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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
\ MYSTERIOUS BLOW.

An Old Colored Man Killed by Stone
Thrown by an Unknown Hand.
On Christmas Day Samuel Duvall, an old and
respected colored man, was standing in his
door, 24O6 street, watching a lot of
children coasting on their sleds. While thus
engaged the old man was heard to give a cry,
and fell forward on the pavement
while the blood spurted from wound
in the head. He was carried into
his home and physicians summoned.
1t was discovered that some one had thrown
huge stone, striking Duvall in the head DR..
Newman found that the skull was fractured.
The police were notified, and ever since
have been endeavoring to ascertain who threw
the stone, but have not made any headway.
The condition of the injured man continued to
grow worse, and on Friday his ante-mortem
statement was taken, but he could give no
clue to the identity of his assailant On
Saturday morning DR.. Newman noti-
fed the police that death was near
and at 1890 the man passed away. What mo-
tive prompted the assassination it is hard to
conjecture, as old man Duvall was known to be
without ar enemy. The police are of the
opinion that the stone was thrown accidentally
They are still at work on the case.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
over 600 Persons Drowned,

LONDON, Dec. 27,-Further adYices from
China as to the burning of the steamship
Shanghai, near Woo Hoo, in the province of
Nghan Hoel, about fifty miles from Marking,
shows that the disaster was much more serious
than at first imagined. 1t now seems that the
number of lives lost will amount to over two
hupdred, and that they all lost their lives by
drowning. A terrible panic it appears. oc-
CURED among the Chinese passengers and crew
as soon as the alarm of fire was heard, ana the
panic increased terribly when the flames spread
beyond the control of the terror-stricken crew.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Grand Duke Constantine DIVINE.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec 27.-Grand Duke Con-
stantine, the Czar's uncle, is dying Grand
Duke Constantine was born at st. Petersburg
September 81, 1927, is the Circle-de-camp in
General ofthe Emperora and Grand Admiral of the
important positions, In his character of Ad-
miral he, at certain period, ventured to arrest
his elder brother, the late Czar, who was on
board the Grand Admiral's ship at the time for
which he was himself placed under arrest by
his father. Grand Duke Constantine married
August 30, lS48, the Princess Alexandra,
daughter Of Joseph, Duke of xe-Altenburg
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Drowned in Chesapeake Raw

BALTIMORE, Dec 27.-The schooner John c..
Smith, Capt. Kneeland, arrived this morning
from New York, reports the drowning of the
mate, Edwin NJ. Cole, during the storm on
Christmas Day. The schooner was coming in
between Capes Charles and Henry The snow
was falling thickly and heavy northeast wind
was blowing. Mate Cole was leaning against
the starboard railing when lurch Of the
schooner pitched him overheard. A small boat
could not have lived in the sea that was run
ming, and the captain would not allow it to be
lowered. Nothing was seen of the man after
he went over the side. Mate Cole was thirty
five years of age and lived in Winchester, Mass.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
PERSONAL.

Midshipman Harry Russell, son of Admiral
Russell, isspending the holidays with his parents
on De Sales street
Mr.. w. p. Van Wick!e, manager for the Rrsd-
bury pianos, has been critically i'll at his resi-
dence. l757 Q street, but is now slowly convalesc
ing.
Mrs. Captain F, A. Whitney, of the Eighth In
tantry has arrived from Fort Neobrara, Neb.,
and Is visiting her sister, Mrs a. B. Mullet, at
No. @5Ol Pennsylvania avenue
Mr. Joe Reynolds, formerly of Washington,
but row Of the wholesale grocery firm Of Rev
nolds Heath, Memphis, Tenn. is visiting
relatives on II street northwest, in this city.
Hon. Samuel Norment, the distinguished
founder and president of the Central National
Bank, has been elected director of the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company. The addition
OF Mr.. Norment's name to the directory of this
successful company will prove a fresh element
OF strength, as he has been identified with the
most successful enterprises and institutions Of
Washington for many years, and is the largest
holder of real estate in the District of Columbia
MrW. II. Compton, chief of the examining diyI-
sion sixth Auditors Office. has rendered hs resig-
nation, to take effect on the appointment Of his
successor. Mr.. Compton was u most efficient
and popular officer, and his resignation was ac-
cepted with much regret. Auditor Coulter made
the following Endorsement on his letter of resg-
nation to Secretary Window: "Whle I regret
very much 10 lose the services Of Mr.. Compton,
who has discharged every duty imposed on him
with fidelity and care, inasmuch as he wishes
to engage IN private enterprise, ] have the honor
TO forward this with the recommendation that
the same be accepted" The clerks of his division
presented him with handsome diamond stud.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE nrUDDnE.
Clerk Jewetts Answer-He Wants the
Court to Define His Duty.


CONCORD, n H., Dec 27.-Clerk Jewett has
filed this afternoon the answers to the bills en-
tered against him by the Democrats in connec-
ton with the makeup of the roll of the next
House of Representatives He AYERS therein
that he is not preparing roll of members
elect for use in the organization of the next
House of Representatives; that he intends to
prepare legal roll and to do his duty in the
premises according to law; that he is not now
able to determine what his duty will be, be-
cause no certificates of election have been pre-
sented to him; that he does not know how
many, if any, of said forty persons named in
the bill will present certificates or claim to have
their names put upon the roll, or what will be
the form or substance of such certificates if any
are presented containing their names; that he is
informed that the certificates returned to the
office of the Secretary of State are formally and
substantially unlike on this point that for this
ana other reasons he has refrained from deter
mining any question that may arise on the GER
tlhcates,an has merely desired ,and still DESIRES
to be informed and instructed as to his duty in
the premises. He says he has supposed, and
still supposes, it to be his duty to put on the
roll seventeen names, mentioned in the petition
provided the proper certificates are presented,
and that he now intends to put them on files,
unless he shall become satisfied that such is not
his duty. But, nevertheless he prays advice,
instruction, and decree of the court as to his
duty in the premises,
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
The Split in the Irish Party

PARIS, Dec. 27.-Since Mr.. William O'Brien's
arrival here he has been beset by horde of
French and foreign reporters, but he has not
yet breathed a word as to whether he fayors a
reconciliation with Mr.. Parnell or will advocate
permanent rupture with his former leader
Among the important communications which
Mr.. OBren found awaiting him at Boulogne
was letter from leading English Radical,
stating that the split in the Irish party must
soon be repaired, otherwise the Liberals would
De pc forced to subordinate home rule for Ireland
to other questions. The Paris papers GENERALLY
lean toward Mr. Parnell
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Inspired by the Ex-ChancelIor

BERLIN, Dec. 27.-The prospects of the sub
mission of the conservative majority in the
Landtag on the Communal Reform bill have be-
come remote. Prince Bismarck's organ, the
Hamburgcr Ndchrichtcn, in a series of articles
evidently inspired by the ex-Chancellor, urges
the conservatives not to yield. Herr Rauchaupt,
a Leading conservative who is president of the
committee which has charge of the BILL de-
clared to Herr Herrfurth Prussian Minister of
the Interior, thai The @9SarDment must accept
notifications OF the measure or take what other
course it pleased in the matter.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
A STRONG ENDORSEMENT.
What Business Man Says of The Herald"
as an Advertising Medium.

What Business Man Says of The Herald"
as an Advertising Medium.
To the Editor of The Sunday Herald:
Speaking of good advertising mediums, re-
gard THE SUNDAY HERALD second to none in
the city. do not hesitate in saying am more
than convinced that any one using your
columns to bring their business before the
people will get abundant returns, as l have
done. 1t has been my experience that the re-
suits obtained from an advertisement in THE
HERALD were greater and more prompt than
from advertisements in any other paper. This,
have no doubt, is due to the fact that people
have more time to read their paper on Sunday
than on other days of the week, and thus the
advertisements receive an amount OF atten-
ton which they never obtain in other
papers The paper published exclusively on
Sunday is like q friend we only meet on rare
occasions. We give him more attention than
to the friends we meet every day or twice or
three times day; we listen to all he has to say,
and it fixes itself in our memory more firmly
than the remarks of those we run across in the
hurry of weekday existence. The HERALD
regard as the best advertising medium in Wash
ington, and l wish it all success.
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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Gabrieuo's FATHERS Only wish.

PARIS, Dec. 97,--1he father of Gabrielle Bonn
pard, the accomplice of Michael Eyraud, in the
murder of Notary Taussaint Gouffe, said to-
day, in the course Of an interview, that he CON
only one wish regarding his daughter, and that
was that she might die quickly. From his
daughters childhood, NJ. Bompard declared,
nothing could be done to check her perverse
instincts
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Big Fraud on Farmers.

BELLEvILLE, ONT, Dec. Chichester Wimot
YereX, well known in connection with the
Hulless oat scheme, has been arrested in
Bremen, Germany, under instructions from the
BRITISH Vice Consul, on charge Of forgery. This
ends one of the biggest frauds ever successfully
worked on the farmers of Ontario, and one
which caused an endless amount of hardship
and litigation. YereX will be extradted by the
Bank of Commerce.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Death OF an EstimabIe Lady.

Mrs. Hill, wife Of Maj. George /. Hill, of
Georgetown, died at late hour last night at
her residence on NJ street, West Washington.
Mrs. Hill was perhaps one of the best known
women Of the District, as she was during her
HE connected with every charity organization
IN the city. She was the mother of large fam
lily. and Maj. Hill has the sympathy of hundreds
of friends in his loss
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
The senate,s Brier Session

There were eighteen Senators present when
the Senate met at noon yesterday. These were
Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Edmunds,
Hiscock, Hoar, Morrill,, Paddock, Sanders,
Stewart, Teller, and Wilson, of Iowa, on the
Republican side, and Carlisle, Faulkner, Cor
man, Harris, and Pasco, on the Democratic
side Prayer was said by the Chaplain, and
then, the journal of Wednesday last having
been read and approved, the Senate, on motion
OF MIR. Hoar, adjourned tilI Monday at noon
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Greek Letter Society Meeting

RICHMOND, VA, Dec. 27.-1he Alpha Tau
Omega Fraternity, in biennial session here, to-
day, elected officials forthe ensuing term. Rep
resentatiVes We're present from every section of
the United States The next congress will be
will be w. j. Sanford, Alabama; poet, 7. ID.
Williams, North Carolina. The society ad-
journed tonight with banquet
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
A Bloody and Fatal ARRAY.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec, ~. An AppeaI-
Aralanche special from Pine Bluff, Ark, says:
"Meagre details were received here to-day of a
bloody affray at Swan Lake, in Africa, this
county. Two negroes are reported dead and
ten injured. The row originated at dance.
No names are obtainable because of the excite
ment"
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Auburn Prison Aflre.

AUBURN, N, y, Dec. 27.-The fire in the
prison to-day entirely destroyed the State shop,
two hundred feet long by forty feet wide, and
two stories high. A number of valuable tools and
200 dozen horse-collars We're destroyed. Loss,
about $4,000; not insured. The whole loss
falls on the State. Several firemen were injured.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Big Railway Depot DESTROYED.

UlNCNNATI, Dec. ".-Ihe freight depot OF
the Little Miami Railroad burned at $50
O'Clock tonight. The length of the building
was fifteen car lengths about six hunered feet
by about one hundred and twenty-five feet
wide. At the time of the fire it contained
about forty-three carloads Of unloaded freight
though only four freight cars were in the depot.
Among the freight were ninety barrels
spread with great rapidity, and within half an
hour the building was total wreck. The snow
delayed the fire engines somewhat though
prompt and efficient service was quickly at
hand, and the fire was brought under control
within an hour and half after it started. The
total loss is estimated at about one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. The loss on the building
will be $25, 900, with no insurance.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
He Passed FORGED Checks.

HARRISBURG, PA, Dec. 27.-A man giving
the name of H. w. Bower, of Philadelphia, sue
ceeeed in passing two forged checks upon busi-
ness men of this city this week He came here
Tor the alleged purpose of establishing Penn
sylVania Bureau Of Southern Information. He
has left the CITY
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

The great trouble with silver as circulating
medium seems to be that it won't circulate.
The complaint is again heard that all the avail
able vault space of the Government is filled
with silver dollars, and if coinage is continued
new vaults will have to be built. To an out
slider it looks very much as if there was some
thing hopelessly clumsy and unavoidable about
this sort of a monetary system.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

Yes, there is some one to mourn for LOGAN.
"ADmoNDAcK" MURRAY has registered VOW
to erect memorial stone on the spot where
Sitting Bull fell. Where Mr.. MURRAY has reg
istered his vow is not stated, but no doubt the
proper officers will see to it that he fulfls the
contract
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Gave the Sick Baby Carbolic Acid


CINCINNATI, Dec. 27.-Louis Schwing, worn
out with watching at the bedside of his four
year-old daughter, who had diphtheria, took
brief sleep yesterday, and, suddenly awakening
at the stroke of two by the clock, hurriedly
poured teaspoonful of medicine for the child
from bottle on the table and gave it to her. A
shrek from the child, followed by agonizing
contortions, aroused him fully and looking at
dhe M bottle he found he had given carbolic acid.
The child died in two hours, and Schwing was
with difficulty restrained from taking his own
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Norld's Chess Championship.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The eighth game of
the match for the championship of the world
between Messrs. w. Steinitz and Isidor
Gunsberg, to-day at the Manhattan Chess Club,
resulted in a draw The score now stands:
Steinitz, 3; Gunsberg, 2; drawn, 3,
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

the Force bill, and its growth is so slow and
attended with so much internal travail that it is
doubtful if it will ever reach full development
or be of any use if it should. II the body is
fatally exhausted in the effort to nurture the
limb to perfection the final gain can hardly be
great
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
The New Western Railway Combine

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-At a meeting of
the board of directors of the Southern Pacific
to-day the plan of the new Western railway
combination, recently formed In New York,
was ratified, and g. p. Huntington and j. @.
Stubbs were chosen members Of the advisory
board.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

The Oklahoma Legislature has adjourned, but
the Indians down there have caught the ghost
dancing craze, so that the good land bad) peo-
pie OF the blooming young Territory will not be
without their customary excitement
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
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THE SUNDAY HERALD" is convinced
that there is an organized gang of paper
thieves in this city, who follow it's carriers
around and take the papers from the door
steps. We will pay a reward of $40 for the
arrest and conviction of any one of these
thieves.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
The Dead Count and Dying Count

The Dead Count and Dying Countess.
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 27.-Count Parish, whose
death occurred here Thursday and was followed
by the attempted suicide of his wife came from
noble family in Austria. His father formerly
occupied position of state in the Austrian EN-
pre, and he still stands at the head of one of the
foremost banking houses of Austria A little
over five years ago Count Parish came to this
country and went first to San Francisco, where
his half-brother is now Austrian consul. He
was married in Galveston, his wife being at one
time teacher of art in the University of Gal
weston. A cablegram has been received from
the counts father, ordering the body embalmed
and sent to Austria, and also in case of death
OF the countess to have her body shipped there
also: In case she survives she is to go to her
mother-in-law, there to take her station and
rank with her acknowledgements
LATER.-Countess Parisi, who attempted
suicide by taking poison Christmas Day on ac-
count OF OF the death of her husband, died at Ma
tional City to-day.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

The presence of ladies at the New England
dinner and the tariff reform jubilee dinner in
New York last week does not seem to be re-
garded as an unmi1ed success. 1t seems the
ladies talked too much among themselves while
the orators were Grating, distracting the atten-
tion of the audience and making the men who
had paid $40 plate to attend the dinners feel
that they were not getting the worth of their
money. AT the tariff-reform dinner, especially,
the occupants of the boxes are said to have
been much more interested in Mrs CLEvE-
LANDS diamonds and the golden fillet in her
hair than they were in the words of wisdom and
graduation which fell from her husbands lips.
Wine, women, and song are supposed to harmo-
nize perfectly, but set speeches don't seem to be
a good working substitute for the last of the
trio.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
THE SAFETY OF SOCIETY

me rope Considers the Question the
Greatest of tho Present Time.
PARIS, Dec 27.-Advices from Rome state
that the Pope has finished the draft of his encv-
clical upon the Social question. His Holiness
has been working upon the subject for over
yeai, and at his request the most cempetent
economists and bishops of different countries.
including America, have furnished memoranda
The Pope considers the question the preatest of
the present time. The encycical Will be the
crowning act of the Popes work in this direc
tion. The encyclical will review and expound
the whole question affecting wareworlers.
II Inc document will comprise three parts. First,
His Holiness will develope the general nrinci,
pies upon which Social economy is founded and
the dominant idea of distributing Justice, which
should regulate the intercourse of men and the
spread of wealth. The Pope says that distribu-
tton and restorative justice is needed to prevent
misery and sweating on one side and exorbtapt
riches and tyranny on the other.
Inc second part comprises the origin and
cause OF the present condition of the social
problem. On this point his Holiness takes
socialism
The third part contains the views of the Pope
regarding the remedies, beyond religious and
moral influence, to be advocated. His Holiness
expresses hlmselt again in favor of Intervention
oy inc state within the limits previously set
torth. lie condemns capitalism Us now Or
ganized, and advocates more equitable dis
trihution of riches
;, The eneyclieal will probably appear before
Easter. The Pope works upon it nearly every
day. He is convinced that papacv and the
church should lead the present social and
democratic movement and will appeal to all
conservative forces and to Protestants to aid in
securing the safety of society,"
The Pope's physician says His Holiness NAV
live for sometime yet, as he has robust con
stltutlon and is suffering from no infirmity
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

1t may be true-it doubtless is true-that
justice was net done when FRANK WARD was
acquitted of the charge of murder brought
against him; but this furnishes no sufficient
ground for the violent attack which has been
made by a New York paper on the courts,
juries and people of Washington. No fragrant
miscarriage Of justice in recent years can be
recalled here Our public prosecutors
are usually as able and Jealous, our
judges are as learned and unbiased,
and our juries as intelligent probably,
as in any other city in the country.
There seems no ground for belief that in
the WARD case the interests of public justice
were not ably and faithfully looked after by
the prosecution. But the defense was con-
Quoted with conspicuous brilliancy and in
genuity by some of the ablest criminal
lawyers in the country, and it cannot be
doubted it secured thereby an advantage which
it would be eminently unjust to hold the prose
cution responsible for If the result of the
trial was unsatisfactory the fault lies with the
system under which our juries are chosen and
with the entire jury system itself The law of
the District narrows down the available jury
material to an extent unheard of
in other cities. As q consequence the diff
Guilty of obtaining the right kind of men for
cases of the first Importance is very great and
if verdicts are occasionally unsatisfactory to
the public, it is hardly to be wondered at.
The jury system is at fault. When juries can
be made up of men of trained minds and
judicial habits, accustomed to weighing evi-
dence and careful to guard themselves against
the promptings of sentiment and emotion when
the law is so framed that the exact grade of
crime can be designated by the jury, then we
may expect verdicts that will commend them
selves to all as models of justice.