
kind OF ore, and from comparative poverty he
was raised To great affluence. The mine was de-
veioped, and Tor years IL has yielded an enor.
nous income To Mr.. Chaplin, and he now has .
beautiful home at Niles, and, surrounded by al
interesting family, he leads lie Q quiet Gle.
gance.
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ACCUSED OF BURNING THE SCHOOL HOUSE II
WHICH HER RIVAL WAS A TEACHER
A Telegram from Wheeling. November 10Th.
says: Miss Anna NJ Archer. a weli-known and
beautiful woman OF Parkersburg, aged twenty
years, has been arrested on the charge OF setting
fire TO No. school house at Kanawha station
this county, few days ago. She arraiened
before Justice Butcher last evening, and rr.
leased on 5000 bail for her appearance at court.
The causes which led 10 the alleged crime ap.
pear TO be as follows
About eighteen months ago Miss Archer waa
wooed by one James RichaI son, q young man
living near her fathers resIuence, and the two
were engaged to be married. short time be-
fore the day set for the wedding Miss Lottie J.
Mann, OF n anawha station, appeared upon the
scene, and succeeded in winning Richardson
from bis first love. After turning his back
upon MISS Archer, Richardson began 20 re-
ceive anonymous letters OF a character unfit
for publication. He charged Miss Archer
ana Mrs. Isabella Jackson with inditing them
and caused their arrest The testimony exon
Grated them, and they were discharged The
letters, which contained gross attacks upon the
character of Miss Mann, who taught the Kama
wha station school, continued TO reach Richard
son. Richardson and Miss Mann allege that
Miss Archer is not only the author OF the let
tiers, but that she also fired the school building
out OF revenge and they caused her TO he again
arrested. Miss Archer pronounces the charge
false and absurd, and is willing TO stand trial.
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THE FATAL ENDING OF A BITTER FAMILY
rEUD IN KENTUCKY

hnE FATAL ENDfN0 OF A BITTER FAMILY
TEUD IN KENTUCKY.
A telegram from Louisville, KY, November
20, says: The county of Oldham, 20 miles east
OF Louisville, is in . great state of excitement
to-day over an assassination that was disccv.
cred this morning. c. c. Stonestreet, wealthy
young farmer, was found dead i'm the road that
runs from Boards Station to Lagrange There
was bullet hole through his left breast and
i ling and Ina slight wound in his neck.
farmer farmer r Is suspected and has lefi
sisters, the daughters OF their rich
neighbor, old Farmer Storts. Stnnestreet' p
marriage took place, however several wears be-
Iore the other. In one week after the marriage
husband sent his bride home to her father. with
Inc statement that she had confessed TO him
Una, s,e was unehaste and that her brotherin-
law, Stonestreet, had betrayed her. The young
lady admitted that she had made this comics.
sion 70 her husband under threats but declared
a aise tnat was wholly untrue. Stonestreet
also swore that he had never been Intimate
with the young lady. Three months ago this
trouble resulted in a duel between Ellis and
young Charles StOrts, the brides brother in
which the former was painfully wounded IN is
now stated that Ellis swore revenge at that time
NOT not against young Storts, who had shot him,
put against Stonestreet, whom he regarded ms
the betrayer of his wife and the author OF
his trouble and shame. Yesterday affernoon
Seohe.treet ana Ellis were both in Lagrange
anu started nome on horseback at about the
same time, after which Ellis was not seen at ali
ana Stonestreet was never again seen alive His
vile waited anxiously for him until after mid
nlsht, and, finally suspeciing trouble, started
her BOY on 10 Lagrange To see what was the
matter. The Lad rode along the road for about
q mile and hall, when he found his father
4eau oody In a field near by. Two rdeless
horses were grazing, one belonging to the dead
man and the other to John Ellis, who was i'm
medlately suspected of the crime. At daybreak
omcers went to his home to arrest min lint
found him gone. 1t is believed that he commit
ted the crime and fed to an adjacent rail.
way station, where he took the train Tor Louis
has been found. The dead man and the sus.
pecteo assassin are among the most prominent
and richest farmers in the county.
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KILLING WILDCATS IN CoENECTICUT.-Two
Wildcats have been killed within the past ten
days among the chaotic lodges In the woods
Two Mantle EAST Lynne hunters put their
hound on the track Of the first one that was
killed one afternoon last week. The wildcat
had lead OF about two minutes, but the dog
quickly overlook the animal ON the shore q
Bush pond. A terrific battle ensued, In which
the brush was trampled and crushed over q
space Of thirty feet square. The dog killed its
foe before the hunters reached the scene. II
nae ceen severely scratched ana bitten by the
Of Waterford, shot the second Wildcat on satur.
day. His dog ran Il down, and then the cat
nearly overpowered before young Cavalry ar
rived and shot the animal. The cat weighed 16
pounds. The woods west OF New London are
selves In tho Wild glens aud In rocky caverns
by day and peowl about the neighboeing coun-
try ct night sacking poultry roootx New Lon
don and East lynne hunters are getting ready
Tar campaign against the WtldeA&A
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NEW YORK, Nov. 3O.-Joseph Giuseppe Giu-
dici. a young Italian, was sentenced to-day in
Brooklyn to be executed on the 22d of next
January. On the 3Oth of November, 1883, Giu-
dici shot and killed another Italian named
Daghiero in quarrel about the loan of some
articles. They were both bakers by trade and
Giudici claims Daghiero caused his discharge
from the place where both were employed.
Giudicis case was appealed to the court of ap-
peals, but was decided against him. 1t is
thought from Giudicis actions that he is insane
and that the goverdor will be appealed to to
commute his sentence.
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THE LATE VICE PRESIDENT.
Baltimore Respects His Memory.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 3O.-A general meeting Of
the Corn and Flour exchange was held to-day,
regarding the death of the late Vice President.
when the following resolution was adopted:
"That the Baltimore Corn and Flour exchange,
desiring to show its respect for the personal
character and distinguished services to his
state, and to the nation, OF theBlate Thomas A.
Hendricks Vice President of the United States,
and to manifest its appreciative sympathy for
the loss they, in common with the entire coun-
try, have sustained, will suspend all business
after the noon call tomorrow Tuesday, the
day and hour appointed for the Obsequies at In
diananOlis,
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MAE RED.

saTe%seT Iss ~ keT Fs,s.r The 2sA e
Alcysius Church, LOUIS +. MENIKHEIN 70 ROSE
cards. .
WERNER-REEvES At Detroit Mich Novsm-
Der 25h 1885, the residence of the brides parens
by Rev John Fletcher of Pialnweu, Mich, Nj. CHI a.
WERNER. OF Washington, DC. % M ETA -
REEVES
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The Striking Miners Peaceful.

PTTTsBURG. Pa, Nov. 3O.-Contrary to expec-
tatiOns there was no trouble in the coal valley
to-day. The strikers assembled in large num-
bers about the Pine Rune mines this morning,
but no attempt at violence was offered when
the non-uniOnists went to work. All Is quiet
now. AS the strikers say they will not disturb
the men working no serious trouble is appre-
hended. The Lynn mines at Pine Run are the
only ones in operation. There is a dispute as
TO the number at work, the operators claiming
that 90 men went in this morning while the
strikers declare that not more than 15 went to
work.
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SAYS HER HUSBAND POISONED HERNIA
Long, of Donaldson township, ILL.,, on Saturday
sent for States Attorney Tibb TO prefer a charge
OF attempted murder, by poisoning, against her
husband. "Wednesday morning she WAS taken
violently ill. Doctors were at once summoned
and by prompt work succeeded in saving her
life. There had been strychnine put in the
coffee. and she had taken enough TO kill twenty
NOR
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To-day the Circuit Court No. 2-Judge Mer-
rick-was engaged In the trial of the case of A.
P. Crenshaw agt. the District, to recover S1O,-
900 damages for injuries received by falling
over q projecting water plug in front OF the
Ebbtt house on May Is, 1888.
The case of Caldwell, executor, agt. the b. q
P!s Il. r. for damages to property, in Circuit
Court No. 2, was ended to-day by verdict for
defendant.
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| Mrs. Eliza ID. Walker, widow OF the late Gen.
L. Pope Walker. confederate secretary OF war
| died in Huntsville, Ala, Friday.
Hon. ]. g. Blaine has generously given 81
Marks home, Augusta, Me-, pound OF silver
| dollars. The occasion was a '.pound" party.
Hon. John Perkins, OF Louisiana, died AT the
Albion hotel, Baltimore, Saturday night, In the
| 9th year Of his age.
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A CIGAR CAUSED HIS DEArH.-James C..
Mapes, OF the town of Goshen, ~. Y, died yes
terday from the effect OF injuries received
while driving home a week ago I'm an intoxi-
Gated state. His clothing caught fire from a
lighted cigar. and the upper part OF his body
was SO badly burned that he fingered In great
agony until relieved by death. Mapes was q
farmer and was unmarried. He was GO years
"A
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DEATH OF A MILLIoNAIRE WIDow.-MnL
Cordelia Waterman, OF San Francisco, died in
Bridgeport, Conn.,, yesterday, of typhoid fever.
She was on a visit and had within a few days
disposed of a large lot OF real estate in Bridge
port. She was the widow OF the late Captain
Robert II. Waterman, celebrated in the clipper
ship annals OF 1S49 as a severe disciplinarian.
He died two years ago, leaving several millions
in property. Mrs. Waterman leavs no chill
dron but a large estate