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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Horse Races Yesterday.

GLOUCESTER, n. j.. Dec. 27.-The races to-
day resulted as follows: First race-Six and
one-half furlongs. Armour won, Amos second
Time, 1:254. Second race-Three- quarters of a
mile. Pestilence won, Bob Arthur second
Time, 1:1SG. Third race-Seven and one-half
furlongs. Tappahannock won, Algebra gelding
second. Time, 1899. Fourth race-1 1-16
miles. Elkton won, Lady Pulsifer second.
Time, 1881. Fifth race-1l miles Mikado
won, Philander second. Time, 2:142.
RACE TRACK, GUTTENBURG, Dec. 27.-A gang
of Italians began yesterday to clear the snow
off the track. The work was finished by noon
to-day. The card was originally q fairly heavy
one, but was reduced by scratches, and moder-
ate sized fields faced the starter. First race
Seven furlongs. Facial B. won, Ballston sec
ond. Time, 1:31. Second race-Six and half
furlongs. Vardee won, Capulin second. Time
1:22. Third race-Five and half furlongs
Chancellor won, Express second. Time, 1:O3i
Fourth race-One mile Tipstaff won, Blue
Jeans second. Time, 1:494. Fifth race-Five
furlongs. Peril won, Fernwood second. Time,
1:024. Sixth race-Seven furlongs. Neptunus
won, Gen. Boulanger second. Time, 1901.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Music and Athletics.

A very pleasant musical and athletic exhibit
ton took place on Friday evening at the Poto-
mac Athletic clubhouse. The musical portion
of the programme was under the charge Of
Messrs. j. B. Cilley and j. G.. Traylor por-
tion of the Georgetown Amateur Orchestra,
composed of Messrs Finckel, father and SON;
Professor Bumgardner j. B. Cilley, and George
Sheriff, rendered some classical music, while
there were vocal solos by Messrs. Traylor and
Bryan Huyck. The athletic exhibition con-
sisted of a spirited fencing combat with foils
between Will Norton and F. A. Randall, a spar
ring match between j. II. Doyle and Will Nor
ton, wrestling between Edward Baier and
Charles Walroth, and scrap between Messrs
Baker and Baier. All these events were very
enjoyable The event of the evening was an
exhibition of the science of self-defense by DR..
Emil Won Lindgren, formerly of the Potomacs,
and that clever little gentleman, Mr.. George
Carter, of the c. A. c. The exhibition was one
of the finest ever seen in the District. 1t was
scientific exhibition from the start, with snap
vim, and dash added to give it the color of
what good sparring really is like. There were
among the guests prominent business men
and representatives, of Yale, Harvard, and
Princeton colleges.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Last Football OF the Season.

The final games of football of the season
were played on Christmas in the snow storm.
The first game took place in the morning, the
opposing teams being the Columbia Athletics
and another styled "All Washington" The"An
Washingtonsn was composed of such players as
Phil King of Princeton; Porter and Ordway,
of Lehigh; O'Donnell and Fleming, of George
town College; Ryan, Of the Kendalls King,
Writ, Dickerson, and Pickett, of G. A. c.. and
Weaver, of Washington. The spectators saw
one of the prettiest games Of the year, as the
various plays were executed with dash never
seen here before. The playing Of the "All
Washingtons" was superior TO tue Columbias,
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Death of Gen. Stokes.

New YORK, Dec. 27.-Gen. James Hughes
Stokes died at his home, No IS East Forty
seventh street, to-day after an illness of two
weeks. He was born in Maryland and was
graduated from West Point in 1885. He was
commissioned in the artillery. He fought
through the Seminole War and was dis
tlnguished for his bravery in 1843.
Capt. Stokes resigned and went into business
in Illinois. On the outbreak of the Civil War
he offered his services to the Governor of Hi
nois and was made brigadier general of vol
unteers At the close of the war he returned
10 private life and lived, until eleven years ago,
in Chicago. For eleven years he has lived In
This city. lie leaves two sons, daughter, and
a widow, his second wife. The sons and daugh-
ters are living in Chicago.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
a Wonderful Mexican Farm.

hansaS ClJy Ilmes.
son one farm in Mexico | saw enough of the
luxuries of life produced to make any man
happy" remarked Mr.. G. s. Wood Of El Paso,
Tex. last night at the Midland. "The farm was
not as large as some farms go in Mexico, but it
was, to use slang phrase, a 'stunner.' | don't
think the mind of man could imagine vegeta-
BILE product that could not be produced on that
farm. At any rate, saw growing there coffee,
sugar, rice, potatoes, rye, wheat, oats, corn ber-
ries, cabbage tomatoes, apples, bananas, cocoa
figs, cocheneal, and dozen other products. On
the upper end of this farm you could find gold,
silver, sapphires onyx, and other precious
duced in quantities large enough to pay to mar
ket them, but they were all found there and all
at the service of the owner of the land Oh, L
suppose the farm contained ten or twenty thou
sand acres, but it extended through all temper
atures and all elevations
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Charles vi and Champagne.

All the Year Round,
1t was in the reign of Charles vi of France
that the fine qualities of champagne first ap-
proved themselves to the palates of men of
taste, among whom we must reckon Wenceslas,
King of Bohemia, who, visiting France for dip
lomatc purposes, took up his residence at
Rheims in May, 1897. There he was induced to
try the local vintage, and he found it go good
that he devoted three hours daily, from to 6,
to getting drunk upon it. At length he was
reluctantly compelled to turn his attention to
business, but as soon as the treaty was signed
which he had come to France to negotiate-he
EXPRESSED a strong desire to remain some short
time longer in city which had revealed to him
a new pleasure in life The short time extended
to twelve months, so that he spent year in
waiting for the treaty, year in discussing it,
and year in resting from his labors, and ali
three years he refreshed himself with 'the glori-
GUS vintage of champagne"
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
SIN MEN SHOT,
Fatal Ending of Fight Which was Begun
Christmas Evening,

christmas Evening.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 27.-The Times Demo-
crdt, Lumberton, Miss, special says: s'Davis-
ton, small town one-half mile below here,
was the scene of fatal shooting affray this
afternoon in which six men were shot,
one being killed instantly and two
others fatally wounded. The trouble originated
from fight at party on Christmas evening,
near Red Top, between four men, T. T. Fayre
one Parker, Neal Strahan, and John Hickman,
when Fayre fired on the crowd, killing Parker
and dangerously wounding the other two.
Favre was arrested and placed in Ellisville Jail
for safe keeping by j. +. Cooke, justice of the
peace of District No. /. Justice of
the Peace j. NJ. Smith, of District No. 2,
despatched Deputy Sheriff W. w. Stackstili
with the necessary papers to obtain Favre's re-
lease on $500 bond. Sheriff Shivers, upon hear
ing OF his release, summoned his deputies and
came to Daviston on the local freight to rear
rest Favre. Just as the train came to halt
the firing began. Favre was killed in
stantly and Sheriff D. NJ. Shivers was shot
through the left lung with a Winchester bail
and Deputy Sheriff T. B. White was shot in the
left side with pistol. The ball passed through
and came out on the right side. Both the
latter are announced mortally wounded The
two wounded sheriffs were brought to this
place, where they are receiving the best atten-
tion."
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
TO MAKE SOME GOOD
A Company of Cowboys to go II
Hostile Country.

PIERRE s. D., Dec. 21-Scottv a. 4|z1
well-known ranchman, living on the
tion, came to the city to-day to make
rangements to protect his own and GN
Mellete's CATTLE, which a running nea,
Bad Lands. He says the hosties have h.N
dreds OF range cattle in the Bad Lands, whic
they are quietly eating, while the
troops stay around in camps on the
outskirts guarding them shile they eat "Thats
how ranchmen are being benefited by the
troops" he says, and adds that the troops are
afraid to go into the Bad Lands for fear of
being ambushed. He proposes to rece i've
sanction to muster regular company of cow
boys which will go through the hostile country
and regain the stolen cattle or make some
"good lndians.n
DENVER, Col, Dec. PA News special
from Creston, s. D., via Rapid CITY, s, D.. by
courier, says: "Things which few DAYS ago.
under the policy of Gen. Brooke, tended to a
cessation of all hostilities are to-day Just the
reverse. Late last night Gen. Carr received a
telegram from Col. Sumner that the In
whom ne was supposed to have held
as prisoners, had escaped and were
heading for the Bad Lands" At daylight Gen.
Carr and six troops pulled out from here to in
tercept them or capture and destroy them, but
so far no word has been received from the Cen
eral. The Indians are still carrying on their
{depIredations as usual, and are growing much
bolder, having stolen three valuable horses and
ten head of cattle out of corral last night at
the ranch Of Mr.. Burns, situated only ten
miles from this camp on the Cheyenne River
Gen. Miles was heard to say in Rapid CITY TO-
day that he was tired of fooling with these
Indians, though the best thing to be done was
to attack them without any further delay.
DICKINSON, N. D., Dec. 27.-Leut. Luy-
denham and ID Scout Spence, of Capt Fountains
here with dispatches. They report that there
was no foundation for the story that the com
mand was hemmed in by five hundred hostiles
in the Cave Hills. Capt. Fountain had not, up
to Christmas morning, been able to discover any
trace of Indians, but had learned that
Sitting Bulls followers are on their way to the
Pine Ridge and Cherry Creek reservations.
Stories about ranchmen murdered and property
destroyed by the hosties are also stated to be
unfounded. AS far as the military authorities
here are aware not shot has been exchanged
between the Indians and troops. A general
summary of the disposition of troops shows
that the entire reservation is hemmed in by
troops ready for the field, and fears of an out
break in the spring are groundless
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Big Fees For Lobby Services

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 27.--An interesting
chapter in the affairs of the defunct Union
Railway Company, of this city, was revealed
to-day in the testimony of NJ. G. Harmon, one
of the stockholders, given during the trial of
the suit of the company's attorney for fees.
Mr.. Harmon said that stock to the
value OF 100000 had been issued
by the company. OF this amount 100000 had
been deposited with the American Loan and
Trust Company, of Boston, as security The
other 100000 had been turned over to thirteen
local members of the company. This had been
paid for only in the way of services rendered
the company by securing the franchises, inter
esting property owners in the scheme, etc.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

and they finally won by close score of 6
to 4. This was grand work for a picked
team to accomplish, and they deserve great
credit for their victory. The work of Phil
King and Porter was excellent, while Fleming,
The Columbias have no reason to feel put out
by the defeat, as two-thrds of the opposing
team are members of their own organization.
1t was spirited contest, and the admirers OF
football who failed to see it missed the best
game of the year. Mr.. Charles II. Boynton
refereed the game, while Mr.. r. X. Tyler was
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Southern RaiIroad Transfer.

ATLANTA, GA, Dec. 26.-At midnight to-
night formal transfer will be made of the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad from the lease com
pany, which has had it for twenty years, to the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis, the new
lease company. Formal papars of transfer
were signed to-day Senator Brown, as president
OF the old lease company, turned it over to
GoVernar Northen, he then transferring it to
President Thomas, of the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Jerry Simpson to Succeed ingalls,.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 27.-A special to the
Times from Topeka, says; "Jerry Simpson,
farmers Alliance Congressman-el elect from the
Seventh Kansas District, is becoming dangerous
as Senatorial candidate in the race for the
seat made vacant by the expiration of Mr.. In
galps term. The famers.of the Seventh Dis
trict have espoused his cause, and now the
Third and Sixth District farmers have caught
the contagion, and the 'Sockless Statesman is
developing good-szed senatorial boom"
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Rould Trip Tickets to Boston via
PennsYlYania Railroad.

Commencing to-day, the 28th instant, the
Pennsylvania Railroad will sell round-trip
tickets to Boston via Steamer Maryland Route,
for either the day night line, at $12.5O, valid
for return within ten days. The day train with
A. M. daily, except Sunday reaching Boston at
Q p. M. The night line, with through sleeping
car leaves Washington at 3:15 p. NJ, reaching
Boston at $50 A. M. daily. The convenient
hours of arrival and departure, and the excel
lent through service Of this line renders this
route most desirable one between Washing
ton and Boston.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Barkeepers' superstitions.

NeW OrK btar.
One would hardly expect to find barkeepers
the victims of superstition. l learned some
thing the other day, however, which would
seem to indicate that they are. One of the craft
tells me that when a server of drinks reports
for duty he will not, under any circumstances,
trust for drink. 81 don't believe there is a
barkeeper in the city, one of the fraternity tells
me, ''who does not believe that if he gives credit
to his first customer of the day he will be pur
sued by ill-luck during his entire tour of duty"
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
Horrible Death on a Live Wire"

DENVER, Col, Dec. 27.-Charles Mcdonnell,
lineman employed by the electric light com
pany, was instantly killed last night by coming
in contact with a live wire. He was working
on the top of a pole and after receiving the
shock he fell across the wires, his hand grasp
ing the wire that killed him. In a moment the
smell of burning flesh was distinguished, and
before he could be taken down it became
stronger, and blue smoke arose from three
places on the poor fellows body, producing a
scene which caused the crowd to turn away
with horror He leaves a wife and family.
The Turkish war budget has been approved
after having increased the credit for fortihca-
tions by 100000 francs.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
EXTENSIVE CONSULAR FRAUDS.
Systematic Cheating-Guilty Parties to be
Punished.

Systematic Cheating-Guilty Parties to be
Punished.
Acting on information from the Treasury DE
partment to the effect that irregularities were
suspected in the consular Authorization of
Canadian goods imported into the United States
during the past twelve months, the Secretary
of State recently determined on thorough in
vestigaton of the United States Consular Serv-
ice in the Dominion of Canada. He selected
DR.. Sinclair, chief Of the Consular Bureau of
the State Department, for the purpose, and at
his suggestion Special Agent Whitehead, of the
Treasury Department, was detailed to assist
him. These two gentlemen have just COM
pleted their investigation, and are now engaged
in the preparation of their reports to the respec
tive departments. While it is impossible to
obtain an official acknowledgment to that eff
feet, it is understood that extensive frauds were
discovered in the shape of systematic underval-
uation by consignors and in the wholesale col
lection OF illegal fees by the consular officers.
The amount of money involved in the transac-
tions is said to be very large, but the exact sum
cannot now be ascertaned
Secretary Window and Assistant Secretary
Spalding, of the Treasury Department, and AS
sistant Secretary Wharton, of the State Depart
ment, were questioned on the subject last night,
but each declined to commit himself in ad-
vance of the receipt of the official reports. 1t
was admitted that Irregularities were supposed
il
investigated. Secretary Window said that if
the charges were proved the guilty would be
punished if there was any power in the law to
do it, 1t is expected that the reports of both
gentlemen connected with the investigation
will be submitted next week.
"a MARES NEsT.n
TORONTO, ONT, Dec. 27.-Col. Pope, Ameri-
can Consul here, brands the reported discovery
of frauds upon the American Government by
the consuls in Ontario as 'a mare's nest"
Frauds of the kind specified, he says, would be
discovered almost immediately.
OTTAWA, ONT, Dec. 27.--Consul General
Toy, speaking of the alleged frauds perpetrated
in Ontario by American consular agents, said
that United States inspectors had been here re-
Gently and had limited to him that their mission
was to investigate Irregularities. The Consul
irregularities, and thought that if there had
been any loss it would be light, as it would be
impossible to practice protracted fraud.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
A CoIorado Bank FaiIure.

GREELEY, Col, Dec. 27.-The old banking
firm of Hunter q West has failed through bad
outside Investments. Bank assets, $1378O0;
liabilities, $32, 800.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28

For the purest and best California wines go
to the TO, Kalon Wine Co., GA Fourteenth street
northwest.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
DIED.

HILL.-Satruday, December 27, at llA5 p. NJ,
Martha A., wife OF George Hill, Jr Notice of
funeral hereafter.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-24
A Successful Warbler.

Miss Mabel Stephenson has London by
the ears. She left New York last April
with DIR. and Mrs. Emmett Densinore, at
whose home in Elm Park Gardens she
made her first appearance. Ever since
she has been spoken Of as "the latest
drawing room craze
In introducing her n evening a gen
tleman facetiously remarked, Miss Ste
phenson is a New York girl, and she
brings a whole forest Of native American
birds with her" Later some one referred
to her In print as the New York maiden
with a nest of birds in her throat, and
the result was everybody wanted her for
a drawing room. She appeared twice
before the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The prince sent II message to the bird
warbler asking for an introduction, and
was full of interest and enthusiasm over
what he called her remarkable powers
of vocal imitation. During the season
she was invited by a series of duchesses,
ladies and honorables to MARBLE for them,
and her social opportunities have been
as fiattering as her professional career
has been successful. From all accounts
she is prettier than ever. The English
air has put roses in her fair cheeks. She
wear her yellow hair dressed in curls
about her forehead, ears and throat,
making a frame of gold for her pretty
face, and her dresses are as gay and
gauzy as the branches Of flowers she
carries into the drawing room and
through which she whistles and carols
and trills.-London Letter.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-24
Women Who Use Opium.

The Chinese have taught the women
of Washington thing that it We're
better they had not learned. That is the
habit of using opium. A physician told
me that society would be greatly shocked
if every woman here who used it were
to be branded upon the forehead. This
habit, however, is not the fault of the
Chinese. They are abused enough with
out making them responsible for the sins
Of others, The physician with whom l
talked attributes this frightful condition
of affairs to the life led by the women of
the upper crust. He says the endless
round of receptions and balls is SO Ia
borious to them that they are compelled
to seek some sort of relief. At first they
begin by taking soothing strip. Then
when this fails to act they use paregoric.
But it is only a step from this to opium.
There are some people here who buy the
pure gun and chew it regularly every
day.-Washington Cor. Pittsburg Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-24
A New Profession for Women.

In the s~pectroscopic work I'm astron-
omy) the eye has been superseded of late
to a great extent by the Photographic
plate, which is now able to recognize
fainter impressions than the eye, and to
register them permanently. Professor
Pickering has been continuing at Cam
bridge his remarkable work, and it is
also being carried on in the southern
hemisphere by a party sent there in con-
nection with the operations of the Draper
memorial. The instrument employed is
a Photographic telescope, with a prism,
or a series of prisms, in front of the OBJ
ject glass, the whole mounted like any
large telescope, and provided with an ac-
curate driving clock.
With an instrument of this kind we OBJ
tain upon the sensitive plate the spectra
of all the stars which happen to be- in the
field of view-sometimes a hundred at a
time, as when a cluster like the Pleiades
is in question. This method has made it
possible to complete, in a comparatively
short time, a general survey of the spectra
of all the brighter stars of the northern
hemisphere; and the survey is now being
extended to the southern hemisphere,
whereitis already well advanced. When
ever the spectrum of a star, thus photo
graphed on a small scale, is found to
present any interesting popularity, it is
examined with a more powerful instru-
ment, which photographs its spectrum
on Il much larger scale; and this second
photograph is then enlarged again for
special study.
1t is worth recording here that the ex-
animation of the Harvard photographs
has been made almost entirely by wom-
en-, who are assistants in the observatory.
A niece of DR.. Henry Draper, whose
memorial is now being erected in the
form of this monumental work-the
sp~ectroscopic survey of the heavens
had the good fortune to discover in the
star spectra the delicate doubling of the
lines which has proved so full of infor-
mation.-Professor Charles A. Young in
Forum.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-24

that AIRS. Taylor was offered a sixth IN
terest in an Oil well, in consideration of
which she was to furnish the casing used
in drilling it, an offer which she prompt
ly accepted; procured the casing and be.
came one of the company. On the fail
ure Of the company to drill the well
within the limited time Mrs. Taylor was
left with the casing on her hands, as it
seemed at that time a dead loss.
AS many wells were being drilled,
however, she was able to sell the casing
at a profit. She then ordered a second
and third supply, which, on account of
its scarcity, she easily disposed of at a
profit. Then, with that foresight essen
tial to successful business, Mrs. Taylor
saw that on account of the increasing
number of wells that were being drilled
the already insufficient supply of casing
would be ever more inadequate to the
demand. Then, with the nerve Of a
veteran s~peculator accustomed to corner
the market in stocks. she invested the
capital realized by her other sales in well
casing, which resulted in placing her
upon a firm financial basis, and through
which she obtained an extensive business.
The scarcity in oil well casing is still
fresh in the minds of oil men. 1t was at
this time when it could not be obtained
at any price that Mrs. Taylor placed upon
the market her great stock and her fort
une was made.-Washington Letter.