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A WIND STORM.
A Small Hurricane Sweeps Through tn,
City This Afternoon.

Al 9;15 p. m. today a storm struck this city
and a heavy wind came in from the west ac-
companied by rain.
The streets were cleared OF passengers
utes. A feA shutters were blown
down and here and there q tree. One
young maple in front of The STAR
office fell with a crash giving good evidence of
the force of the storm.
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Baker Will Umpire Today.

President Walter Hewett Of the base ball
club has received a telegram from President
Braden of the Atlantic Association regretting
that there had been any difficulty about the
umpires, and asking him to get a substitute for
today's game. Mr.. Hewett has appointed Phil
Baker to ~officiate. and there is no doubt that
there will be a different sort of exhibition from
those of yesterday and the day before. There
is a movement on foot to have Baker made a
regular staff umpire.
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Id II DOME.
The Legislative, Executive and Judicial
Appropriation Bill in the Senate.

Senator Allison today reported the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation bill.
The bill as il passed the House carried a total
OF $40. $40, i47. The Senate committee added
s3l3,47 making a total OF s21, lis. 1917. The
bill for the year 1sS9-9O appropriated 800, s53, 725
and the stimates for the ensuing year were
s2l, 627, $50.
GOING TO EUROPE.
Mr.. John s.. Shriver, Washington correspon-
dent of the New York Mail and Express, sails
Col. Shepard On q special mission to Ger
many, the object of which is being carefully
and sccretively guarded Mr.. Shriver expects
to be absent for at least three months.
THE FISH COMMISSION INVESTIGATION.
The subcommittee of the Senate committee
on fisheries charged with the investigation of
the reports respecting the administration of
the fish commission by COMMISSIONS McDon-
aid will begin its work tomorrow. The first
witnesses to be are newspaper men
who have written accounts to their papers of
the alleged condition of affairs in the commits
sion. The investigation will be secret.
THE TARIFF BILL.
At this mornings session of the republican
members of the Senate finance committee they
finished their preliminary consideration of tho
provisions of the tariff bill.
ADULTERATED BEER.
The ways and means committee TODAY heard
arguments pro and con on the bill introduced
by Turner of Kansas taxing adulterated beer.
TO REPEAL POSTAL LAWS.
Senator Sawyer, from the post office commit
tee, today reported favorably a bill to repeal
the law providing that no bidder for carrying
the mails shall be released from his obligations
until the contractor whose bid is accepted has
entered upon service. The bill also repeats the
provision requiring bidders to accompany their
proposals with a check for 5 per cent of the
amount of their bid where it exceeds S5, 200.
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SAESAPAIiLLA
THE BEST
BLOOD MEDICINE

30 SAY LEADING PHYSICIANS AMI DRUG
GlsTS. AND THEIR OPINION Is ENDORSED BY
THOUSANDS CURED By 1T OF &c
zEMA. ERYsIPELAs AND OTHER DISEASE o
THE ooD
ayers Sarsaparilla has won its reputation by years
of v..Nble service TO the community. Hhns beSt"-
r 5. Lang. Druggist. 2l2 Merrimaek ST., Lowell.
Mass.
DR.. ". P. Wright. Paw raw Ford, Tenn. says; In
my practice l invariably prescribe Ayers Sarsaparilla
for chronic diseases Of the blood"
DR.. II. II. Boyle. Sd and oxford SITS, Philadelphia,
Pa. writes: "For two years I have prescribed Ayers
SarsapanIla in numerous instances and ! find II highly
efhcacious ia the treatment Of all disorders Of the
hood"
L VI. Robinson. Pharmacist. Sabina. Ohio, certihes:
"Ayer,s SarsapariIla has always been a great seller.
Nh customers think there is NO blood purifier equal
Go II"
"For many years / was afflicted with scrofulous run
piug sores, which at last became so bad the doctors
advised amputating one of my legs TO save my life. i
began taking Ayers sarsaparills and soon saw an i'm
rroyement. After using about two dozen bottles the
sores were healed. IcCntinue to take a few bottles Of
this medicine each year, for my blood, and am no
longer troubled with sores. Ihave tried other reputsd
blood purifiers. but none does so much good AS Ayers
sarsararilla" I'D. A. Robinson. Neal, Kansas.
Don't fail to get
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baltimore efs.

BALTIMORE. June 12.-COtton nominal-mid-
ding. I2L. Flour dull-lloward street and west
crn srper. 2.5a.3.5O; do. extra. 3.OOa3. 10: do.
family. 4. 2Jai.GO: City mills. ltio brands, extra,
4.15ab.OC; winter wheat patent, 4.9Oa5.9O; spring,
do. DO. extra. I.OOa4.aO. Wheat. southern very
.uict bat steIty-Fultz, SJa91; Longberry, S6a32:
No. =, 80: steamer No. =. red, 81; western.easy;
No. /. winter red spot. ssaSSis June, ssaSsA;
July. ~ ssasSA: August. SSA.aeSa; September,
7os., Corn-souIhern quiet but hrm: white, 44a
40; yellow. 4la42: western steady: mixed spot,
4O4., Juue, 40s.a404; July, 400 a4OA: steamer.
:6L a30k. Oats strong-ungraded southern and
Pennsylvania. 3la34; do. western, white, 33a34;
do. do. mix I'd. 32a33E; graded No. 2, white, "a:
Rye steady-cooicc. 0+a67; prime. GAGS; good
,imofsy I%0Oa1a.oO. Provisions quiet and
"Reminiscences pork. old l275, new 1880;
bulk meats. loose shoulders. o; long clear and
clear rib sides. q: sugar-pickled shoulders, .;
sugar. ured smoked shoulders, ~; hams, small
u1al21f, large l0al1: lard, refined IN, crude
6a6a Butter firm and
tation. lOall: ladle. fancy. 10: do. good to choice.
sash; rolls. fine. lOal2: do. fair 10 good. SAP: west
crn pacSed. CaS; grass. 1aa. Eggs steady-l4k.
Coffee quiet-Rioc argoes fair, 20; No, :, lS1.aIsa.
Sugar steady - graduated. Ga. copper firm
refined. l4a14k. Whisky nrm-1ls. freights 70
Liverpool per steamer steady-cotton, 20c.: hour,
per ton in sacks, 12s.ed.; grain. 14d. Cork for
orders -3s.Od- Receipts - -four. 5.27o barrels.
sates-wheat.o $1,000 bushels; corn. l4,00o bushels.
BALTIMOkE. June l2.-virginia consols. SEA
53K: 10. l040's AZ; Baltimore and ohio stock,
washingtp and BaItimore nrsts. I0lalOIX; do.
seconds, 30, do thirds, 35; consolidated gas bonds,
1867.
Chicago Markets.
CHICAGO June il tClosing,.-wheat-June
SIX; July. ss;s; August. $50, September, 80.
corn-June. "A: July. 4X; August. BIZ; Sep
TENDER. 35k: ~oats-Juiy. ga; August, .25a;
August. I2.1a Iard-July. 5saN; August, 0O2X;
september. 6l2S. Short ribs-August, SIS;
September, 30.
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For Sending a ScurriIous Letter.

Fol Sending a ScurriIOus Letter..
This morning Special Agent Maxwell arrested
Charles II. Bryan. a well-known fakir, on the
charge of violating the postal laws by sending
a scurrilous letter through the mail. United
States COMMISSIONS Mills held him for the
grand jury in default of $1,000 bail. It is al
legged that the letter, directed to Dan. Q'Brien.
was deposited in the mail May % and
it contained an attack on a woman's character.
The officers have been on his track for some
days and the testimony was mainly as to the
hand writing. He wasssent to Jail and an at
tempt will be made to give bail tomorrow.
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4 Question of Color.

Edward Rowe, a Waterman at one OF the 7uA
street pool rooms. was charged in the Police
Court this afternoon with assauIting a Young
colored man named Renfro. The latter went
into the pool room Yesterday and the watch
man put HIM out. Rcnfro stated that the
lRenirol wRs a Niger and they did not allow
yellow faces I'm the pool room. Rowe told
an entirely different story. but the Judge held
that he used too much force aud imposed a tine
Of g.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued by the
clerk OF the court TO Richard smith and Mary
Modoc; Henry l. Jones Of Cincinnati. o., and
Caroline L. Hawkins; W. z. Wise and Emma
Burrows; Edward McAleer and Margaret Ellen
Maniheid; Gustavus Jones. ir.. and Mary Cook
son; Oscar Bode OF New York. NY, and Mile
Woodbridge Of lynchburg. Va; Geo. .. Softer
aud Amelia Schlosser: John Carroll and
katisnahan; Edward NJ. Mulligan and Mary q.
Miles.
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NAVAL ORDERs.-Commander George A.
Converse has been detached from special duty
at Bristol RI. and ordered to the Enterprise
July l. Lieut. g.. p. Colvocoresses. from the
Naval Academy to the Enterprise. Lieut.. J. A.
Rodgers, from the steel inspection board to
the Pensacola July /. Lieut.. +. w. Nichols
and Lieut.. Walter Mclean, from duty at
the naval proving ground to the
Enterprise. Lieut.. T.. 4. ID. W. Veeder,
from the bureau of equipment and recruiting
to the Enterprise. Lieut.. q. G. Hanus, from
special duty at New York to the Enterprise.
Ensign Z. L. Capehart, from the Naval Acad-
envy to the Enterprise Mate Vim. q. Smith,
from the Naval Academy to the Fortune. Mate
l.. NJ. Melcher. from the Fortune to the Naval
Academy. Surgeon NJ. H.. Simons and Passed
Assistant Paymaster James E.. Cam have been
ordered to the Enterprise.
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Property I'm Litigation.

Yesterday a bill was filed by Gonzaga Col
lege agt. Margaret Dorsey, Sigmund ]. Block
ct al, for the construction Of the will of the
late VIM. Ford of Prince Georges county,
Md. Ford, by his last will, devised certain
property on G street for life and at the death
of the devisee Ito st. Aloysius Church, under
the direction Of the Jesuit fathers" Com
plainsnts allege it is the church at North Capt.
toll and i streets which is meant. They state
further that in March last they contracted TO
sell the property, but were prevented by
Block, who claims the fee under the heirs Of
Ford, and that the devise was not to Gonzaga
College, and that as the church has no sepa-
rate corporate existence the devise is inopera-
tive
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GOING TO CAPE MAY.
Mrs. Harrison and Her Household VIII
Start Next Tuesday.

Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Mckee, Mrs. Dimmick and
the babies Of the White House will leave the
city on Tuesday to take possession of the Cape
Nav cottage that was recently
presented to the Presidents wife. They
will remain there during the remainder OF the
summer. 1t is probable that the President
will follow them on Saturday and will make
them weekly visits throughout the season until
the adjournment, when he will take up his per-
manent residence at Cape May.
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Military Cadets Appointed.

Cadet appointments to the US. Military
Academy have been made as follows: Richard
c.. Mayo, Hague, first district of Virginia; p. o.
Hern, Orlean, thirty-fourth district, New York,
with ]. Allen Bonsteel, Franklinville, alternate
Francis L. Parker, Abbeviile, third district
South Carolina; Henry H. Hornbrook, Evans
willie, first district Indiana; Albert Z Ssxton,
Carson City, New
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DARGAIN
IN FURNITURE

BARGAINs
IN FURNITURE
Our Furniture Department is Sysrer9wded
We are carrying too much stock Tor this time OF year
and are determined 10 reduce IT,
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WI BARGAINS
before buy ins elsewhere.
piece Parior Suite. covered i'll silk plush or tapestry. at
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ANOTHER SPECIAL G is a Very Hand
some 3-pIece Solid OAK Chamber suite. antique oak or
go. finest IN the market and cannot be Duplicated
Tor thu money.
JhAirs 10 match. 81.
Rockers TO match, 81
We are showing a large stock Of Sideboards, newest
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our assortment Of
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In addition 10 the above We are Offering
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See our Bargains IN Nattings Reduction Of fully 90
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JOHANN Horrs MALr ExrrAcr

Has wonderful Tonic and Nutritive qualities that have
made it 50 popular. Quite naturally imitators have
come into the market. against which the public should
be warned. see that Johann Hofrs' signature is on
the neck of the bottle. EIsNER L MENDELSoN CO.,
sole agents. 8 Barclay street. New York. .
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Range Of the Thermometer Today.
The following were the readings at the sig-
nal Office today: Sam. "a, pm, Sc. mari
mum. 81: minimum. a.
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No LONGER UNDER MARTIAL LAw.-The De-
partment of State is informed that by decree
of May % last Port-au-Prince, Hayti, was re-
heved from martial law, under which 1t was
placed on May "a, 1888.
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THE INSPECTION OF FEED.

Charles II. Talbert, Hendrickson K Co.,
James L. Barbour, Davis Bros, Thos. W. Nc
Knew, Danenhower & Co. and Il. B. Earnshaw
4 Bro. have petitioned the Senate not to con-
cur in the adverse report made by the District
committee on the bill creating the Office OF in
spectOr of hay, straw. corn and oats. The
petitioners insist that the millers opposed the
bill because they did not want wheat to be in
spected. The bill, they claim, is a good one
and should become law.
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INVITED TO Mt. GREryA EScAMpMESr.-Adj

INVITED TO MT. GRETNA FUNDAMENTALLY.
Gen. Hastings, Gen. Snowden and others
called on the President. Postmaster General
Wanamaker and Maj. Gen. Scofeld today and
invited them to attend the division encamp-
ment of the Pennsylvania national guard at
Mt. GretEa July 10. They also requested that
three batteries of artillery, two troops Of cav
airy and several companies of infantry be Or
dered to the encampment. This request will
not be acted on until Secretary Proctor's re-
turn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-12

JUDoI SAMUEL SHELLABERGER opened the
wardsr library ct Springfield, Ohio, with an
address today.
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REVENUE AP~PoINTMENTs.-Th Secretary of
the Treasury has made the following appoint
ments in the internal revenue service: Gaug-
ers-Victor Young and c. W. Byrnes, first Illi-
nois district. Storekeeper and ga~uger-Jere-
milan Looper, South Carolina.
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A AFIRE,
Forty Lives Saved by Brave Sisters of
Mercy.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, June 12.-By the prompt
and heroic work of thirty nuns in the Catholic
Mercy Hospital here this morning forty help
less patients who were in the institution were
saved from q horrible death. Before it was
light one Of the sisters who was sleep
ing on the fourth floor Of the
main building was awakened by
smoke and discovered a fire in the closet OF her
room. A general alarm was sounded, and the
work Of removing the helpless patients was be-
gun and successfully accomplished.
One nun, called Sister Mary Irene, and whose
name was Ellen Murray, persisted. Loss on
building $10, 600.
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COMMITTED HIS IMPRIsoNMENT.-The Presi-
dent has committed to two and one-third years
of actual Imprisonment the three years sem
tence of John +. Faulkner. convicted in the
northern district of Texas of embezzling the
contents Of a registered letter while acting as
postmaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-12
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

New York stock Market.
The following are the opening and closing prices Of
tie New York stock Market. as reported by special
wire TO Corson and Mccartney, lilg 4 street:
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CALLED on THE PREsIDENT.-Among those
received by the President this morning were
Secretary Tracy, Gen. Hastings and friends of
Pennsylvania, Senators Reagan, Spooner. and
Blair, Representatives Payson, Bowden. Owen.
Peters with Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Greene and
{. X. Mclean of Kansas Rockwell, Deliver.
Wilkinson, and Morrill,, and ex-Representative
LIE Fevre of Ohio.
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DISTRICT IN
OPPOSED TO THE PERSONAL TAX.

A number of citizens of the District, includ-
ing Saks & Company, Geo. C. Henning, r. H.
Sylvester, Herbert G. Browne, A.. J. Schafhirt.
W. h. Moses & Son, Lansburgh Il Brother,
Charles Baum. Thomas Singleton and Frank
Hume, have petitioned Congress to repeal the
law taxing personal property and improve
ments to land in the District. The deficit
which this would cause is to be made mp by in
creasing the tax on land alone on the basis of
its actual yalue
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A CHANCE TO GET RID OF THE SURPLUS
Secretary Window has at last found an easy
way of reducing the surplus. He received a
letter this morning from n man in New Hamp-
shire, who suggested that as the government
was his debtor to the extent of SI6s, 900. 900 and
over he sign a note which was inclosed, paya-
BILE on demand. The creditor" thought that
1t would be II proper thing for the interest on
the note to begin TO run at once.
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Entire Maine Delegation Renomfnnted
AUGUSTA, Me-, June l2.-The third district
republican convention today nominated Seth
L. Milliken of Belfast for Congress. This COM
pletes the list, Mr.. Milliken's colleagues having
already been renominated,
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Today,

The President today sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate:
First Lieut.. James A. Buchanan, fourteenth
infantry, to be captain; Second Lieut. VIM. B.
Reynolds, fourteenth infantry, to be first lieu
tenant.
DIR. Benz ". Brown of Virginia, to be as
sistant surgeon marine hospital service.
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Our Furniture DEPARTMENT is oyercrOwded.
We are carrying too much stock for this time OF yea
and are determined 10 reduce II.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-06
Austin Board Of Trade.

The Austin Board OF Trade met
Yesterday afternoon in regular
monthly session with President Saun-
ders in the chair.
A letter was received from Mr.. L.
J. Hurley, who had an.option on a nail nail
factory which would control l,2OO
people. The necessary conditions for
its establishment in Austin was the
donation of 100000 cash and a suit
able site. Mr.. Woodbridge was very
properly appointed to treat on the
matter and obtain more definite
knowledge.
The matter OF the probable extern
sionsof the Austin and Northwestern
railroad from Burnet to Lampasas
and also the extension to Llano and
Mason was entrusted to a committee
OF five.
A resolution was unanimously passed
commencing the objects OF the Travis
County Road association.
1t was reported that all the rooms
of the Board of trade building had
been rented and would net the neat
J sum $1,000 per annum.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-06
AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.
Organization of the ArbOr Day Association
and Election of Directors.

Organization Of the ArbOr Day Association
and Election of Directors.
Pursuant to a call published in Sun
days STATESMAN a number of gentle
men met in the Driskill hotel parlors
yesterday at 4:30 p. m, for the pur-
pose of organizing an Arbor Day asso-
citation. Upon motion DR.. L. H.
Bragg was elected chairman and VIM.
P. Gaines secretary. After some dis
cussion of the purpose of the meeting,
and of the subject of forestry, an Or
ganization vas effected by the election
of nine directors-five gentlemen and
four ladies-to serve for one year, as
follows: DR., T. H. Bragg, w. P.
Gaines, Prof. Henry Tallichet, Hon.
John Mcdonald, Walter Graham, and
Mrs. w. H. Tobin, Mrs. Paul Thorn
ton, Miss Julia Pease and Mrs. Rosine
Ryan.
The obie It OF this association, as
stated by w. P. Gaines, is to improve
and ornament the streets and public
grounds of the city by planting and
cultivating trees, to encourage the
culture of flowers and shrubbery, the
establishment and protection of parks
and grass plats, the construction OF
wide sidewalks, TO assist generally in
any move to improve and beautify the
city as place of residence, and to CO.
operate with the other Arbor Day as
sociations of Texas in the formation
of a State Forestry asso-
citation. Every person who owns a
home in Austin, or in Travis county,
and every person who expects to
acquire a home in the city or coun-
ty should join this association. The
ladies especially are invited to become
members and to give their hearty as
sistance to this most important move
ment. The board of directors will
meet at the Driskill hotel parlors this
afternoon at 4 o'clock and every di-
rector is requested to be present
promptly. For the information OF
those interested the law passed by the
last legislature is reproduced below:
"Be it enacted by the legislature OF
the State of Texas, That the 22d day
of February of each year, the same
being now legal holiday, be further
set apart and designated as 'Arbor
day. to be devoted to the planting
and cultivation of forest, shade and
ornamental trees throughout the
state, and to be observed for that pur-
pose in such manner as may seem
best to the people of each commu.
nity."