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New-York tribune., 1890-07-13
STILL WATTING FOR THE WEALTH.
GEORGE NORRIS DOES NOT KNOW HIS RE
PORTED UNCLE ACROSS TIE WATER

GEORGE NORRIS DOES NOT KNOW HIS RE
PORTED UNCLE ACROSS TIE WATER.
The story wss published Yesterday that George
Morris Of No III Rycrson St. had fallen heir to
$500 900 from hi, uncle. Mr.. Phillips Of Plymouth
England a wealthy diamond cutter who had made Il
great reputation in his business. Mr.. Morris is an
optican who has lived in Brooklyn for many years.
Tribune reporter found him just a he was entering
the house coming from his Office I'm Fulton-st. When
told Of his reported good fortune he looked surpr
and then laughed He said e" ! haven't heard of any
such uck bat it's I'll buy You the best suit Of
clothes that can hc made
Mr. Morris said that the only truth in the report
which ne had not heard OF until then, in the main
facf, alont himself lie had 20 relatives by the name
of Morris, though Inc himself native Of Plymouth
England He said hc had intention of going to
EncIond but thought himself fortunate il every ddy
he had money enough tn take voyage 10 Hobolcn
where his business at present compels him 10 make
frequent tril',. - .
krown i'm the best society circles and IN them had
heen faVorltc gurc for many years. and said that
he rarely left home in the evening except to attend Il
Masonic lodge or 10 20 ont once in while with hi,
wife some Of the ncghhOrs who had heard the story
of his fortune gathered about to congratulate him and
altogether he seemed to be having merry time as
though the 100000 were really his.
New-York tribune., 1890-07-13
TWENTY oxE TEAEGRApH poLEs SHATTERED.

From The Forsyth N'a) Advertiser.
ON Tuesday evening o. last week an unusual
freak Of lightning occurred lu the suburbs - iu-
city During TIE pa age of snail clprd. which
became fan, charged with electricity, q bolt 81 the
same cntcl d the weston Onion telegraph wire and
continued alorc toln for aboat 1900 yard-, destroy
ing twenty-oEc telegraph posts. Every post. snVc
four Which WcrC plf pp n, Wa literally ~HNcrd mt
spnters and broken INTO tEO pieces. At one point IN
its passage along the wires the electricity jump j
over thirty feet tO good sized pine tree aId srethcd
the bark of ii from top 10 bottom and at an0thc
point IL jumped about the same distance 10 an oak
tree two feet o. in diameter spltlinp the tree
through the centre and lOoscning tnc bark more man
half round il. We sitting at the TING under an
awning upon the Sidewalk. and witnessed the nash OF
lightning. which seemed 20 be not more than 100 iect
distant from our point OF observation.
New-York tribune., 1890-07-13

who for the last year has held the CHALLENGE cup;
f. j. Dunnen II. II. Smyth, w. H. Cammeycr,
Percy Hogan, w. II. Wintryngham, r. II. Blake
and William WhitOck.
The critic., 1890-12-26

Ex-Sixth Auditor J. VI. McGrcw, now
prat tiCing law in this city, has written
Senator Mitchell favoring the purchase by
the Government Of certain Confederate
records now in possession of private per-
sons, on the ground that they would pre-
vent the payment Of claims for carrying
the United States mails, which were once
paid by the Confederate Government.
Mr.. Hoar wants new edition of the
Senate election cases and has introduced
q resolution in the Senate providing for
the same.
A. Y. Trogdon of Paris, ILL.,, doesn't like
the way the pension business is done.
Consequently he has petitioned Congress
to pass a law remedying the evils and hard
ships consequent upon the delay in the
disposition of claims pending in the Office
of the Commissioner of Pensions. Mr..
Cullom presented the petition TO the Seu-
ate.
Mr.: Cockrcll, at the request of those
merry jokers, the Wage Workers Political
Alliance, has Introduced bill to cncour-
age the mining of gold and silver.
Mr.. Nandever to-day introduced in the
j. ouse Senator Staniord's bill to provide
the Government with means sufficient to
supply the national want Of a sound circu-
lating medium, to-wit, loans at = per cent.
on real estate, called land currency, or
"coining your land"
The critic., 1890-12-26
A Dishonest Beilboy.

James Carter, bellboy at the Airing
ton, was found with number of silver
spoons in his possession yesterday by
Officer Preston and locked up on sus-
picion. In the Police Court this morning
the manager of the hotel identified two
of the spoons Us belonging TO the house,
but there were half u dozen Others
that were not claimed by anyone.
For the otfense he was sent to Jail
for thirty days. Mrs. Fisher and her
daughter also had him accused of having
stolen pocketbook containing SIS. When
arrested by the officers he had about SD
of the amount in his pocket. In the
Police Court neither of the women wanted
to testify against Carter, but were very
anxious to, get their money back, Judge
Miller said that the Police Court had not
been established for that purpose. He dis
missed the charge and ordered the money
turned over to the defendant.
The critic., 1890-12-26
A WARTIME REMINDER.
The Provisional Court Of Texas Wants
+.aH.t Paw.

The Pr0visiOhaI Court OF TeXas WANTS
Pay.
A reminder of war times is contained in
,ho Nm ;n,rnduced INV roonestS in t,a
,Io oi' ih,loauoe" IVY ie4ue'g M vie
House to-day ny MI. Sayres OK Icxas
for the relief of j. ID. Mcfarland, the
ton. and y. b. Reid. Mcfarland was
Judge Turner prosecuting attorney,
Buadjngton clerk. and Reid mar,
shall OF a provisional court having
iur;sd;ct;o,, ni,er tho ant;ro Stota of Tcv,S
The critic., 1890-12-26
rlNANcIAL ANn COMMERCIAL.

NEw EoEK, Dec. 26,--Moncy ON call
louned at easy rates loo5.
Exchange steady; postodrates iSola9isil;
actual rates, 47s1Ce70 for sixty days and
is3l@ls]l for demand.
Governments steady; currency Gs, 100
bid; As coupon, 1929 bid: AS do, 1854 bid
The holiday dullnoss in the stock
market continues. Up TO noon to-day
only 100 shares were sold. The attend
anCe Of brokers on the floor was the
smallest since the blizzard. Prices were
weak and declined from sheer inactivity.
The little trading done was confined to
lead trust, Union Pacific, Atchison, st..
Paul and sugar trust.
AT noon prices were 10 I per cont.
the only feature is cOmnleLe stngnntiOn.
The critic., 1890-12-26
JUDGE BRowNs CONFIRMATION.
An Experienced Senator's Comments on
tho Case.

An Experienced Senator's Comments ou
tho Case.
A member Of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittcc to-day said that he did not as yet
see any reason why the nomination of
Judge Brown 20 be associate Justice of
the Supreme Court should not be con-
iirmed.
''Dut IL is rather early yet" he contin-
1icd. You see we have in our committee
very important nominations to handle.
We sometimes think that there is nothing
that can be possibly said against nominee,
when all of a sudden charges to the right
Of him and charges to the left of him
arc sprung upon the committee. The
nomination of Justice Brewer was point
in confirmation. We were ready to report
favorably upon il when along came
charges brought by the temperance pco-
pie. ] suppose as Il matter OF course that
there will be charges against Judge
Brown"
THE Critic reporter suggested that 1t was
already asserted that Judge Brown had
killed his man.
as that the fact?' was the answer in
tcrrogative. "Then suppose that we may
say that the thing has already com.
menced. But the Judiciary Committee is
used to such things But really this
q charge Of manslaiighter against Judge
Brown is, even in my experience of Ju
dietary Committee work. a little bit carly
The critic., 1890-12-26
A GOOD NAIL.
John Allen Accepts Judge Lamar's
View of 1t.

John Allen Accepts Judge Lamar's
View of 1t.
The Honorable John Allen of Missis-
sippi was at his desk in the House to-day
looking over his mail when CRITIC man
approached. Mr.. Allen handled his mail
picking II up. and dropping it down piece
meal on hls desk
THAT is a good mall" he said, "the c
are SO few letters in it. Letters, you
know, require answers The absence Of
letters makes a good Congressional mail.
| learned that before became a Congress-
man. j was and am yet great admirer
of Justice Lamar. When the latter was
in Congress used frequently to write to
him, telling him Of my admiration for
him and of my aspirations, and asking
for his advice. Once came to Washing
ton (this was some years before | was
elected to Congrcss) and, of course, came
mp to the Capitol. IL was before the Senate
met. Mr.. Lamar was u member of tina
body. ] sat in the seat next to him as he
examined his mail. There were very few
letters in that mail. 1t is good mail,
said he. This made me feel little bit
bad, as thought Of the number of letters
that | had written 10 Mr.. Lamar. Bus
then found out what in the eyes of mem
hers of the House and Senate good malt
consists Of. And Congressional experience
has convinced me that Mr.. Lamar's con-
ception Of good mail was the correct
one"
The critic., 1890-12-26

\ printed copy Of the memorial of the
representatives of the Religious Society of
Friends of Pennsylvania New Jersey and
Delaware, officially signed for the just
and humane treatment of the Indians,
has been presented to the Senate by Mr..
Paddock. Besides what was quoted from
IL in THE CnTTfC on Tuesday the following
significant paragraphs are worthy of mo-
tice:
statistics have been published in the
daily press which show that the expenses
of this Government since its formation in
1776 TO 1886, u period of ll0 years, on ac-
count Of Indians, have been upward Of
s02o,0C0,0C0, and that of this sum $500
000,0C0 have been expended by the War
Department in wars with them
and expenses incident thereto OF
this enormous aggregate, over $500
000,O O00 are stated to- have been
expended in hostilitics with different
iibcs during the ten years from 1877 TO
So; the primary cause Of which. IN ac-
tordance with the testimony before adj
Cuccd, has been the rapacity and injustice
of the whites,
THAT a course Of justice and kindness
toward this people would he productive Of
lasting peace, Is illuetruted by the carly
history Of the Province OF Pennsylvania,
in which friendly relations We're estab-
lished by such course between the white
settlers and the Indians and maintained
for upward of seventy years without the
existence of military force"
The critic., 1890-12-26
Actresses and Flowers.

W y. Si0r "WdH AJoW To,gn.'
i At noon Wednesday, while I-was III the
shop Of a Broadway florist, Lillian Rus
sell entered. She wore gossamcr and
was in damp and dismal state of mind.
She said something about the weather,
bought large bunch of fragrant pink
roses and then allowed the clerk to escort
her to her coupe. On his return he said:
Actresses spend lot of money for
flowers. There is Miss Russell. You
would think that the floral offerings of
her admirers would satisfy her; but they
don't.
Every day about this time she drops in
here for a bunch of pink roses and there's 8
pretty how-de-do if, by any possible
chance, we are unable to fill her order.
Fanny Davenport is partial to red roses,
and Carmencita dotes on hyacinths. Little
Miss Tempest generally buys yellow rose
buds and asks a great many questions
about orchids. Ada Rehan asks for Parma
violets, and insists on their being fresh
and fragrant. Sadie Martinot is an old
customer, but / do not know that she has
any particular favorite. Otero is passion
ately fond of any flower as long as the
perfume Is agreeable and the color yellow
or a kindred shade"
Great mark down sale of Suits and Over
coats to sl4.S5. Eiseman Bros, 7th and u.
The critic., 1890-12-26
Washington stock Exchange.

Reported for TnE CRrTGc by Gurly e
stevens, real estate and local securities,
d 1885 j street northwest.
Salos-Regular call, II o'clock M
lexington IL Soldiers Home II. r., I
u 80. Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. a 10.
Miscellaneous Bonds-W. Il q. K. Il.
l0-4O Gs, R03-23 1929 w. & @. Il. Il. con-
yertiblc 6s, 1906 Masonic. Hall Assoca-
ton, 5s @ 1893, 100; Wash. Market Co.,
1st mort. 6s, 1917; Wash. 1t. Infantry, lst,
Gs, 1901 92 Wash. It. Infantry, 81, r.,
1904, 81; Wash. Gaslight Coz Ser. A, 6s,
Il24; Wash. Gaslight Co., Ser. B, 6s, ll3.
ington, 1926; Bank of Republic, 235; Metro
Mechanics, t0O Citizens, l70; Columbia,
1853; Capital, 100.
Railroad Stocks-Wash. and Geo, 2lO;
Capitol and North o Street, is; Ecking-
ton ard Soldiers Home, IS; Georgetown
and Tennallytown ~.
Insurance Stocks - Fircmcns, l2l:
Franklin, 80; Metropolitan, 81; National
Union, Is; Arlington, lG5; Corcoran, 90;
Columbia, II; German American, 1865;
Potomac, 50; Riggs, "A; Peoples, ~ Lin
coin, AZ; Commercial !.
Title Insurance StOcks-Real Estate
Title 1913; Columbia Title, ~.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks-Wash.
ington Gas, 3Q3; Georgetown Gas, is;
L, s. Electric Light; 1875.
Telephone Pennsylvania, 25
American Graphophonc, lls.
Miscellaneous Washington Mar
ket, lG; Bull Run Panorama Co., l6;
National Safe Deposit, $50; Pneumatic
Gun Carriage Z. Wash Loan ,S Trust
Co, "a; American Security * Trust Co.
6l2.
The critic., 1890-12-26
The Day at the Industrial school.

Christmas at the Industrial Home
School was great day for the children
and their friends. The room was deco
rated with cvergreens, pottcd plants and
drawings by the scholars. A number of
solos and chorusos were sung aud recita-
,ions, dialogues and declamations were
given, all OF which elected applause. Mr..
Charles Gurlcy assumed the rotc of Santa
Claus and from Il very large box distribu-
ted many presents to the children. 1t
was indeed to them merry Christmas.
After this the company went to another
schoolroom where they were treated to a
kitchen garden entertainment. Twelve
girls with white aprons and caps went
through various kinds of house work
singing songs while doing SO. The
Christmas dinner took place at noon and
it is needless to say that 1t was the feature
of the day Among those present were
Mrs. G. II. Foster Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H..
Gurley, Mr.. Il. T. .Ianncy, Mr. and Mrs.
r. j. Fisher, the Misses Alvion Wilson,
NJ. NJ. Donovan, Nellie Mootc, Mrs.
Holmes, Mrs. and Miss Blackford.
The critic., 1890-12-26
AGAINST RETAIL DEALERS.
They Cannot Sell in Quantities OF Ma
Than n Pint.

They Cannot Sell in Quantities OF More
Thnnt d Pint.
The vexcd question as to whether there
Is any law to prevent Il person having a
license to keep barroom to sell liquor
in quantities greater than pint underline
license held, was answered in the affirm
ative in an opinion forwarded to the Com
missioners to-day by Attorney Hazleton.
",rhe law regulating the liquor traffic"
says he, sis very specific y y II ap-
pears that two classes of liquor dealers
are recognized by the law, viz; whole
sale dealers and retail dealers. The
former pays license Of not less than S25
annually and the latter a license
of SlO0 annually. 1t follows, | think
that man licensed as wholesale dealer
only cannot do barroom business, be-
cause it IL business he is not authorized
to engage in under his license. 1t is
equally true that n man licensed to keep
q barroom, which authorizes him TO sell
liquor in less quantities than a pint, can
not sell it in greater quantities than II
pint-that is, in packages containing more
than pint-without being regarded by
the law Wholesale dealer. In other
words, the right to sell liquor in less
quantities than pint does not include
the right to sell it in greater quanti-
ties than pint. | am, therefore,
of the opinion that the license law
itself prevents person having Il barroom
license only from selling liquor in greater
quantities than pint. When the pro-
prietor of n barroom sells liquor in greater
quantities than pint he is liable TO pros
ecution for doing business as q wholesale
dealer without license"
This opinion is regarded rs important
considered in the light of the present
liquor agitation, and Il tightening of the
strings may follow.
The critic., 1890-12-26
DIED.


KAPPLER.-on Thursday, December %,
1850, at T:20 p, NJ, Frank W, eldest son OF
Anton and Susan Happier, In the ?sth year OF
his age.
No, 735 Sixth street northwest, on Saturday,
December ~, at Si5 Il. IN. Requiem mass NJ
ST. Mary's Church at o'clock
S1EPHENSoN.-on December ~ 1899, at
ll:G0 u, m, after n long illness, Clara b., wife
OF Thomas r. Stephenson, and daughter OF
Mrs. Margaret S. and the late Captain Joseph
White.
aKELLY-on December ~, 1890, at II n. M,
In the 10th year OF his age, Richard Kelly.
ADAMs.--At North Yakima, Washington,
December 2, $50, James NJ. adams, formerly
clerk In the Treasury Department.
CLEMENTS December 30, 1890 Kate
NcKeevor, wife OF +, u. Clements, aged ~
years, 4 months.
DEAN.-on Tuesday, December 20, 1890, at
ST. Louis, Mich, Edward Clark Dean OF WASH
ington, ID, g., aged 10 years and months.
DUGAN.-On December u, 1890, at 1870 q. m d,
Maggie, beloved wife of stephen Dugan and
daughter of Mary and the late James Rooney.
HUTTON.-On Tuesday, December %, 1890,
at 5'l5 p. m, John V. Hutton, in the i!d year OF
his age.
LoNG.-On December n, 1890, at 1915
o'clock, David, the beloved husband OF Ellen
Long, aged 81,
LUCAS.-On December %, 1890, at s p, m, of
pneumonia, Rosetta, daughter of George w,
and Rosetta Lucas, aged 10 months and days.
MORELAND.--On December %, 1890, at il:l5
p. M, James u, MOreland beloved husband OF
Mrs. Maggie MOreland, aged 35.
MORRISON.-On December %, 1890, at 4:3l
p. M, at the residence of her son-ln-law, Fran.
els W. Edwards, 2093 Massachusetts avenue,
Mary NJ, Morrison, in the Slth year Of her age
Funeral private.
NOONAN.-On December II, 1890, at II a. IN.
At her late residence, 1919 Sixth street north
west, llonora NOonan, beloved wife of Cor
nelius Noonan in the G2d year OF her age.
ROBB-On Wednesday, December ~, 1890
after painful illness, Josephine NJ, wife OF
John Ii, Robb.
SMITn.-On Tuesday, December 90, 1890, al
G:l5 y. M, Charles Smith, after long Illness
aged n years
The critic., 1890-12-26
silence with Soup.

from Wt tOHFttF-JONTUHf,
There are some dinner rules in high
fashion wemay not all know. Forinstance,
in the new novel, "Aristocracy," this
passage occurs: az dare say you find
England very different from America,
Mr.. Allen Lady Oaktorrington pro
nounced ottor) says after the removal of
the soup during which course not word
had been spoken at table" And how it
is in France one may gather from Guy de
Maupassant's novel; "Belami," in which
this occurs: "Thc servant announced,
Madame is served Then they ad-
jolyned to the dining-room. Duray
found himself seated between Madame
de Marelle and her daughter. u q a
No one spoke while eating the soup"
This looks like design. 1t seems from
these extracts to be the rule of highly
cultured nations that no one shall speak
while he is eating soup, and, considering
the modern mustachc, it may be a very
appropriate police regulation. But We
must not too quickly jump at conclu.
sions. We all know that sometimes al
American dinner parties, in the matter OF
early conversation one finds himself, rs
it were, silently in "the SOUP"
The critic., 1890-12-26
THE ELECTIONS BILL.
Senntor Pugh Fears 1t VIII Pass in
spite of Opposition.

senator Pugh Fears 1t VIII Pass In
spite of OPPOSITION.
The general newspaper impression, and
for that reason largely the general public
impression, is that the Elections bill can
not get through the Senate. Southern
Democratic Senators who are per Sc the
people most interested in the measure, as
II now is, think otherwise. They have
satisfied themselves that the Republican
members of the Senate intend to put the
bill through The Aldrich resolution
means this they say, and nothing else.
They are prepared to fight to the best of
their ability, but recognize that they will
not have large field to fight it. Senator
Pugh of Alabama to-day gave TIE CRITIc
reporter the main points upon which this
creed is based, "and further believe, +" he
continued, that the bill will go through
the House. All they want over there is a
quorum of their own members and
think that it has been demonstrated that
they can get such quorum"
This exposition of the situation by Mr..
Pugh is in exact keeping with what Rep
resentative Crisp Of Georgia said some
time ago to a CRITIc reporter, which was
printed at the time. The etwOpublications
certainly make UP food for speculation
about the fate of the bill.
The critic., 1890-12-26
CHRISTMAS CLUB DINNER.
The Poor Children VIII Have Feast
To- Morrow.

MOffOWs
One of the most interesting obsevances
of Christmas will be the entertainment to
be given tomorrow at the National Rifles
Armory by the Christmas Club to the poor
children Of the city. The entertainment
is one in which the sympathy, especially
of Mrs, President Harrison, other ladies of
the White House, and, in fact, all the
ladies and gentlemen well known in the
higher circles of society in Washington,
is elected; and for the occasion lovely
society debndotes appear in the role of
mattresses, and the children, while partak-
ing of the many good things provided for
them, listen to strains Of music from the
Marine Band.
II is not only the occasion of dinner
10 the poor children, but il is society
event. Mr., Edward Hay win appear us
kris Kringle' and distribute the pres
ents, and the ladies will be assisted by
members of the National Rifles, The COM
mittcos are as follows;
Entertainment-Mls Clark, Mrs. Chas.
Gibson and Miss Peachy,
Music-Mrs. j, Wilson and Miss Brown.
Hall-Miss Strong, Mrs. Woodruff and
Miss lIeint1leman.
Dinner-Mrs. Charles Dulin, Miss
Brown, Mrs, Charles Adee and Mrs. NJ E.
Dulin.
Toys-Mrs, Macfarland, Miss Mccall
ment, Mrs, Allen,
The critic., 1890-12-26
ChrIstmns al the Rerorm school.

The inmates of the Reform School spent
Christmas in a very enjoyable manner.
The days sport was entered upon with a
game of baseball, and it was continued
until the dinner gong sounded. Two hun
dred active and healthy boys sat down to
the bounteous Christmas dinner prepared
under the direction of Matron Shallen.
berger. The outdoor sports were resumed
after dinner and continued until the fast
falling snow put an end to them. In
doors Christmas tree loaded with hand
some gifts was prepared for the entertain
ment of the smaller boys. According to
his usual custom President Falls of the
board of directors was present to see the
boys eat their Christmas dinner.
The critic., 1890-12-26

From he NetO York Herald.
The bridal robe, a creation from Paris,
was alike novel and exquisite in design.
1t was an admirable copy of an old Vene-
tian portrait, and in richness of material,
glimmor of gems and silver, faithful re-
production of the most picturesque period
of Italian dress. The bodice was made
high at the throat with Il rolling Venetian
collar of silver enriched with gems elabo-
rately trimmed with slashes of crepe de
chine and finest point d'aiguille. The
very long sleeves were slashed at the
shoulder and elbow with crepe de chine
richly embroidered with brilliants, pearls
and silver terminating in q pointed cuf
which fell over the hand The skirt and
demi-train of satin were trimmed with
beautiful ilounces Of old family point lace,
alternated with panels embroidered in an
emblematic design of orange blossoms and
lilies of the valley. From the shoulder
fell full court train of finest velvet,
partly covered with an embroidered
vine in brillants, pearls and silver Of
orange blossoms and lilies of the val
ley, caught up by Renaissance bows
and finished with deep border of
softest white fox fur. The bride wore o
diamond fieur-de-lys tiara, "a gift of her
grandmother, Nine. de Zerega; q diamond
crescent, gift of the bridegroom, and a
beautiful diamond ornament, the gift Of
Mrs. del Monte. She carried silver
prayer book.