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Burche Building, cor. 18th and + SITS. n. W 1t
EoR RENT-THE TWO VERY DESIRABLE Of
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GEN. WEST ExANNKD.
After recess the examination of Mr.. Cox was
temporarily suspended as aconvenience to Gen.
Jos. R. West, who wished to be examined and
Mr.. Rowel conducted his examination. Mr..
West stated that he was formerly District Com
missioner, and from that fact watched the ap-
preparation bills Noticed the appropriations
for school houses; saw that the buildings must
be located within limited sections and bought
in order to sell to District In these pur-
| chases, did he not appear in person, but by
regular brokers, at first. Francis Hufty, then
others. In Southeast Washington there was
difficulty in getting school sites. Mr.. Early
was employed by him to buy in that section.
They found one desirable piece in the hands Of
| Weller q Repetti, and bought it Q month be-
| fore the appropriation bill passed. He did not
consult with the Commissioners before buying
this property, and did not see them with refer
ence TO 1t until after the appropriation bill
passed.
When he negotiated with the Commissioners
| he had received no deed from Weller q Repetti.
Mr.. jas. A. Taylor's name was used because at
as purchasers it was likely that the price would
be enhanced. Then, too, it was required that
there should be Q warranty. He did not tell
the Commissioners that he had obtained an OBJ
ton, or that the deed would come from other
persona. Mr.. West said he sold the property
Tor $4,000, and made profit He said be was
not, in any sense, the agent Of the Commission
| ers.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE SITE.
Gen. West was next examined ~ TO the school
site at r and New Hampshire avenue. He said
in this case, after Obtaining promise from the
| Commissioners to buy, he went to Curtis ].
Hillyer and Thos. ]. Fisher q Co., who repre-
| sented the property, and got an option. Wit
ness sold II 70 the Commissioners Tor ell, 600.
Mr.. West claimed that similar state of facts
existed concerning the site purchased from w.
| B. Harlow, corner LIST and L streets north
west He claimed that this property ives on
the books Of Mr.. Hufty, his business associate.
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OH INDIANA AVENUE NEAR JUDICIARY
DUE square. second floor. furnished sncly en-
suite excellent table and attendance Also large 'front.'
upon reasonable terlnsI ts3s-3ts
A PRIVATE FAMILY WISHES FEw GENTLE
a men boarden- Apply northeast cor. 9Th and X sts
se 542s-3ts
nHE WEBSTER, 5l3 18TH ST NV. SIGHT.
IL seers' home; centrsl 10 All points Of interest;
aay. u 9 j; s IA DswisT. Prop Ss 70 = ~
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DENTISTRY,

RREE DENTAL INFIRNARY.-TEETH FILLED
Il and artnc1A testh nsszssd without ehArgA exosps
ment Of Columbian University, from 10 pm dslly
except sunday. Extr1ct,o6 fxss lnnrzpau opsa
~ nsr INV Hldnf 2 spscialty, fssth sz{sscssd
xiinoat paan y pszn -kllsr s2Phsd % syna aref-
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Gunner AZ Welcker next lhursday AZ O'Clock
in compliment TO the Massachusetts, delegation
In Congress.
Mrs. Susie A. Bergen, of Brooklyn, is visit
ing the city as the guest Of Mrs. Samuel Hodg-
kins, 1884 Q street northwest.
The wives of Admirals Roe and Bryson Lieut.
and Mrs. Roe, and the wife of Medical Director
Taylor, called on Mrs. Cleveland this afternoon
by special appointment
Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Taylor will leave fol-
their home in Philadelphia this evening.
Miss Lulu Horstman, of Philadelphia, is Wis.
iting Madame Guzman, 1924 18th street.
Mrs. Z. Key Buchanan will not be at home
to callers tomorrow, but viii assist Miss Gar.
land at her cabinet reception.
Judge and Mrs. Enoch Foster are stopping
at the residence of Mr.. A. X. Browne, SOL
Massachusetts avenue. Mrs. Foster intendl
spending the season here, while her husband
will shortly return to his duties on the bench
Mrs. B. II. Warner viii not receive to-mor.
row.
Hamline church was thronged this mornins
BIZ the friends and acquaintaaces Of Miss Minnie
Naylor and George Wilbur +. Swartzel to wit
ness their marriage. At 10 o'clock the entrancs
Of the bridal party in the church was announced
by the strains Of the wedding march. TIT
ushers. DIR. Henry B. Deale, Warder Voorhees,
Newton Adams and Wesley Oler, advanced al
the aisle and took their places on each side o
the altar. Then the bride entered the church
on the arm of her brother, and the groom, &C
companied by his best man, @. ID. Hedian, o
Baltimore, at the same time advanced up thu
other aisle meeting the bride at the altar. TIT
marriage ceremony was performed by thu
father Of the bride, Rev. Henry h Naylor
Bishop Hurst made the closing prayer. Tn
bridal couple left the city for trip south.
Mra 8. v. White, Of Brooklyn, entertained |
large party Of ladies at luncheon 1t the Hote
Arno yesterday. The guests we're Mrs. Olaf
lin, wife OF ex-governor Of Massachusetts,
guest Of honor; Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Harlan
Ingalls,, Mrs. Geo. b. Loring, Mrs. 8. II. Bryan
Mrs. L. n. d. Sweat, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Jas
= Edmoads, Ars. Mccartney, Mrs.. D. A
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LOST AND FOUND.

AOO1 AMI fOONO.
II OsT-GoING FROM n STREET 6. e, NEAR
~ 10th, to Double Combination store, old pocket
book containing o22 Person who has Il e Known ;
bring or send II 70 proprietor Of store and receive
ward. IT.
n 0sT-AT ALBAUGH's OPERA HOUSE on GO
II ing from 22d Ut. 70 the opera house, pair Of
8psss G u GA suitable reward v Be PAID
LOUND-A POcKRTBOOK THE OwNER Can
y have IL By applying to J. n. JksTER Executive
II O9T-A STRING OF GOLD NECKLACEBEADs;
~ gift Of . dsceased friend Finder WI receive .
liberal reward BY leaving them At the star ofoa t2D2s
II .osT-A LARoB MAsTIFf oYP. SUITABLE
~ reward vin be paid By returning same 70 sol New
CTRAYED on eTOLEN-JAN 18TH, A PUG DOG;
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COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.
EoR sALE-EIaHT ACRES. 2k. MILES FROM
the city on the Falls Church road This is one Of
OF the river commanding magnificent view OF the
CITY and all the Intervening country also the range Of
Maryland Heights from the Falls 10 Fort washing-
ton.
It is covered with beautiful grove of chestnut ana
oak trees, and would maze an unsurpassed residence
site. Win be sold cheap and on reasonable terms.
7. H. BYPHERD co,
ta12-3w i35i ct.
EOR sALE-slo,000, BELvOIR MANOR. FUR
Il nished, one hour by nail TO Baltimore waehing-
ton; 36o aerest Address OWNER, 1910 Mass. ave
NV. ta7dkk-lms
Tor sALE-NEAR STATIONS on METROPoLI-
IL tan Branch grain, fruit, stock poultry and
dairy farms TO 800 Lots, cottages and coun-
try homes. COOKE d. LUCKETT, 935 Ut. n3O- 3m
NOR sALE-l05 CHOICE sELECTIONsO OF FARMS
u AND SMALL COUNTRY HOMES, in immedi.ts
yleintty q w4snipgt1n nnely ad4Rtsd % FARMING,
or send for new bulletin Just issued.
n23-3m 7. h slPHERD Co. 1921 = ct.
LOR sALE-4O ACRES OF LAND X NILE FROM
l Benninga d. 2; Tine water. splendid farm, mall
Trustee aud Attorney-st-IAw. BsdensburE. Nd n9-3m
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MONEY TO LOAN

MONEY IN HAND TO LOAN IN SUMS To SUIT
1 ON approved real estate security No delay In ne
Eouaung Commission nominal ALBERT r. FOX
920 ST. NV. ja2o-lm
riNo LoAN-AT 5 PER CENT-s5, 600 TO $50 Ooa
u on city real estate Smaller sums q 8 Per cent
ja26-lms l5o3 pepnsSivsnia.xa
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FOR SALE-LOTS.

EoR sNE-A DECIDED BAReAIN III SOLD
l this weed. n bet 18th and 18th. eoxloO n 30
VIDE alley price. ~. O. Z. Hill. 9Th and sta.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-18
CURRENT COMMENTS.

%"You boys in blue won the law
suit between the North and South.
but we got the mule" is the way in
which a Confederate Colonel states
the result of the war. That is an ele.
CANT way for a defeated litigant to
feel.-Sioux City ga Journal
D6All at once the Democratic
newspapers have become sympathiz-
ers with Tanner and denounee Presi-
dent Harrison for injustice and in
gratitude in removing him. The ways
of Democratic newspapers are past
finding out Chicago Journal
D@The Democratic Treasurer of
Louisiana and some of his enterpris-
ing party friends have overissued thu
bonds Of that State to the amount of
$500, 600 Democratic rule comes high.
but the people of the South seem de-
termined to have it at any cost st
Louis Globe Democrat.
~As protectionist candidate for
Governor on free-trade platform
Hon James E. Campbell. of Ohio,
should call in the assistance Of Brother
Grady. the protectionist editor Of .
paper supporting . Democratic free
trade policy. They can sympathize
with each other when they get left
Indianapolis Journal.
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obliged to consent to be rid of me; Of course
you win go to housekeeping ct once"
"Yes, DR.. Conroy is 50 thoroughly tired
Of boarding, though upon what scale I am
sure know not; I have never questioned
him"
"Not pinched one, my dear" said Isa-
bel, nodding her head knowingly. THE doc
tor is far from being poor man."
81 am glad of that" said Lottie, sweetly
81 had feared so much that might be q
hindrance to him, if he was yet poor, and
struggling for success, but il he can AFFORD
such an expensive luxury as weakly wife
is liable to be, shall feel better satisfied,
for of course it would be folly for me to ex-
pect to be as strong as many are"
Eyes, my little friend. you might as well
decide that you are never gong to bear the
world ON those slender shoulders OF yours,
and save yourself some inevitable dissp-
pointment; but you have mission OF
sweetness and patience, which no one but
you can accomplish, and which the most Of
us would fail in. So be comforted, my dear;
it seems to be one OF the compensations OF
life thst the weakness Of the flesh adds
strength and grace to the spirit"
Major Darlington met the travellers Of
the station when they alighted, and vel
coined them with warm Southern hospital
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fact, his dying was the greatest feature OF
his performance.
On returning to my home after these
periods of adolescent dissipation, this ebon-
haired, big eyebrowed, saturnine miscreant
was indehbly impressed upon my mind,
and even in my dreams I could see him
balancing himself on one leg on-the foot
board of my bed imbibing goblets of liquid
fire, or calmly sitting upon me and playful
ly pun cturing my throat with murderous
looking dagger; as he was known in the
atrical parlance as 1.-THE Heavy Man" the
oppression l experienced while he was max
ing a sofa Of my abdomen can be better
imagined than described.
had seen him killed in almost every play
had witnessed, but he seemed to be en-
lowed with more lives than the proverbial
feline; he had been shot at SO many times
by virtuous young heroes that fancied his
body must in some respect resemble
human porous plaster, while the number Of
occasions on which he had been hanged by
An infuriated and outraged populace would
put the multiplication table to the blush,
and fully persuaded myself that his neck
partook something Of the nature OF india
rubber, and was as elastic as his conscience.
One day chance made me personally &C
quainted with my bcte-nOtrc, having been in
troduced to him by q mutual friend. I was
about saying that found him in the bosom
Of his family, but truth compels the cd
mission that that particular locality was
pre-empted by the youngest member Of his
household future Roscius, SIX months
old. He, the parent, not the infant, asked
me il / had ever seen him act, and an
swered that had; but something in my
countenance must have BETRAYED me, for he
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THE COMING CONGRESS.

Why Its Opening L Awaited with Blseo
Than General Interest.
The reason why the opening Of the
Fifty first Congress is awaited with
more general interest than was ex-
cited by the gathering Of any Of it's
predecessors in recent years can
readily be pointed out. This year,
for the first time since 1875, the Re-
publican party will be in control of
both branches of our National Legis-
lature. Every Congress which met
since March Of that year has been
dominated in its popular branch by the
Democracy, except that which began
its existence with the Presidency OF
James A. Garfield. and that party ex.
ercised supremacy in the upper as
well as the lower branch of the Con-
gress preceding that one. In the
Forty-seventh Congress, however.
which was in existence during the
first half OF the Garfeld-Arthur ad.
ministration, although the Republic.
ans had small majority in the
House. the Senate was a tie, there be.
ing thirty-seven Republicans. the
same number OF Democrats, one Re-
acknowledgements one indie.
pendent-David Davis. Malone usual
ly voted with the Republicans on par.
tisan matters, while Davis distributed
his favors nearly equally between the
two parties, but neither party was in
full and unrestricted control of that
body.
The fact that not for sixteen years
past until now has any Congress come
into being which was dominated in both
branches by the Republicans will di-
rect the attention of the country with
more than usual interest to the ona
which will assemble this year. When
the Forty-third Congress met in 1873
Grant was just beginning his second
term in the Presidency. Over the up
per branch of that Congress Vice-Pres.
ident Henry Wilson presided. with
Matthew H Carpenter and Henry B.
Anthony successfully Presidents Of
the Senate pro tempore. James G.
Blaine was made Speaker of the House
in that year for the third time. That
was the latest Congress over which the
Republicans bore undisputed sway in
both branches. and the country is anx-
ious to see how they will aequit them.
selves in the coming one, after having
been prevented from exercising full
legislative power for about decade
and half past. That the party will
meet the expectations of the country
in this direction seems altogether safe
to predict. The Republicans were in.
trusted with power and responsibility
in an era in which the problems to be
met and mastered were far mora
numerous and complex than those
which confront the country at this
moment, and they at all times proved
themselves equal to the most delicate
and exacting requirements of the sit
uation.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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DALZELL AND TANNER.
The Private Explains Why He Publlshe

The Private Explains Why He Published
tho Commissioners Letter.
Private Dalzell admits that he alone
is responsible for the publication Of
Mr.. Tanners private letter to him.
and he says that he did it in order
''to settle finally and forever the truth
of all my published statements" as
lit corroborated and indicated
me in all my statements about
you and the deputyship which was
promised me-" This avowal by the
high private settles the whole ques-
ton. 1t proves that Mr.. Dalzell
allowed himself to be governed by his
disappointed ambition. He expected
an appointment from President Har-
rison and failed to get it, hence his
present attitude of hostility to his old
party.
Private Dalzell has many friends
among the newspaper men and poll
ticians of Ohio who will regret his
conduct on account of the disgrace it
will bring upon himself. He can not
take one vote from the Republican
party unless it be his own. and we
venture the assertion that he will
vote re straight Republican ticket in
N<>-smber. After this little whirl of
excitement is over he will rever. to
his old opinion chat his party is
greater than any man and that every
owes it to his country
never to allow any personal dlsap-
pOintment to lessen his fidelity to his
Leader.
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A SUPERB COMPLIMENT.

Mr.. Depew's Comments on Presiden
Harris0n's Foreign Policy.
How gracefully and effectually Mr..
Depew, in his speech before the New
York Republican convention, referred
to the policy of President Harrison's
Administration toward the Central
and South American peoples in these
words:
But now that it is for US to administer affairs,
the needs OF the country demand that the pro-
lection of our Industries shall be supplemented
by every effort to find for their surplus mar
ket. The most interesting part OF the great
International Exhibition at Paris to an Amer
lean is its palaces, erected by the South Amer
lean republics, and their contents. Absolutely
unknown to US, immigration and enterprise
have stimulated in these countries - our
neighbors-an Industrial development in the
last ten years more rapid than our own.
The whole of this vast and marvelously
increasing trade now belongs to Europe.
E ght years ago an eminent Republican
statesman foresaw the advantages of a
closer alliance with those countries and
endeavored to bring 10 about. Now he finds
himself again the Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
comprehensive and liberal-minded statesman,
In full harmonS with his views. The Monroe
doctrine, when tnunciated seventy years ago,
became the common faith of all political par
ties in this country. The danger then was that
the young and weak nationalities which as
serted there independence might fall under the
domination Of European and monarchical pow
ers, and the United States Government said in
emphatic language that 1t would never permit
European governments to overthrow these re-
publics and gain a foothold upon these conti-
nents. But the rapid and peaceful evolution
IN the material conditions for half a century
has given larger scope and grander meaning
to the famous doctrine of Monroe. II will find
expressions in the congress which our Admins
tration has invited to meet next month at
Washington, in which will be represented the
republics Of North aua South America. It will
be permanent political friendship and the
closest commercial alliance among all coun-
tries on the Western Hemisphere.
This statement of the approaching
application of the Pan-American poll
icy OF President Harrison and his chief
adviser is simply perfect and is as
timely as it is remarkable for its style
and power.-N. Y. Mail and Express
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ISABEI;
From Shop to Mansion.
The Romantic Story Of q Dress
Makers Rise In Life

Copyrighted, Iss9.l
CHAPTER x


In the following weeks Isabel had need OF
all her firmness and presence of mind, for,
as DIR. Conroy had said, there was a pro-
longed struggle for life in the sick room
the first week had been one of delirious
raving, and her heart sank within her as
she repeatedly heard HIM muttering. "She
does not love me; she does not love me, -
in such sad tones that it pierced her very
heart.
She knew her own heart now fully; in
those terrible nights of watching, when she
had sat beside him, breathless with fear
and suspense, the thought had come to her
in all its chilling force-of what life would
be to her without him, and she knew that
she loved him with a deel devotion which
would last through eternity.
She told him so again and again, as she
knelt by his bedside, but he only looked at
her with a blank stare, not comprehending
or caring for the intelligence which would
have made him so happy in health.
She kissed his fevered face and bathed it
In tears of contrition as she bemoaned the
answer she had given him in that last
moment Of partial sanity, when he had
asked her If she loved hun. And yet, how
could she have answered him differently,
without being sure of her own feelings.
Mrs. Montford had brought her skill and
experience into the sick-room at once, scorn-
ing DR.. Conroy's proposition to install