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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
DEMONETIZiNG SILVER.
"A Syndicate Exchanging Gold for
Roumaniau Silver Coin.

The director OF the min. has received from
the minister of tine United States at Bucharest
an account of the recent characterization Of
full legal tender silver coins by the Rouma-
man government in pursuance of law passed
by the chamber of deputies III March last, sub
shutting the single gold standard for the
double standard i'll that country. In pursu-
ance of this law The minister of finance is re-
CURED to substitute within year an equal
number Of gold francs for silver francs now in
the national bank, and upon which legal tender
paper was issued.
Under this authority the minister of finance
contracted with syndicate for the exchange
of 10000 900 francs of silver at the rate of 100
francs OF silver tor 10 francs of gold, the syndi
cate to have the privilege Of taking on the same
terms within a given period the remaining
$1,000. 900 francs of silver. The total amount
to be exchanged for god is IL, 600 coo francs Of
silver. of which 10000. 900 are now in the bank.
A: the agreed rate of exchange the silver
hand will return in gold to the bank about
-, go, 900 francs. or loss of 1l,750000 francs
in making the change to the gold standard. In
addition TO the silver in the bank there is now
in circulation about 81 000. 600 francs in silver.
which are to remain subsidiary silver cur
rency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
THE BEHRING SEA QUESTION.
Canadian Excitement Regarding the
Difficulty is Abating.

An Ottawa dispatch in the New York Times
today says: The Dominion government re-
ceived official idyices yesterday afternoon
from Victoria, b. c., that the report about
Canadian sealing vessels fitting up there
for defensive operations in Behring
sea is without foundation. The State
Department was considerably exercised
regarding the situation there, but now
all fears of injudicious proceedings by British
subjects have been dispelled That feeling
of bitterness exists against the American exec
utive is unquestioned. 1t has considerably
modified since the semi-offcial announcement
that pending negotiations no seizures would
take place IN Behring sea.
A high official in the fisheries department
talked freely to the Times correspondent. He
did not deny that If persuasive influence had
not been resorted to the Canadian sealers, ex-
asperated at the long delay IN securing a set
tlement, would have gone north prepared for
any emergency. Early last month the British
fishermen met at Victoria TO devise means for
resisting capture. Many favored arming their
vessels. Wiser counsels prevailed, thanks to
the energetic protests of Col. Prior NJ p, an
influential Pacific coast politician, who saw in
lll-advised action the most serious conse-
quenccs.
Though far removed from the sealing
grounds public sentiment in eastern Canada
respecting the dispute is thoroughly aroused.
The various newspapers, irrespective of party
nnes, are abatlng their complaints about Eng
lands procrastinatng policy and with one ac-
cord assert that the Dominion's national dig
nifty must be maintained at all hazards.
Cipher messages are constantly passing be-
tween the authorities at Ottawa and the
colonial Office, but regarding the precise ma
ture OF the negotiations nothing definite can
be ascertained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
GLAD TO GET RID OF HIM.
The Tailor of the Due d'Orlcans Was .
Prisoner Also.

From London Truth.
The Due dOrleans was not more glad to
leave Clairvaux than NJ. Arnaud, the governor.
was to see him set at liberty. That functionary
is what lola would call un bon zig. He is q
clever, scholarly man, and thorough Bohe-
milan, prizing most intellectual freedom and
independence OF the comforts and elegancies of
civilized life. Longing in public libraries,
cafes and newspaper Offices were his great
pleasures before he was sent to govern Clair
vaux. There is sub-governor there who
manages the prison SO well III his absence that,
until the Due d'orleans became prisoner, the
governor was often able to run to Paris. But
after that event he WAS himself virtually q
prisoner. The dues letters and those he re-
ceiyed had to be read. Orders were sent down
from Paris to make things as pleasant as might
be without scanGalous disregard of the rules.
the due falling ill from indigestion. The hill
sides round Clairvaux are rich in those ali
mentary snails that fatten Oh the vines.
AS the captive was never tired of eating them
and they are hard to digest. NJ. Arnaud was in
constant fear OF being charged with trying to
poison the lllustrlous prisoner, and SO, to
counteract the effects OF q too richly furnished
table, he was always urging him to take exer-
else. The dues relatives did their best not to
let him derive moral benefit from his ordeal.
He was pampered by them to an uncomfortable
degree. Hampers were constantly arriving
with aliMcntary luxuries. He had an impatient
temper and on his name day got into q tan
trum on coming out of his bed room and see
ing his big sitting room filed with flowers.
''Tant de fleurs, ct 81 peu dc libertc!' he said
and kicked the bouquets about. Everything
that could be done was done to keep him on a
bed OF roses. At the outset he rather enjoyed
the pedestal on which, he conceived, being in
prison set him. But he ended, as well he
might. by getting sick of confinement and
turned pale, as, on the hundredth day of his
captivity, the governor reminded him that he
had only undergone an eighth part of the time
to W hich he was sentenced
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HAD HIS MONEY IN HIS LEG.
Queer Hiding Place in Which q Coun-
terfeiter Kept His Wealth.

Little Rock, Ark. special to the New York
Herald today says: Mac Hinkle, a one-legged
man, was examined last evening by United
States Commissioner Goodrich, charged with
passing counterfeit money, and bound over in
the sum of $1,000. When first arrested and
searched nothing was found upon Hinkle TO
justify the charge, although several identified
him as the person from whom they had OBJ
tanned bogus coin.
Hinkle wears a cork Leg and the officers made
him take 1t off. In a cavity IN the leg they dis
covered a quantity of spurious paper money,
together with compounds for changing the color
of confederate bills to the hue of the genuine
greenback. Among the money was a one-dol-
lar greenback raised to a tfty-dollar note and
other bills raised from ten dollars.
There we're several ten and twenty-dollar
bills on the Charlottetown Bank of Prince Ed
ward Island which were pronounced genuine,
although the signature of the cashier Of the
bank was not attached. This bank failed some
time ago. The bills are thought to have been
stolen after being signed by the president
Two or more of these twenty-dollar bills were
passed on bank here either by Hinkle or an
accomplish,
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MADE HIM RICH FOR FUN.
Idle Brokers Amuse Themselves With n
Barefoot Newsboy.

From the New York Sun, today.
Things were little slow on the stock ex-
change in the afternoon yesterday and in trav-
cling from the stock exchange to Delmonico's
a number of the brokers, among them Dick
Halstead and ]. W. Bass, saw u little shaver Of
about nine, barefooted and ragged The
little fellow has sold newspapers in the
neighborhood, but it wasn't time for the
evening papers and he locke Il idle and more or
less discousclate. The brokers took the little
fellow into Delmonico's with them, got an
empty cigar box, cut slot in il and nailed it
up, and with the little fellow solicited sub
scriptions from all their friends in the place at
the time. Then they took him into the ex-
change with them and passed the box around
there. As result a little over S1OO was
chlpped in. The boy stuffed the money into
his ragged pockets and left the street for the
day. He will not sell newspapers for some
time to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
AN UNLICENSED COUNTY BAR.
Judge Miller Lays Down the Law in a
Liquor Case

This afternoon in the Police Court Judge
Miller laid down the law on one branch OF the
liquor question for the benefit of the author
tiles and said he was doing it for the last time.
License Clerk Montague was present and he
got the benefit of ii. The judges remarks
were made in the case OF Fred ID. Rose, who
was charged with being an unlicensed liquor
dealer i'll the county.
The law, said Judge Miller, is plain and any
three-year-old child who can't understand it
ought TO be turned out of school He thought
the Commissioners could do no better thing
than follow the law.
The defendant in the case filed his applica-
ton for license and it was twice rejected.
The second time the rejection was made the
applicant was notified to withdraw what money
was due him.
CALLED FOR HIS LICENSE MONEY.
Mr.. Rose swore that he called for the money,
but that Mr.. Montague told him that he would
have to get certificate from the police lieu
tenant. He called on the lieutenant but could
not get the certificate.
Mr.. Montague aid not deny what Mr. Rose
said, but stated that he did not remember what
conversation occurred between Mr.. Rose and
himself.
THE JUDGES SENTENCE.
Judge Miller. commenting on letter of the
Commissioners, said he had nothing to do with
the rules of the Commissioners, but when a
case is tried here 1t must be disposed of &C
cording to law and the facts. The judge quoted
the act of the legislative assembly and said
that as long as the authorities keep an open ac-
count with the applicant the court cannot deal
with the matter.
The judge finally told Mr.. Montague that if
an application is rejected and the applicant
fails to withdraw his deposit and conducts
business after that time the court will fine him.
even though his money is still in the hands of
the District. In this particular case. the Judge
said. the rejection was in May and the applicant
did not call for his money until June. lie left
it there at his peril and he can therefore pay a
fine of $50.
The case was appealed
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MARRIAGE A FAILURE.
A Bride Of One Night Now In Lancas-
ter Jail.

Lancaster, Pa, special says: Hugh McGee-
han of this city and Nora Breidenbach, for
merly of Reading, appeared before Alderman
Halbach last night with marriage license
and asked to be made man and wife. The
alderman performed the ceremony, and the
bridal couple then proposed to take their
wedding trip in buggy driving around town
After spending some time in this way the
groom got cut to ''see man." moment
later young friend of the bride came along
and she invited him in the buggy to take a
ride. They drove away, and the enraged
groom promptly went before Alderman Barr
and made complaint against his wife for
larceny. The runaway couple were arrested
at an early hour this morning, and the bride
of night spent the morning hours in the
station house and is now in the county Jail
awaiting hearing.
Nora now says she is done with Hugh. and
Hugh declares emphatically that marriage is
not a success
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A SENSATION IN FORT WORTH.
Mayor Pendleton's Secret Divorce and
Subsequent Marriage.

Fort Worth, Texas, dispatch to the New
York Times today says: Mayor W. 8. Pendle-
ton was married ON July to Addie G. Cullen,
a telephone girl in the employ Of the Fort
Worth Telephone Exchange. When the news
was made public yesterday it created . sensa-
ton. as it was Supposed Mayor PEN
dleton had wife and interesting family
1t is learned that last August Mayor Pendleton
went to Chicago and got divorce from his first
wife on the ground of incompatibility of tenn
per, but to all appearances the family relations
were most cordial. A few days ago Mrs PEN
dleton No. left for the east with her five
children. About the same time Miss Cullen
left for Mississippi, and was joined by Mayor
Pendleton in New Orleans on July 5, where
they were married by justice OF the peace.
Miss Cullen being a Catholic no priest would
perform the ceremony.
The prominence OF Mayor Pendleton. the
length of time before the divorce was made
public ana the marriage to the telephone girl,
combine to make the affair sensational The
love affair with the telephone girl. who is pro-
nounced d second Venus, dates back about
wear ago.
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LEUvILLE LOSES THE GAME.
He Gets q License to Marry Mrs. Leslie,
but Fails to Secure the Bride.

London special today says: In regard to
the rumor about the Leuville-Leslie marriage
1t is certain that on Thursday evening the Mar
quis de Leuville applied for a special marriage
license at the victoria-street registry Office. in
which street he had lived for years He said
that the case was urgent, and he ar
ranged that the marriage should take
place at the registry Office in the vestry hall OF
ST. Georges, Hanover Square, at 9 O'Clock on
Saturday morning, as the bride and bride
groom, he said, were leaving for the United
States. The license was cancelled today and
the marriage postponed for few days. The
legal form of the application reads:
William Olivier. Marquis dc Leuville forty
three years of age, for several years resident at
IS Victoria street IEuyIIIE
Inc lady is described as Prank Leslie
WIDOW, resident of the Grosvenor Hotel" Mira
Lesne had, IN fact, been living at the Burling-
ton Hotel and was there last Thursday. Her
new residence is within three hundred yards of
the marquis lodgings. while the Burlington is
more than mile away The greatest secrecy
and mystery have been maintained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-12
Judgment for $4,000 Affirmed.

Yesterday in the Court in General Term in
the case of Rose Meade by her next friend
against the Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company the judgment of the Circuit Court
was reduced to $4,000 and affirmed az to that
amount. This action for $50. 900 dam
ages tried in 1883 and was for injuries received
by having her leg cut by a train on the Rich
mond and Danville tracks In Alexandria. The
plaintiff, with others, was playing in pile of
ashes alongside the track and it was elaine d
that tho jar caused by the train caused the pile
to move. carrying her to the track, where she
received the injuries Mr.. Edmund Burke ap-
peared for the complainant and Messrs. J. +.
Worthlngton and r. G.. Staples for the defend
ant The jury found verdict for $1,000, on
which the case went up to the General Term, and
this judgment being reduced to $1,000 it is AZ
tirmed
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CURED HERSELF AND HER CHILD.

8 D. s. has relieved me Of Q terrible scrofula from
which suffered for years II affected my FIRST -
cat~rrh then carries II the bone and continued 10 eat
until il destroyed the bone in the rsht side 81 thu
nose then went 70 nay throat and later on to my un
and IL looked a. vas doomed s 6. has cured me.
and has also cured my little daughter q the same do
ease. Mira n. RrrcHEY. MAckey. Ind
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases ns,led fra
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta. Ga.
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sPLURGE-HE SAID HE WOULD DROWN HIM
SELF, But rs BELIEVED TO HAVE FLED.
B. Shepherd White is the name of young
man who has been cutting quite a dash in
Washington society lately, and who is now
neelng from justice, it is charged, for having
forged the name of his employer to a check for
upwards Of 1000.
White has up to the time of his disappear
ance been in the employ of J. H. Corning, the
iron worker, who is also the agent for Chester
b. Albree, the fire escape manufacturer of
Pittsburg. Whites special duties, it is under
stood, was drumming up trade.
For instance, whenever a building needed
nre escape young White would 60 in the in
terest Of his employer and ask to be allowed to
put in bid.
THE LOUISE HOME FIRE ESCAPE.
Several months ago the company mentioned
erected a fire escape at the L ouise Home and
notified the inspector of fire escapes at the Dis
trict BUILDING to certify TO Its being safe and
properly erected. This was done, and
armed with the certificate young
White called on Messrs. Hyde and
Matthews, the trustees of the home. and pre-
scnting the certificate asked to be paid. This
was promptly done, the check being drawn
payable to Chester B. Albree. White, it is
stated. took the check, and, after forging the
name of Albree, made the check payable to
himself. Drawing the money he deposited it
i'll the bank of Lewis Johnson l. Co. to his per-
sonal account Since that time he has been
drawing on this amount and living fast life.
THE FRAUD DISCOVERED
Some one in Washington thought he was cut
ting rather a dash his small salary and mott
fed Mr.. Albree to look to his accounts. The
money for the fire escape at the Louise Home
had long since been due and Mr.. Albree dis
patched MIR. Curry, one of his agents, to con
to Washington and look into matters. The rest
is PLAIN.
HE LEFT NOTE.
When the agent arrived White skipped, draw
ing S400 from the bank, all that he had left,
and leaving a note to Mr.. Corning telling HIM
that when he received it he would be at the
bottom Of the river at the 7th-street wharf
But instead of that it has been discovered that
White bought ticket for LIE xington, Ky. The
police were at once notified and an examine
ton was made of his rooms at the Langham
Hotel, where he boarded Here the police
found clothes scattered all about the room, but
no trace of the missing fund.
LOOKING FOR THE FUGITIVE.
A number of his pictures were secured, how
ever, and they were forwarded to several cities,
whlle kilograms notifying the police to look
out for him were sent in all directions
White is described as rather good looking
fellow about five feet three inches tall with a
dark complxion and about twenty-one years of
age. He came to this city from Boston about
five years ago.
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PROPOSALS.

oonniissieuers OF the District Of Columbs. WASH
csiSd 81 the ace ., the Of the ps
trcs OF ooiunlbis until TWELVE o'cLbCk NJ. on
nlshing the various 6achos q the Iist-it sovern-
n,ent WITH hari oo.l aud wood during the scal year
Ster II. All sornatoa car be obtained iron Ap-
between and SIS Iho right is Taseryei 20 rcjcct
Any anu All tads OF narts Of bids. W DOUGLASS,
Columbia Nll-tt
pkorusALs FOR STATIONERY -sKCRErARY's
once senate OF ia. United states. washlnston, ID.
mi, once until TWELVE SCiock NJ JTiY sfS.
IN kLNIh, 1880 for furnishing STATIONERY the
nsoAl year. Blank forms VI proposals, showing The
ond 10 a s sSaa ~ The e.S aa srS Gle aud Tie form q
ISfnished on aIplioAtion 10 tins Once. Proposals
senate" aud De directed 10 the SECRETARY al the senate
nst.l. Proposals and specimens must III deiiy-
SECRETARY OF tue henae q. the Us. tcs.2l.y
NORGE 10 CoSTRACTokS-SEALhD PkOro-
r.s SA,s M, building stone bridse over Wheeling
TI W. wac o e ths elers %Sens Ty NM
TY-EIGHTH, 1890. Forms Of PROPOSAL. speeif-
cations and Plaza ale at the ONCE tn city eup-
snan. 20 feet depth of Key Az feet OF rInsers
feet; width o. bridge, a. feet The bridge wall
security in the sum u 10000 Gt~eiy thousand dol
!ars) viii be regur,d for tine faithful performance %
DDS not deemed aarsaiassons 20 The CITY rToposAls
wheeling, WA, and marked Proposals FOR Stone
Brldse Bios vi also be received for bridge ieet
wide. Al other dimensions the same. r. l.. HOaE.
City Ensineor. jylO-3t
DkOpos LIS TOR HAULING-oFFIcE OF NE
u Commissioner ID. q, " Washington. d. G.. July ~
1s9oSealed proposals will be received At this oioe
until TWELVE O'CLOCK NJ. On FRIDAY. July
TIGHTENING 1890 tor haul ng cast iron wAterPipe.
valves, hy drafts aha special Castings &c Blank
u proposals aud specifications lie obtained
Office upon APP licstiun rciUr together with all
necessary information. and buds upon these forms
Only VIII De conrideIed The risht reserved q re-
X. NJ. .hOBkk1. Commissions ID. G. tyg-6t
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
- this office until TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON on
JULY 1hElFIH, 1880. for hire Of Is Drsusht
Horses and % sadu.e hOrses for at annual en-
calalIneut Of the National GuSri Fort Washington
from July 81 TO July ~. Proposals may he made Tor
the whole or for any number not lees than 4. he
right Is reserved a. reject all proposals. fuil
Information lie obtained at O seventeenth street
between the hours OF and 3 y. M. daily. HI. CRAM
OhD,quartelnlsster grnerAl DC. militia. ay.-5t
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CITY AND DISTRICT.

ca Fair dealing has always been the
motto of The EVENING STAR. "A dollars
worth in return for every dollar received" is
The principle upon which its business is con-
Quoted Advertisers usually get from ten to
one hundred dollars for every one invested in
Ii advertising columns
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Accused of Poisoning His Mother.

John Estell of Greenville, Miss, was arrested
in st. Louis Thursday night accused of poison
ing his mother. She was the widow of a war
veteran and a short time ago received $4,000
bounty due her late husband. The local police
say that in order TO secure this money Estell
poisoned her and fed to ST. Louis The
prisoner had $3.50 in his possession when ar
rested. He says his mother died over two months
ago while he was away from home.
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He Advertised for a Husband.

Franklin Coon was arrested in Binghamton
NY, yesterday on complain: of Detective
Black. who charges him with using the mails
to defraud. He had been working the matri-
monial racket. advertising in western papers.
over the name of "Annie Coon" for husband
He claimed to be a lady of means. but as cor
respondence with his dupes developed he took
opportunity to borrow money of them. He
has confederate in New York. who is not
identified yet He was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Jenkins and held in $500
hail