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THE ELECTION BILL.
A Small Chance of Defeating the Meas.

The republicans are using all the power
and influence they can to induce their alb
sent colleagues to return in time to vote
on the federal election bill Mr.. Lodge and
other friends Of the bill have a suspicion
that the democrats intend to absent themselves
from the hall at the time of taking the vote, SO
as to break quorum, and republicans are be-
ing notified tn At they must be on hand to meet
this possible contingency.
1t is not at all likely that the democrats will
resort to this means of breaking . quorum, as
it would be but temporary expedient and
would not be apt to accomplish
the defeat of the bill, as q
quorum could be got together in the
course of time. Besides it is estimated that
between five and ten republicans will vote
against the bill, and if the democrats
were more successful than the republicans
in securing the return of their absent
members there might be the possibility of their
defeating the bill The chance Of their doing
so seems extremely slim. but they cannot afford
to throw away any chance however remote.
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. REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
DR.. LIGHTHILL
Takes Pleasure in Submitting to the Public the
Following Letter from
MIR l. C. TAYLOR,
Awsn-known and Highly Respected Citizen Of
Washington
DR.. LIGHTHILL

WASHINGTON, d. c.. June ii, 1890.
Dr.. r. p. LichthaI I0I7 18th st. n.tc.:
DEAR sn-on the 18th of May placed myself IN
der your suffering from Chronic Catsrrh Of the
Head Throat and Lungs. together with almost utter
prostrstion of my whole system. brought on
from long and continued illness Of nearly three
years, during which time I received some Of the
best medical attention. until my considered
hopeless and beyond 0H medical skull to relieve
and death was the only relief for me. But today I
stand witness to your ability and skill not only to
relieve, but TO cure.
From my first visit found relief and have contin-
ued better each day only growing stronger
hut increasing in weight gaining eleven pounds in
nineteen days.
Under your treatment my lungs began to expand.
my breathing became regular, the pains in my head
wholesystem has undergone most wonderful change
for the better. am today different man to what
was when FIRST applied you for relief.
Imost eheerfully make this statement for in apply
ing 10 you it considered by persons who knew
my as the last resort had 10 Gre.
You are at liberty To this you see proper and
hope it viii be the means Of benehting others who
now suffering for want of relief and cure
Yours, truly.
L. C TAYLOR,
1896 1t. aw.
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THE CIVIL SERVICE INQUIRY.
A House subcommittee Pays the Com.
mission Visit

The House committee which Ii examining
into the workings of the civil service commits
sion is evidently determined 10 study the
question in all its phases. Several days ago
the commission wrote to the chairman Of the
House committee and requested them to visit the
rooms of the commission and make thorough
practical examination Of its methods. As re-
suit this morning Representatives Lehlbach,
Greenhalge, Hopkins, Stone and Dargan of the
committee spent some time at the rooms Of the
commission and seemed to take great deal Of
interest in all they saw there. They were
shown the complete history Of a specimen
case from the time an application is made for
an examination up to the time the name is
certified to or rejected, as the case may be-
The method of keeping books was explained
and also who keeps them, and in short all the
practical working of the organization was un-
folded completely before the committee-
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IitEll

II 80 O'Clock stsAS < BARSEs rsci q he lat. e
Funeral from the residence uf her son-in-lsw. r. b.
hrasers III "enp-io street. Saturday morn
BLAKE On Thursday, June "a. 1890. AGNES
dlaEbter Of frsncis and Bsr6ery Blake '"'-A'
fnheral from Parents residence, 3Ol First street
spectfully invited
BYRNE At lI:52 Pm. on Thursday. June "a
JAS BYRNE. beloved husband u Margaret Byrue
Ri SSses q tSnesa1 hsTeai,er iphadeiIhiA Pa.
fichlLond aho Noriolk, Va. papers please copy.
CASSIDY. On june 27. 1890. at 3 O'Clock m NJ
her residence zoe street 6riei ~.
Samuel Cassidy in her seventy-seccnd year i''s
Funeral private. lLlioott City, Nd. payers please
cG 3! Tho, On ysdnesaay Tyne % 1890 e p
Seventh street northeast.
Funeral saturday, June IS. at 3:s5pm
DEPUE On Friday, June %, 1890 at $50 an.
Of e95sestiqn o. the brain DOROTHY infant
Eleventh street southwest. ots
FOWLER. ON Thursday. June 20. 1890. at 10
EDWIN only son Of Edwin c. and Susie l. Fowler.
Funeral from parents Residence. 432 Eleventh
after short illness, ETHtL l. only child OF lboma.
X and the late Emma 4. Harvey and lrsnddaus liter
Of Nj. and Mrs. O. d. kenner. ssed one year and four
funeral from her srandPsreut.'. 225s4 Thirteenth
nndrla Va. and sumter S. G, papers please copyl z.
HOWARD Eniered into rest at Washington, d. C.,
Harvey Howard
services the residence 1903 Tenth street north
west. at 4 pm. Saturday, June 2s InterInent at
Wooster, Ohio.
LINTON; on THURSDAY morning. June 20. 1890,
i:lO O'Clock. WILLIAM, the beloved husband VI
Julia NJ Linton, in the sixty nth year Of his axe
Funeral services ct his residence. 1000 Twenty
sixth street northwest, Saturday At 80 IA Ri
atyes and friends respectfully invited 70 attend
LUCkE1T On June 81, sg1.JOHN x. .LUCKETT,
beloved son OF }. X. and Mag N Luckett aged nine
teen years.
When through the deep waters call thee 20 go,
The rivers OF woe shall not thee overflow;
For VIII be With thee, thy troubles 10 bless,
And sanctfy 10 thee thy deepest distress.
ROCHE On June %, 1890 at their Residence.
1893 street northwest. PHIL. infant Of Phllip
J. and Maggie 4. Roa be. nee Harlow.
Alexandria tNa.t Gazette please copy.
SlPE, At her residence 900 Massach usstts syenus
northwest. June "a. $780, At 70 so p. ~ EMMA s.
vile OF Edward H. sgpe aud daughter Of the ate Jola
and sophia Bender VI Philadelphia
Funeral private. 3.
THEODORE. suddenly, on Friday June 81 isgo
at 4 O'Clock am. EIIZABETH, vile OF Henry Thee
doreL
Funeral from her late residence No 2Ol5 o street
northwest on Monday June so. at b. 80 an -
MllLETT ON Wednesday morning June "a
1880, at 10 o'clock am, ETHEL NILLETT, IN the
fourth year OF her age.
Funeral from her late residence No. 1893 Seventh
street southeast SATURDAY, June %, at O'Clock y ms
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GRAVE CHARGES.
A Vice Consul General Running a Lot.
terry In Panama.

According to a dispatch in the New York
World United States Vice Consul General j.
Gabriel Duque at Panama is charged with be-
coming enormously rich from the profits Of a
lottery, which he owns and conducts. The
salary which he draws from the United States
Treasury is q mere bagatelie to him and, it is
said, he never touches Q cent Of it, but
makes il over to member Of the family
of Consul General Adamson, at whose sugges-
ton he was appointed Duque, in fact, desires
social position, and the vice consul generalship
Of the United States being in the mar ket he
bought it
Consul General Thomas Adamson, who halls
from Pennsylvania, is charged with gross negii-
gence of duty and with running a pawn
brokers' establishment an annex to the con-
sui geperalship. 1t is asserted that be loans
money at an exorbitant monthly rate of inter
est ON watches and other personal property,
and that he pays his wife the compensation
allowed by the government for clerical serv-
ices. The State Department has taken no
notice Of the charges.
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Not a Thief.

Hugh Hughes, the young man who was re-
Gently arrested on charge of stealing satchel
from Father Stanton's room in the St James
Hotel, turns out not to be thief, but is q
member of a respectable family in Lynchburg,
Va. He left good position at his home
and came here on q spree. Whisky and
cigarette smoking, it is claimed, unbalanced
his mind and he took the satchel while in that
condition. When these facts were made known
to the district attorney and Judge Miller today
the young man was promptly released and re-
turned to his parents.
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HUNG IN THE NIGHT,
The Second Execution Under Minne-
sOta's New Law.

PINE CRY, MINI, June 27.-Wm Brooks was
hanged at $50 this morning for the murder of
Mr.. and Mrs. Coombs. The execution was the
first in Pine county and the second under the
John Day Smith law, which provides that the
execution must take place between midnight
and sunrise without the presence of reporters.
The condemned man was unattended by clergy,
as he had steadfastly refused all spiritual solace
The crime for which Brooks paid the penalty
was the murder of Mr.. and Mrs. Coombs at
Pine City, Mimi, last November. His wife
had been unduly intimate with Coombs and
Brooks announced his intention of leaving the
country. Being indebted to Coombs he went
to the house, taking his gun along, for the pur-
pose of effecting a settlement. A quarrel arose,
in the course of which the killing occurred.
He maintained the killing Of Mrs. Coombs was
an accident
A peculiar incident connected with the case
is the fact that one OF the jurymen few days
ago, made affidavit that he had not on any bal
lot voted Brooks guilty of murder in the first
degree. No attention, however, was paid to
this. and the hanging proceeded according to
program.
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COMMISSIONERS LyMAN's PLEA
The Points on Which He Desires 20 En-
tighten the Civil Service Committee.

In response to the request Of the committee
on reform in the civil service for statement
Of the facts on which be asks for a further
hearing Commissioner Lyman has sent to the
committee q letter pointing out in detail the
facts he expects TO show. They relate mainly
to the examination questions copied by Camp
bell Mr.. Lyman says that for demanding an
investigation Of Campbelfs conduct and com.
hitting that Investigation, 50 far as he Oy-
mani was concerned, to Mr.. oberly, he was
not guilty of laKity Of discipline, but the oppo-
site. He thinks he deserves commentator
rather than censure.
Mr.. Lyman also says: THAT in upholding the
Milwaukee report l acted in accordance with
my best Judgment as public officer. looking
only to the public interest in the performance
Of my duty as understood il, without regard
to consequence. propose to bring TO the
attention OF the committee facts and considera-
tions viii CHI think must have been overlooked
by them"
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DE- d.i,nsr;un nay ssiss =. ~ nan,, sc-
auqua Association.
The trunk line presidents are holding . meet
ing today in the Offices Of the Trunk Line As
socistion, Leonard street and Broadway. The
presidents have been called together to devise
means for putting an end to rate cutting and
fix upon scale for east-bound rates.
This is the last day of the international Sun
day school Convention Mt Pitfsburg.
Judge Allen OF the United States district
court at Springfield, ILL.,, yesterday appointed
Ethan A. Hitchcock Of St Louis receiver for
the St. Louis Ore and Steel Company on ap-
plication Of the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
pany Of New York, which holds 2,600, 900 Of
bonds of the steel company.
Judge Thomas B. Nesbitt died at his homo In
Pomona, Cal, last night, aged sixty eight years
He was circuit judge in Missouri for eightesa
ysars and stale ssassor fos i've ysasA
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DR.. LIGHTHILL
Can be daily consulted on
CATARRH. DEAFNESS ASTHMA,
THROAT AFFECTIONS and CONSUMPTION
At his Office.
IOl7 FIFTEENTH ST. NV
From to IL and 10 5.
HERDICs PASS THE DOOR. jel6
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Arrested by Detectives on a Charge of
Stealing Uncle Sans GunpOwder.

Acting Ordnance Sergeant Anthony G. Clish-
lam of the Washington Barracks, who was re-
Gently tried by court-martial and acquitted of
charge of stealing 700 pounds of
gunpowder from the stores at the
barracks, as published in THE STAR
at the time, was arrested this
afternoon by Detectives Horne and Mahon
on a warra mt charging him with the theft Of
fifty pounds of gun powder. He was locked up
at the first precinct station and will be given
a hearing in the Police Court tomorrow.
The arrest was made on a warrant sworn out
by Detective Horne on the complaint of Lieut..
Bennett, the ordnance officer a. the barracks
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WAS FARMLAND INsANE2
Trial Of the Young Man Who Shot Miss
Lille Moore.

In the Criminal Court, Chief Justice B;ny-
ham. this morning Harry J. FARMLAND, the
young white man who on March I'd last shot
Miss Lille Moore on Rhode Island avenue be-
tween 9Th and 10th streets, was placed on
trial-Mrs. Lockwood appearing for the &C.
cused.
Mr.. James A. K. Moore testified that he had
had the defendant in his employment and he
lived at his house till he discovered that
he was paying attentions to his daughter, when
he sent him away.
MISS MooRE's STORY.
Miss Moore testified that ON the morning of
Sunday, March 2, the defendant met her ON 9Th
street near Rhode Island avenue and asked
her to go with him, but she declined, and he
then shot her, firing i've shots, four
OF them taking effect. He had lived
at her fathers house and she went to church
sometimes with him. She denied that she was
engaged to him, but said he had asked if she
loved him. She replied mo" and he threat
ened, II she went against him, he would kill
her.
She had never seen anything TO indicate that
he was insane, but did not think that he was
very smart
Thomas F. Hersey, who saw the shooting and
chased and knocked FARMLAND down, and
Policeman Asher, who arrested FARMLAND, tes-
tilted to the facts of the shooting.
I-iucst ~ CEaaleE testlueU tnat ne QearQ tR6
young lady say that she was afraid she would
meet him. At the station FARMLAND said:
Hereafter you will 6nd out what did it for"
THE DEFENSE.
This closed the governments case. For the
defense Franklands mother testified that the
defendant was very bright boy mp to ten
years Of age. At that time he had tho scarlet
fever, and a short time after he was gored by
bull. Since then, she said, he was not as
bright and had shown decisions. He had gone
away from home, she said, to Baltimore.
then to Buffalo in 1883, where, in August of
that year, he was injured by slipping of roof
distance OF 20 to rs feet. She testified that
her husband died of melancholia and her father
went insane some years ago. She thought that
her son had delusions at times and had noticed
it for some time.
Sarah b. Kimball sister Of the accused, and
W. c. McMichael testified to peculiar conduct
on the part of FARMLAND.
FARMLAND FESTIVITIES.
The defendant took the stand and appeared
very deaf. Finally he said he knew Lilly Moore,
and added: II shot her, for had to shoot her"
Something told me to shoot her."
When questioned by Mrs. Lockwood as to
who told him he said woman with black eyes
whom he met at the Smithsonian grounds.
This woman told him that he had to kill SIM
self and to shoot her too; to go out on Sunday
and he would meet her on 9th street.
This woman, he said, came to him sometimes
and he had TO do what she told him.
On cross-examination witness said he loved
Lillian Moore.
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"Skinny Blll' Fights the Police.

William Skidmore, who on account of his
slender build is called skinny Bill, 4" was under
the influence Of liquor in downtown saloon
yesterday and Policemen Cotton and Kraemer
of East Washington placed him under arrest
Ho objected to going with them and did not do
until after he had assaulted them
both. Finally he was landed in
the first police station, where a number of Off
GERS found it difficult task to get him behind
the bars. He was taken before the Police
Court this afternoon and arraigned for dis
orderly conduct and assaulting the officers. He
plead guilty to the charges and was fined S45
or seventy-fve days Imprisonment
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FARMLAND rEsTIFIEs,
A GENERAL INCORPORATION ACT.
Mr.. Spooner's Bill Agreed to by the
Senate District Committee.

Six members of the Senate committee on the
District were at the regular weekly meeting
this morning Senators Ingalls,, Farwell,
Spooner, Higgins, Vance and Faulkner.
The entire session was devoted to the
discussion of Senator spooner's bill to provide
for the incorporation of trust, loan, mortgage
and certain other corporations within the Dis
trict.
Tie various provisions of the measure were
carefully dissected, and when the entire bill
had been gone over it was ordered to be favor
ably reported This general incorporation is
approved in order that there may be no further
necessity for Congress being called upon to
charter special corporations.
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Sunk I'm a Collision.

LONDON, June 27.-The Dutch steamer Prinz
Frederik, from Amsterdam for Java, was sunk
on the night of June % in latitude AZ north,
longitude west, by collision with the British
steamer Marpessa from Taganrog for Dunliek.
The collision occurred during dense fog. The
Marpessa has arrived at Falmouth with.her bows
stove and her forpeak full of water. She had
on board the crew and SO passengers OF the
Prinz Frederik Six lives were lost in the
collision. The Prinz Frederik was of /, 500 tons
register. The details of the damage done by
the gales on the Scotch coast during the middle
of this week show that nine vessels were
wrecked aud So persons drowned.
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Disaster in China.

San Francisco, June 27.-The steamship City
Of Rio Janeiro, from Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama, brings the following advices: The
Shanghai for Hankow, was burne near the
Forked Tree, on Tangstee river, May 2, and
Capt. Plave, First Officer Wilson and twenty ma
tiyes were missing and were supposed to have
persisted. A number OF Chinese vessels did
good service in picking mp the survivors, Of
whom First Officer Christensen, the second
officer and sixty-two natives were found. The
vessel was loaded with a general cargo, inclu :
ing several cases Of matches. She was fully
insured
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THE COURTS.
EQUITY CoURT-Jtidqe Coz

EQOl1r OOUhi-oUuyt OUI.
Today-Frier agt. Frier; testimony ordered
taken by Christopher Ingle. Thompson agt.
Henning; auditors report confirmed and dis
tribution ordered Bohrer agt Otterback; pc
tition Of Emma ]. Young denied. Bell sgt.
Ramsey; sale finally ratified. De Wandeian
agt. same; do.
Court IN GENERAL TERM-Judges Hagner, James
and Con.
Today-Meade agt. Richmond and Danvilie
Railroad Company; argued and submitted.
CIRCUIT CouRT-Judge Montgomery.
Today-In re. Hoover's will; virdict against
will Offutt agt. Kengla; on trial
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MR.. VAUX'S FIRST SPEECH.
He Attacks the Constitutionality Of the
Federal Election Bill.

Mr.. vaux made an original and striking ar
gument on the federal election bill in the
House this afternoon, attacking its constitution
Atty. He commended that while the Constitu-
ton gave Congress the right to
regulate the manner of holding elections
for Congress this bill provided that the
federal government should hold the election.
This was his maiden speech aud he received
marked attention. members gathering around
him and greeting him with applause every now
and then
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Baltimore and Ohio Matters

BALTIMORE, June 27.-Oficials Of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company. including
President Mayer and Vice President King have
gone to New York with Mr.. +. II. Bacon and
some other gentlemen who are interested in
the purchase of Baltimore city's Baltimore and
Ohio stock.
1t is given out that the Pittsburg, Akron and
Western railroad, owned by Mr.. Jas. ID. Gallery
and Mr.. sample, will not be purchased or ac-
auired by the Baltimore and Ohio; that the
latter has its own line under construction from
Akron by way of Lodi TO Chicago Junction and
that the Baltimore and Ohio did not want the
other line as a gift
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Both Fists Too Much for Him

PROVIDENCE, RI, June N.-Last night at
the Gladstone Club Jack Fitzpatrick of Liver
pool, weighing lls pounds, defeated, with two
ounce gloves, Joe Murphy Of East Providence,
weighing 11415 pounds, for a $500 purse.
Murphy made good stand until the seventh
round, when Fitzpatrick sent both fsts into
his face, knocking him out.
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Ii VOC WoULD Be- MIGHry

Be merciful said the price Grasty. the Pusher
sA2rpened LIS pencil to the prices Grasy replied
he people demand IT aud j feel compelled To cut
you don't propose TO follow body. but 4 intend
That both merchants and buyers Washington city
si.Au regard me Champion Low Price Furniture,
h1hA Otass IInSare and liable Cutlery man. don't
INTEND 10 Keep your the reach OF the rae
peopie alone. aud every tag ia TINS house must be
sAu 70 sui the pockets Of the poor and that Will
10 matter Who brings IT. Rich poor, white or
cOiorrd- we want your trade No matter where you
come from north or south wearing the blue or the
gray, voting for Cleveland HARRISON. We are Open
ior business aud ant your trade. matter now
nttis you want 10 OUy, remember the old adaye.
Many mickle makes nIuekle," h.nce We want yonr
trade. We ieel our dependence upon the people and
pros 10 trade with the persons ali the time
aud We give you eyely possible protection, and no
want 10 report II and will return The money
Please don't take the idea that 90 an instaIltnet
business. We don't wasn't your account. but We want
cash. and Will OFFER You some things hard 10
say no TO Best Cane Seat Chairs, imitation walnut
o1c- sold OAK Chairs, Sc. . Glass TuIblers
lie nice Lounge. 39o. fuli size Bed Iynnpr
So Solid Oak SldebOard. l2jO; solid Walnut Iiat
Rack. IT, kigh. $500 TO so. AiI-wire is. SprInss
no wood franle, 90 TO 500. sold eseW here az 10 4
reason you something: our exIense i in
Jour favor. We occupy two stores and them boh
full OF bargains for cash AL ask ot Won is nj Al
you and to keep trade up Keep prle Is
down
GRASTY. The Pusher
:z29-6m I5lo-l2 9TH St nv
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Suing the Company for SD 900.

Marion L. Glover has, by s. :. Henkle, Sled
asuit against the Baltimore and Potomac Rail
road Company to recover s25,OO0 damages in
having on April last been thrown out OF =
car at the depot, dislocating her shoulder and
fracturing her arm. She states that she went
to the depot to place a child on the train leav-
ing at 7:2O O'Clock and was allowed 10 go 10
the train; that she asked an employe
the time and when told 10
was 1;lS she started 60 leave the train and
that by Its sudden start she was thrown 10 the
ground and sustained injuries AS above stated,
and the surgeons having decided that the bones
VIII not knit, she is permanently injured
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A Plucky Blind Man.

Some time ago Mr.. Marvin Clark, q we'll
known New York newspaper man, became
blind. His former associates organized, under
the auspices of the Press Club, = performance
for his benefit which realized about $1,000.
This sum has enabled him to start once again
He got = typewriter and has become an ex-
pert at II. He has also invented raised letter
attachment especially for the use Of the blind,
and is nov in fair way 10 once more earn his
living
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Prof Hewitt Diving

BALTIMORE, June 27.-Prof. John III. Hewitt,
the well-known poet, musician and essayist, is
lying critically i'll at his residence. He was
Dor n IN New York city on July IL, 1901, entered
West Point Academy in 1918, graduated in 1922
and was appointed second lieutenant of infan-
try. de was ne satisfied and resigned, later
becoming professor of music in Greenvilie, s.
C.. Augusta Ga, New York and Boston. He