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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-11-02

THE WHITE HOUSE KITcHEN.-Until after
the Presidents marriage the White House
kitchen was presided over by Chef Seeger, who
had made q culinary reputation In one Of the
big summer resorts. he was paid q salary OF
500 month. He was only engaged for the
season. and when he lett after the Presidents
marriage, it was with the understanding that
he would resume his duties at the White House
at the beginning OF the social season. Since his
departure the White House kitchen has been In
charge of q cOlOred woman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-11-02

l. Ok SALE-519 L CAPITOL ST. 8 STORIES
II and cellar. IL rooms, stable, lot 21x13S IT.. all
mod imp: price, 81 ,UOO $4,000 cash. bal. time.
225 ST NV. stories, II rooms. large lot: price
50 500 easy terms. 1OO6 ST. ..new7 rooms, bath
and large cellar lot 2UxlOO f. built by owner for his
own use: very substantial and cosy; price, $4,000:
easy terms.
Many other Houses and Lots in all parts of the city.
c. II. KNIGHT.
925 + st. NV.
Oc3O-7th Rear room, first floor.
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First to be Welded.

J he weather may be cold a storm
may be whirling dismay and disaster
throughout the country. but marrying
and giving in marriage is bound to go
on. Yesterday the first marriage in
the Jew court house took place. The
parties to the contract were Mr.. j. ID.
Pace, a we'll known widower of La
monte, and Mrs. Mary ]. Robinson,
Of Green Ridge. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. J. T. Bushly in
the presence of q number of witnesses
Among them were: Messrs. B. B.
Taylor, w. E. Taylor, j. Reese
Wade, j. r. Mcconnell, John w.
Baldwin, and DR.. A. p. Spoddy,
all of Lamonte.
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Cheap Titles I'm England.

Henry Lzbouchere in London Truth.
When every tory brewer, every tory
town clerk, every chairman of a tory
cabinet minister's election committee,
every tory editor and every fanatical
opponent of education has been dub
bed knight or baronet, people may
begin to value these honors at their
proper worth. Mr.. Pitt struck blow
at the house Of lords by acting on the
doctrine that every tory borough
monger with EGO, 900 q year ought to
be made peer. Lord Salisbury. by
adopting the same principle in lesser
honors, will materially contribute to
the taste for republican simplicity. /
have never been of those to complain
of this or that man being made a bar.
onet or q knight, or being officially
allowed to wear q piece of colored rib
bon at his buttonhole or a disk of
metal on his manly breast, because I
do not understand why people who
are grati6ed with such dead sea fruit
should not be made happy. should
a. soon think of refusing valueless
potato skins 10 hog who lush after
them.
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Jumped to His Death.

Charleston, Mo-, January 2l.-This
morning bout lO:45 John Boyd, employer
at the dept here "a car accountant board
Ell the mail train to ride up the track a
short distance. ostensibly to take car num-
bels When be got TO where he carr
were he jumped from the mail train and
struck his head against a tie, crushing ID
his skull. lie was picked up shortly after
the occurrence and carried on a hitter to
his boarding house, where he fingered and
died at Clio o'clock this evening Mr..
Boyd was well tho ght of by his employ
ers, and at one time was conductor on the
Cairo division On the Iron Mountain. He
was about "A years Of age, and leaves a
brother and sister. His brother rs with
him and the sister lives In Greensboro,
Kentucky.
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Lost Both Legs.

Mexico, Mo-, January 2.-This morning
about . O'Clock frightfu, acciden; befell
Charles Wheeler, porter for he Roberts
house and formerly employed a. watch
man by IL" Water Works company. With
several other bot<! runners he was at the
depot looking ont for customers and the
last Wabash srain. bound west heirg late,
the crowd repaired to restaurant across
the street for refreshments. Hearing the
train app oaching Wheeler and his COM
panions made rush for the depot, and
while in the act Of crossing the track the
engine struck the former, completely sever
ing 10th legs, one above and the otheE be-
low the knee. One of the limbs was .arried
hall a mile distant nd dropped into . cub
vert. Wheeler's sufTerings were terrible b
behold, but people who witnessed the &C
cident pronounce him the nerviest man
they ever saw. He pulled himself up on 70
the depot IasfOrm after his legs had been
cut of. ue Is still alive. His wife has been
sick AT :he Roberts house for three months
and the shock came near killing her. They
are very ln,or, and came here from Callao,
Macon coan;y. lie DIES not blame the
train men ipr the accident
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BLOODSHED AND DEATH.
Serious Rupture i'm the Pennsyl-
yania Strike.
RiOtOus Hungarians' Combat
With Armed Officers.

Pittsburg, Pa, January pa dispatch
! from Mount Pleasant tonight sa,s: Sheriff
Stewart and forty deputies and Detective
trophy and twenty armed police from
Pitt>burg had desperate conflict 18th fifty
strikers this afternoon and attacking men
at "Alice" works in the N rning.
The rioters rested for dinner, then they
massed the Mutual works near Steiner
vile. At that point negro without prov
| ocation fired If Hungarians - it'll a shot
gun but failed 10 hit any of TEN They
surrounded his house, dragged the negro
ont, beat him fearfully and lett him for
dead with his skull fractured He probably
will die.
At 3 p. m, The strikers pissed up toward
"Morewood" Furnishing every manner of
weapons from reyolyers To coal scrapers.
They were headed by Steven Stannix, the
main agitator of the strike. When they
reached shaft "a" Morewood, the miners
encountered sixty-two deputy sheriffs and
policemen drawn up for ba tie. Detective
Brophy talked to the foreigner, telling
them IL was useless 10 LIST, and that he
would arrest the ring leaders Brophy
arre-ted one striker which opened the ball,
a combat hand-to-hand, but the officers
Won, arresting thirteen men and one
woman, who were sent to jail at Gre, rs
burg. The balance reiterated. Over one
hundred shots were fired and several Hun
garians injured, how badly is no
yet known, as they were carried
away by companions. Only one
officer was slightly hurt The author
tiles, il is stated, have telegraphed TO ri t.
burg for more officers. The strike is only
inaugurated and
MORE BLOOD SHE'D
is feared. Some little excitement was
occasioned by a stupyd report that the
IungariaDs were acting under orders from
Chicago lodge socialists and that dynamite
taken from the Loves magazine during the
recent raid would be used in blowing up
the company's property. The story, how
ever, is generally discredited. This strike
is undoubtedly the most dangerous in his
tory. ,oke industry operators have an
entirely different class of men To deal with,
as the HunGarisns, when drunk, are I'M
manageable and more like hends
than men. In former strikes this element
was not in the field and operators had
more intelligent mrn TO deal with. A feel
ing of ms, curity prevails and citizens near
various threatened districts are arming
themselves and otherwise preparing to de-
fend their homes as best they may.
ONE HUNGARIAN KILLED.
A dispatch at midnight says il is thought
one hungarian was killed in the fight with
the police this evening. A riot is also
reported to have occurred at
the Donnelly and Diamond works about
thrao r,ilaC aost IF h,unt pia.Sanf a.,
VIII ch five Hun. arians and three Ameri-
cans were injurd The condition of af-
fans at midnight is good.
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WHEN BsSy w. ssck, - gave hsr CsssuaA
When abe wa Child. che dried sar Csssu.s>
When shs became hiss. abs chung 10 C.ssussa.
Wan sAs bad ChDdssa. sAs ssvs thsn Cuus,.,.
A Night of Peril.

Maryville, Mo-, Jan. 20.-"Once In a
lifetime is enough for me-" shudderingly
said Mr.. F. p. Buck, who lives about seven
miles east Of this city, ou 6ne farm.
Upon inquiry the following facts were clio
tied: srs. Buck has been very sick for
some time, and her husband had not had
his clothes on for two weeks. This morn
ing about O'Clock, he went up stains and
threw himself upon bed, leaving his sick
wife and three children down stairs. He
was scarcely asleep, however, b fore he was
aroused BY the children screa ming s re, and
upon rushing down hefnund the ceiling Of
their sleeping room all in flames He wrap
ped his wife in blaukeis a. we'll a. possible
and carried her out To the granary, telling
the children TO follow. Laying her down, he
rushed back 20 ivy aud save something, but
the fire had gained such Roadway that he
could not remove any OF his household
effects. The building, which 4 good
farm dwelling OF seven rooms, was gone
almost like fash of powder. Realizing
the impol lance of haste, Mr.. Suck returned
to the granary and, enveloping his suffer-
ing wife IN the bed-clothes hastily brought
with her, and bidding the half-clad chill
dren to come along, started with his wife in
his arms to their nearest neighbours. dis
tsnt one-third of a mile. "At times I
thought never would make it," said he,
and with the snow eight inches deep and
the mercury 20o below Eero,i it was a wonder.
But they all arrived safely. excepting that
the fingers and toes of the children were
nippei by the frost. Fears are entertained
however, that the shock and exposur will
result disastrously TO Ms Buck
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A Rejected Lover Suicides i'm
,Iail

Boston, Massachusetts,, January 2l.-The
authorities are trying to conceal he fact
that Edwin j. Hobbs, convicted last June
for an attempt to poison Elizabeth A
Cram, pretty widow. who had refused to
marry him, cut his throat Saturday and
died in Jail Monday. Hobbs was boarder
of Mrs Grams house, and fell madly in
love with her. She encouraged him at first,
but afterwards Tilted him He took re-
venge by cutting her silk "resses to pieces,
and she had him arrested for malicious
mischief. Then she paid his fine herself
and took him back % her hearthstofe. He
tried in vain to win her consent to marriage,
and finally loaded up her Indian meal box
with arsenic and rat poison. The fam Wild
ow and her daughter partook of some
brown bread and narrowly escaped death.
The exceptions taken by Hob5s' counsel
were overrnled and be was t. be sentenced
next week. Saturday he asked for q razor,
shaved himself clean with unusual care,
brushed his hair neatly and then cut his
throat from ear to ear.
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The WashOut.

Chicago, January 2l.-Telegrsph advi-
ces from Ogden state that heavy rains have
Prevailed west of the Rocky Mountains
since Tuesday, causing such serious wash
outs, hat telegraph communication with
California has been completely cut off since
yesterday morning. The routes Of the
Northern Central Association, which the
Western Union has always had available
were all down. West of Reno, Nevada,
thrifty miles OF wires and poles are all
down and the Central Pacific sustained
several bad washouts, which prevented
their sending trains west of Reno last
night. Telegraphic communication with
Ogden has been maintained from the east
but lines between Ogden and California
have been down, preventing dispatches by
that route. ..-- -
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A FURIOUS STORM.
The Pacific Coast Visited by a
Terrific Hurricane.

San Francisco, January 81 One Of the
seve:est storms that ever occurred on this
coast began ;unday and reached it. height
shortly al er noon o. day. 1t extended
from the northern boundary OF Washing
ton territory to the southern boundary OF
California, and from the Rocky mountain {
TO the Pa. ific ocean. Almost continuous
fall Of snow and rain was accompanied by
wind, which from FIVE miles an hour grad
ual!y increased until about l:0
this afternoon, when il blew
i hurricane, eig':ty-twO miles
an hour The storm was predicted by the
signal service a. a cautionary storm sig
nal was displayed by order Of Lieutenant
Glassford, from a flagstaff on the Mer-
chants exchange building Due TO this
timely notice many vessels postponed their
departure from here and thus escaped the
dangers OF the storm. Although the bay
inside the harbor was very rough, and
passengers on the ferry boats were made
seasick, shipping suffered no damage.
Considerable damsge, however, was done
throughout the city by wind and rain.
Houses were unroOfod, sheds, fences, trees,
awnings, signs and church spires, numer-
Gus smoke stacks were blown down and
huge plate windows were blown in.
Easements were flooded, sewers broken,
car. Were lifted from the track and COW
er wagons caught up No loss OF life
has be en- reported, though two women we're
severely, perhaps fatally injured. A serious
result OF the storm was to cut off San Fran
cisco entirely for the first time in It's bis
tory from Geographic communication with
the outside world
his dis atch is sent from here By mail
10 Sacramento by courtesy of the Western
Union Telegraph company, whence it will
he forwarded to Its destination. YaShouts
have occurred on the Southern Pacific roa.
at several places between Mojave and
Yuma, which are not considered serious
and which will be repaired in
three or four days at the longest Exact
information cannot be obtained. Little or
no delay has occurred on the Central Pa
cifc railway, although heavy snow fall
Occurr"d between Truckee, alifornia, and
Reno, Nevada. No information as u the
damage sustained by shipping along the
coast and by other portions OF The country
has been received
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A Neat Robbery.

Topeka, Kan, January 2I.-New Cor
don hotel was the scene Of 8 200 robbery
last II ght, undoubt. dly the work of profes-
SIGNALS The victims are Jack Lesser, who
lost gold watch and chain valued at $3.50
and $3.50 in money. Harry Gilman who
lost gold watch worth $500 and $500 in
cash The robbers gained access TO the
rooms by turning the keys with nippers
The doors were opened aud the vests OF
both parties containing valuables ia zen
from beneath their heads. The deed was
discovered about $50 o'clock and search
instituted but it has so far failed. 1t is
supposed the thief was a small man who
left on the Santa Fe train for Kansas City.
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Burned to Death,

Maryviile, Mo-, January 2l.-A horri-
bic accident occurred last night at 8
o'clock at the residence OF VIM. Ga>kell,
six miles east of Maryville. Mrs. Gaskell
was called out of the house for m ment,
leaving her two children alone, the oldest
one being q boy Of years. She was shortly
alarmed by The shrek OF the children,
and upon running into the house found
the eldest child upon the bed enyeloped in
hames- The agoniLed mother smOthered
the fire, entirely, a. she thought, and
wrapping the little sufferer iu a shawl.
took him and baby in her arms and ran
for help TO neighbOr's. She was met by
found that in her haste, Mrs. Gaskell had
not extinguished the fire in the bed, and
that the flames had spread from there TO a
partition and the furniture. Before the
fire was completely put out the entire con-
tents and inside of the dwelling were de-
stroyed, leaving the house bnt a she'll. Dr..
q. W. Wilson, of this city, was imme-
didtely summoned TO attend the lit lie pa
tlent. and on his arrival at the neighbor's
house found the case hopeless one. Near
ly one half of the boy 5 body, from tie
stomach to the lower part of the thighs.
was burned to a hard brown crust. While
his wounds were being dressed the little
one cried for his doll, when the mother re-
membered that he had been car. ying it
when she went out of the house. Ii is
supposed that he climbed on the bed and
reached box of matches, and setting FIRE
to one lighted the doll and the
flames then caught in his clothing,
thence spreading to the bed clothes.
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Suspended From Church for
kissing.

Pittsburg, Pa, January ia little
kissing has COTTON two members of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church, of Nc
Keesport, into trouble. The parties are
a Mr.. Roadarmour, trustee, also financial
secretary of the church, and Miss Wool
sey, a member of the choir. Mr.. Roadar-
mour's worldly occupation is that of
sewing machine agent and Miss Woolsey
was his employe. 4 church trustee said:
"The church Investigated the matter,
though nothing criminal was charged or
discovered. Roadarmour has wife and
kissing and embracing Miss Woolsey
Both made public confessions and were
suspended indefinitely. II they reform
they will be reinstated."
Pastor Willingham said: my last two
predecessors were cognizant of unpleasant
rumors concerning Mr.. Roadarmour and
Miss Woolsey. The relations continued
for about four years. The young lady had
been employed in Roadarmours Office for
about year and half. Acting on my
advice, she has left Roadarmour's employ"
The latter is a handsome man of about
So years of ace, with blue eyes and
blonde mustache. He said his wife was
very much worried over the affair. Four
years ago they joined the church. Miss
Woolsey was then in the choir His wife
becoming an invalid, Miss Woolsey fire.
quently visited her. She and Roadarmour
became fas, friends and frequently took
walks together, but desisted upon hearing
remarks made BY friends
and neighbors. He admitted that he could
not Withstand the temptation of kissing
pretty girl. This and the act of assisting
her TO put on her overshoes. said Mr.
caused the present trouble.
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Unless 1t be the Lawyer.

Judge DAILY, of New York, recently
referred TO 'divorce detectives and
other miacreants.' He hit the nail
on the head. The practice. recently
invented of husbands and wives en-
ploying so-called detectives to find
evidence of their partners infdelity
has been fruitful of divorces obtained
by perjury. Among the creations of
the social evolution of modern society
can be found none more infamous than
the creature known % the divorce de-
tective.
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Charged With Seduction.

Louis Alexander, q conductor on
the Missouri Pacific between Lexing-
ton and Sedalia, was arrested at Hig-
ginsville. Monday, charged with
ssducing Gertrude Knight, who resides
in West Kansas. He was brough. to
this city yesterday and taken befc -e
Justice Clayton. In default Of $500
bond he was sent to jail to await q
hearing the 2lss iDst.-Kansas City:
Times.
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Stray Notice.

Taken up by r. B. Ellison, and posted
before Joseph Moore, justice of the peace
in Smithton township, of Pettis county, on
the 10th day of November, 1885, the fol-
lowing described property, viz: One red
steer, one BED bfindle steer, one roam hiefer,
each one year old, without brands or ear
marks; Appraised at forty dollars.
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Thinks He Suicided.

Louisville, Kentucky, January 2l.--A
Courier Jcgr'sol special says: A private tel
egram received at Greensboro, Kentucky,
announces the sudden death of Mr.. A.
Stuart exhibited States collector Of thai
district, at E1doradO, Kansas. There Is no
definite information but his friends think
he suicided on account of family troubles.
His wife, the daughter of Ex-senator Me
Creary, fled suit for divorce on Tuesday
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new Clurch IN tnelr lot IN the noItn
part of own. The work will be com.
menced at an early day.
OIL Matthews went hunting yes
terday, an 1 they tell it on him that he
crippled poor lnnOcent rabbit, but in
order tc kul it, Was Obliged 10 knock
il ia the head with the butt OF his
gun
F. G. Curtis, who wss arrested
here Monday was taken to Pieasonton,
Kansas, to answer a charge Of seduc-
ton, appears to be in pretty close
quarters. 1t is rumored that he offered
TO marry the young Woman, but her
moIher objected and will prose GU e
Curtis to the full extent of law.
"Wednesday morning. G. S. Tracy,
an industrious, hard wurkin- man,
wao is working a foIty-acre tract of
IanG u. ar the mines, arose at his usual
hour After eating his breakfast he
was suddenly taken violently i'll, and
almost instantly fell to the flor a
corpse. He leaves a wife snd four
children, one of whom, Miss Det, is at
present working for the family of K.
G. Sweeney, this city. 1t is stated the
cause of the death is ngestiye chill.
Mr.. Tracy was SO years OF age.
&C. Cav, one of the proprietors
of the Enterprise, is missing. He
told his partner, Mr.. A. q. Scott, that
be would go to Hume and make col.
lections and forgot TO return. Latter
his wife and child left to join him il is
supposed and all remains blank. On
the 18th inst. DIR. Scott received the
following telegram:
To 4. G.. Scott:
"Rich Hill, Mo.
"Wait full particulars to-morrow's
mail. &. &. CAV"
The probabilities are that Mr.. Cav
has gone 10 stay.
KANSAS CITY.
The subscription for the benefit
of Miss Maud Long; the rescuer Of the
Mcconnell children, increased rapid
ly this morning. Its extent will only
be limited by the circulation it is
given. 1t was started on a 81 basis
and about 100 people contributed yes
terday. This morning a few minutes
work raised the sum of 5000. 1t is the
of the gentlemen, members
Of the board of trade, who are circu-
lating the subscription to increase it to
$3.50 and then deposit it in bank. The
certificate can be sent to the young
heroine without causing the painful
incident to a pubic /
Miss Long is now the
guest of Mrs. Harry Mcconnell, the
mother of the children she so nobly |
rescued from death. She came to the
,ity this morning and will remain a,
east during the day. But for the eff.
iorts of this courageous girl the Nc
Conpen children would have been
iound Monday frozen to death. Her
brother did not want to start out in
he terrible storm on the strength Of q
ew vague words from an insane man,
,ut Miss Long insisted. Her search
asted from l to o'clock a. m, the
Intervening hours having been spent
q binding storm with the tempera-
ure at 10 degrees below zero. Under
he circumstances there should be no
arrow limit fixed TO the subscription.
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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Narrow Escape.

Lexington. Mo-, January 2 The resi-
dence of Mrs. Oscar Thomas was totally de-
stroyed by fire at Waverly, Lafayette
county. But for the prompt arrival of cit
liens, Mrs. Thomas, who is a helpless in
valid, would have rerished in the flames,
- would also Mrs. Scribner, Who lived in
the house. The latter lady saved .nothiDg
but the clothes she wore.
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LIPE PRESERVER.

III you sre losing your grip on life, Try
Wells Heslth RsDswes" Goes direc, to
weak spots