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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

REFERRING to the influence of
salons on politics, Mr.. George Fred
eric Persons declares in an article in
the Atlantic Monthly that the seven
thousacd saloons of N. Y, city "bave
fastened upon Der citizens the most
shamefulIy corrupt government ever
endured by q community INDUCING
10 the alIusion that it was free; they
have almost made it impossible for
an honest, educated man to touch
LEGAL politics, much less take Office;
and that they produce at intervals,
as proof of their quality, tendencies,
and power, such abominable scandals
as that of the Tweed Ring, or the
more recent sale of votes in the Board
OF Aldermen" by which a right of
way for street railroad was secured
through Broadway for a much less
sum than other parties had offered.
There is a great deal of truth in
this indictment of the saloon, as IL
Illustrated not only in New York, but
in every city and large town through
out the country. The corrupting in
fluence of the saloon in politics is
keenly felt in the large cities where
municipal governments have been
degraded to the level Of rotten
boroughs, and, as Mr.. Parsons says,
"it is absured to expect that under
such state of things politics can be
anything but corrupt" The wonder
is that this condition of affairs has not
aroused good men to combine against
an inHuenc that is dragging down in
stead of elevatiug the politics of our
cities. Happily the rural districts do
not suffer from this decentralization to
the same extent that the cities do; but
they do suffer from the reflex iDfu.
eLce Ct corrupt politics in the cities,
when their municipal governments
become corrupt, the whole country
will share to large extent the de-
preston of trade as well as of morale
and religion thus brought about. 1t is
time that the saloon was eliminated
from our politics.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

WHITTIER ON CmARLEsToN's NEEDS.
Mr.. John G. Whittier, in a note to
the editor OF the Amesbury Mass. J
News, writes: 81 am glad to see by
the last number of the News that q
subscription for the relief of Charles.
ton sufferers has been started in
Amesbury. / trust similar move
ment may be made in every town
and city New England in this mat
ter knows no North and no South,
and if here or there any old jealOusies
and resentments remain, they should
be swept away in the food of practi.
cal sympathy for our afflicted fellow
countrymen. IOclosed find So"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

THE STRONGEST MAN In THE DIS
TRIoT.-Mr. McComas, the republ;-
can nominee for Congress in the
Sixth district, recognizes the fact
that be has got "a foeman worthy of
his steel" in Col. Baughman, the
democratic candidate While inWash-
ington yesterday. 10 speaking of the
campaign in the sixth congressional
district he said that "wbile be had no
apprehensions whatever as to his
triumphant reelection, he realized
that he bad to oppose the strongest
man in The whole district on the
democratic side. He said his ar.
rangements for the labors of the CAM
paign had already been determined
upon. but if Col. BaughmsD desired
one or more. joint discussions he
would try TO accommodate him. On
Monday Mr.. McComas will begin an
active canvass ofGarrett and Allegany
counties, and expects to make daily
speeches. He said be expected to
hold on to his majority in Washing
ton county, and his intention is 10
due time to go over to Frederick and
make it lively for Col. Baughman at
hom e.n
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25
NOTICE.

A IL PERSONS are hereby notified
IN that in accordance with the provis-
ions of Chapter 3l4 of an Act of the Gen
eral Assembly of MARYLAND, passed at
January session, 1885, in regard to
PLANTING OR BEDDING OYSTER
SHELLS WITHIN THE WATERS OF
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, that the
following described grounds have been
sown with shells as directed by said Act:
Commencing on line drawn due east
from Thomas Point Light to q
buoy marked "a" in four fathoms Of
water, standing opposite Q tripod
marked "E, on Kent Island shore; then
running along the said shore TO buoy
marked "B, standing opposite a brick
house on Brick House shoals; from
buoy "B" to buoy marked &C." opposite
j. tripod marked ID, on sh ore near the
mouth OF Broad creek, in a line east
south from State House dome; the said
buoys are marked s'Shells Planted" also
cedar top made fast to buoys. And all
persons are hereby warned against tax
Ing or catching Oysters within the above
described meets and bounds, under PEN
atty for violation of said Act, OF not less
than fifty, or more than five hundred
dollars. or imp, isonment for not less
than three months nor more than one
year at the discretion of the court trying
the same. By order,
e24-1m ]. III. PLOWMAN,
Comdr. Maryland State Fishery Force.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

Tue Treasury Department has re-
ceived the annual reports of the
boadrs of immigration of Massachu-
sets andMaryland. The total arrivals
at Baltimore were II, 400. of which H..
557 were aliens. The amount of head
money collected at Baltimore amount
ed to &c. and the total number Of
pauper immigrants returned was 16.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

The SUNNY SouTH, published at
Atlanta, Ga, comes to us greatly en-
larged aud otherwise improved 10 lis
make up. 1t has added many new
features, which makes it one of the
most useful and interesting weekly
family journals in the South. It is
q truly Southern paper, containing
much that is of o local and national
interest to the general reader. Its
several departments are illustrated
with original and appropriate designs,
which convey to the general reader
at once the subject matter that fol-
lows. The Sammy South is no new
adventure, but is in its twelfth vol
ume. 1t is devoted to literature,
news, education, romance. agriculture,
manufacturing and the general de-
veloprneat of the South. Send for
specimen copy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25
Public Sale
LIVE STOCK,
Farming Implements, &c.

NNHE undersigned, by authority of the
owner, will offer at public action on
the farm occupied by Thos. s. Dove, adj
joining ACTON" near Annapolis, on
Saturday, October End, 1886,
Az 10 O'CLOCK, A. NJ,
The following valuable live stock,
farming implements, &c:
1 Horse and Wagon; s Coos,
at the pale; 10 Tons Of Hay,
Lot Of Oats 6n the StrGac; /
Sleigh, l Cart, and q lot Of Sin
ole and double Harness, Lot Of
1lilk Cans, DC.
TERMS OF SALE All sums of $40
and under cash; all sums over that
amount credit of six months will be
given, the purchaser giving note with
good security, payable at the Farmers
National Bank, Annapolis.
A. S. BRYAN, THOS. s. DOVE.
Auctioneer. sl6-td
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25
SPRING and SUNNI
MIL LIN ERl
NOTICE TO CREDITOR

NOTICE IS HEREBY CIV W.
IN the subscriber has oD.a . I'D
the Orphans Court OF AnDTT -
county, in Maryland, letters
tary on the personal estate +"
JOHN d. Rbb, -
late of Anne Arundel county, 80, ~. |
All persons having claims ~ - 4
said deceased, are hereby ssls a
bibit the sane, with the yoR Reio,ss
of. 10 the subscriber, On o. or, ISL ~.
asth Day OF 10 bF" 1a,s h %
They may otherwise, by lss ava ss.s.s
ed from all benefit Of the sa All. = asl
persons indebted to salq li ss.a' psyal
dgnested to make imme .l;s s9lih ID
Given under my hand s 7 5lli T9iiIIll
August. 1856. JOHN 7 Z: rTsrirarl
E1ecu'0'' Balliua
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

THE question of jurisdiction in the
case of Biscoe, charged with the muir
der of Captain Dixon is still unset
tied. Biscoe is now thought to have
had nothing to do with the supposed
killing of young Bell, who is believed
to be living.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

The oyster law for Dorchester
county which is intended to keep out
non-residents will operate also against
resident vessel owners Of that county,
and is creating quite a stir.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

"A siump-speaker at La Grange,
Ca, recently characterized his can
didate as "cyclone with spurs on"
We hone no such allusion will be
made to our candidates in this dis
trict.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

A dispatch from Winfield, Iowa,
asserts that FIVE distinct shocks Of
earthquake were felt at that place at
about III O'Clock last night No
special damage was done.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

These sums have been deposited in
the Bank and will be forwarded to
the Mayor of Charleston with the
amounts in the hands of those who
are receiving collections Those hav-
ing any funds 10 hand will please
make returns at once as We wish to
remit the amounts received
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

COMMISSIONER of Patents Mont
gomery announces his intention to
weed out all incompetents in bis de-
partment.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

THE first public reception by the
President since his return to Wash
ingtou, was held yesterday.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25

LOUIS L. BEATTY has been elected
school examiner Of Queen Anne's
county to succeed the late Jas. W..
Thompson.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-25
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For the Charleston Sufferers

SUBSCRIPTIONS up to Saturday last
are as follows:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
ENGLAND'S LATEST.

The British Empire Treats Itself to q
Handsome New Years Present by the
Annexation of Burmah.
RANGooN, Jan. 2.-The proclamation an
nouncing the annexation of Burmah to th,
British Empire was received yesterday
There was grand parade in honor of the
event, and large concourse OF peoplt
gathered to hear the reading. England
cedes to China part of Upper Burmah il
order to make the Chinese and Indian from
tier contiguous. India advocates an Of
fensive and defensive alliance between China
and India.
The proclamation is addressed to all the in
habitants of Great Britain and India, who
are thereby notified that the territories for
merly governed by King Theebaw are no
longer under his rule, but have become part
of her Majesty's dominions and will be adj
ministered during her pleasure by officers ap-
pointed by the Viceroy of India. There is
no mention of protectorate or even ofan-
nexation. 1t is plain and simple appro-
priation by conquest of territory equal in
area to all of New England, with New York
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia added
and population of over four millions. This
has been the programme OF the Govern
ment, and especially of Lord Randolph
Churchill, the Secretary for India
ever since General Prendergast started
from Rangoon to invade the country. The
delay in issuing the proclamation is due to
the time required to obtain the consent Of
the other Powers. Most of them made nc
objection, but it is said that the consent o.
France and Russia was tardily and reluct
antly oiyen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

RUSSIA and Austria were on the 31st ult
armed at every possible point, Turkey was
still massing troops on the Macedonian
frontier and Greece showed no signs of dis.
banding her forces.
THROUGHOUT France the alarming in
crease of hydrophobia led to orders on the
I'd for the seizure of all dogs found roam
ing the streets or country roads
1T was announced on the I'd as the inten-
ton of the British Ministry to place Ireland
on the same political plane as Scotland,
abolisbing Dublin Castle and the Lord
Lieutenancy.
On the I'd a Baan named Nallon, over
ninety years DID, and his aged wife, were
burned to death at their home at Perth,
Can
THE discovery of vein Of pure petro-
leum was made on the I'd at Park Hill,
Ont, Us feet below the surface
In Canada the Parliament has been pro-
rogued until February IS.
IN the Andalien River, in Chilli, seven
teen persons were drowned few days ago
by the upsetting of boat
IMMENSE damage was done by terrific
cyclone that recently passed over Villa
Maria, in the Argentine Republic
NUMEROUS shocks of earthquake have
been felt recently in Valparaiso, Serena,
africa and Tacna, in South America.
In the recent battle with the British
forces near Kosheh six hundred Arabs were
slain. The Arabs were said to be fleeing
toward Dongola.
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the ac-
cession of Emperor William to the throne
of Prussia was quitely observed in Berlin
on the Sd.
RANGooN advices of the 4th say that both
Upper and Lower Barmah are infested with
Dakoits, who were overrunning whole dis
tricts and burning and pillaging number
less villages.
In the election ON the 4th for Mayor at
Toronto, Ont, the temperance candidate
was elected by a majority of 1896
THE French Premiership has been accept
ed by M. de Freycinet who was engaged on
the 4th in the task of forming new Cab
met.
THE treaty of peace reported on the 4th
between France and Madagascar cedes
territory to France, surrenders the north
west ports which France originally claimed
and gives the French Government suprem-
acy over the foreign relations Of NADIA
gascar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
WEST AND snIIrH

FROM November / to the 30th ult. the to-
tai number of hogs packed in the West was
100000, against $685., 200 last year.
UPRIsINGs in the American towns along
the Rio Grande, between Laredo and
Brownsville, were on the 30th ult said to
have taken place with the object of march
ing upon and capturing Mier, Mex.
LEPRosY was reported on the LIST as prev
alent in several Scandinavian families
near Spring Grove, Houston County, MINI.
A LETTER was written by Judge Smith on
the 31st ult. to Mr.. A. W. Green withdraw
ing from the contest for the Mayoralty of
Chicago. He says that ''there is no reason
able probability of reaching any final ter
mination of the litigation before the expi.
ration of the term of office.n
AT Richmond Fitzhugh Lee was inaugu-
rated Governor of Virginia on the 1st.
AT Detroit, Mich, fire on the 1st de-
stroyed D, M. Ferry Sc Co. IS mammoth seed
house, Whites Grand Theater, the Wesson
Block, and badly scorched other structures,
creating a total loss of about 81, 500, 900. One
fireman was instantly killed by falling
walls. s3a baA
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08

The Mother of the 1iI-Fated Knoch Fami-
ly of Detroit, Dies Under Circumstances
Which Lead to the Belief That She, Too
Was Murdered
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 2.-The Knoch muir
der case was brought into prominence
again yesterday by the sudden death OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Knoch, the mother of the
Inflated family. She had been sick only a
few days, and on Thursday sent for the
officers for the purpose, it is said, of max
ing statement about the recent case oil
arson and murder. Before they ar
rived at her bedside she had relapsed
into q comatose. condition, from
which she did not rally She died early yes
terday morning. In the opinion of a ply
stefan who accompanied the officers to her
home Mrs. Knoch was affected with heart
and lung trouble, but there were symptoms
of poisoning, and an investigation will be
made. If the death of Mrs. Knoch can be
traced to the use of poison by any other
than herself, it is possible that the deep
laid plot to assassinate the entire Knocl
family, if such it is, will be laid bare.
Mrs. Khoch's death heightens the mys,
terry enveloping this family. When the
house of Frank Knoch was burned on the
night of December 16, and the bodies o.
Knoch and his wife and children were found
in the ruins with bullets in their brains, il
was learned by the police that the father
of the murdered man. also died by al. as
sassin's hand and that was thought that
a brother had also been murdered, as the
latter was found two years ago in his
stable with marks of violence on his body
although at that time the case was
dismissed on the theory that he was
kicked by q horse. The fire at Knoch' !
house and the murder of the family
are attributed to the fact that he showed .
roll of bills to friends on the evening of tn
tragedy, and said that he had 81 900 which
he was to pay on his land next day. 1t il
supposed that some one overheard Knocl'
and went to rob the house a few hour,
later. But an uncle of Knoch refuses to be
lieve that robbery was the only object, and
hints that another purpose enters into
the case. He does not say what he think
this other purpose u.s. buta neighbor claimt
that the KNOCKS stand in the way of some
body securing a rich inheritance in Ger
many, and that if the detectives are shrewo
they will trace the crimes to one person
and that person the least suspected man il
fine world
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
LATER.

In some portions of Wisconsin the snow
was reported to be twelve feet deep on the
9th. Numerous railway trains were de-
layed, and others had been abandoned en-
tirely. In Western Kansas the storm was
the worst known in years, and near Lead
Vile the thermometer indicated thirty de-
grees below zero.
THE outcome of quarrel at party in
Clay County, Kentucky, the other night
was the killing of three men and the fatal
wounding of a fourth.
A MAN named j. B. Quimet, his only son
and his two brothers-in-law, all of Riviere
DIES Prairies, Can, were drowned on the 5th
while crossing small lake in the northern
part OF Argentuii County on the ice.
j. B. LIPPINCoTT, the well-known Phila-
delphia publisher, died ON the morning Of
the 5th, aged sjxty-two years.
TwELvE collieries in the Mahonoy Pa.)
Valley were ON the 9Th flooded by the
sections of Williamsport and Lockhaven
were under water The loss was estimated
at S9,oO0,0Oo s a
j. w. Hustled was on the 9Th chosen
Speaker of the Assembly of the New YORK
Legislature.
ADvIcEs of the 5th from Burmah state
that the Dacoits had raided the country to
within twenty-five miles of Mandalay, and
murdered three Europeans.
GLADSTONE has summoned the Liberal
members of Parliament to meeting on the
18th inst. He will then make frank state
ment of the principles upon which he pro-
nOcpS RI Sattlo fbo T,.ieb o,,Acf;aY
The Mississippi Legislature met in bien-
NAL session at Jackson on the 5th
Born branches of Congress re-assembled
on the 5th. In the Senate the credentials
of John w. Daniel, of Virginia, were pre-
scented. A bill was passed to legalize the
Ninth Territorial Assembly of Wyoming
Bills were introduced to substitute silver
dollars for gold coin and currency in re-
serve funds of the Treasury; to. increase
the pension for total helplessness; to ad-
just accounts of laborers under the
eight-hour law; to provide for the erec-
ton of monuments in Washington to Abra-
ham Lincoln and u S. Grant, at cost of
S1,000000 each: to establish a Ma Cnal
University in the District of Columbia; to
repeal the Civil-Service Reform act, and to
provide for the compulsory education of
Indian children. In the House 100 bills
were introduced. The more notable were :
To remove restrictions on the coinage of
the standard silver dollar; to abolish in
ternal revenue taxation; to appropriate
100000 for a monument to General
Grant in New York; to prevent the. adul-
iteration of food and drugs; to reform the
civil service; to repeal the duty on sugar;
to prevent fraudulent entries on the public
domain; to repeal the tobacco tax; to tax
the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine !;
TO give honorably discharged soldiers and
sailors preference in public appointments,
and to deprive poly gamists of the right of
suffrage
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-01-08
A CRUEL BLuNDER.

T1se Charge Against the Knoch Children of
Murdering Their Mother Proven False
The Old Lady's Skull Was Fractured at
the Post MOrtem-The Prisoners Re-
leased. .rs--H
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 5.-The arrest OF the
two Knoch boys and their three
sisters and Mr. Schweitzer, hus-
band of one of the sisters, because of the
report that Mrs. Christina Knoch had died
of fractured skull, turns out TO be a
gross injustice to the children of the dead
woman, as on re-eXamination by other
doctors it was announced that in
all probability the two fractures
of Mrs. Knochs skull were made by the
county physician at the post-mOrtem on
Saturday night. The six prisoners were
immediately released. The great excite
ment at Woodmere has in a measure sub
sided, and is followed by almost feel
ing of horror on the part of many who
were foremost in talking of the tar
and feathers and lynching, and now
realize how near they were to commit
ting a terrible crime in visiting punishment
upon innocent people. The physicians who
made the examination yesterday say they
have no doubt that the cause of Mrs.
Knoch's sudden death was pneumonia. 1t
is probable that many suits viii grow out
of the arrests, but the police do not ex-
press any fear of them, as. they believe the
imprisoned Knochs do not wish the pub
licity which would follow any claims for
damages.
The death of the old gentleman Knoch,
and the son who was shot and thrown into
the lake, and also the assassination of
Frank Knoch and his wife and two chill
dren, whose bodies were burned in their
homes two weeks ago, are still mysteries.