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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
To Help Ex.Confederate. in

To Help Ex-Confederates in Baltimore.
A number Of ladies in Baltimore are inter.
ested In the formation Of an association having
for its object the relief Of destitute ex-con-
federate soldiers and the widows and orphans
OF ex-confederstes. The confederate soldiers
home at Pikesville has been an asylum for many
OF the ex-soldiers, but their families were in
some cases left destitute. A call has been
issued for the names and residences of persons
needing assistance, and more than seveuty-fi
applications have been received. The ladies
were grstitied that in nearly every instance the
application was for employment. The call was
In the nature of an experiment to learn if there
were ex-confederates in Baltimore who really
needed aid The names and addresses of the
applicants were taken and employment will be
procured for those desiring it, and the needs
OF those requiring other assistance will be
promptly attended to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
Reviving . Dead Letter Law.

A case Of great importance to American ship
owners WAS tried at Liverpool England. yester-
day. Counsel for the Liverpool board OF trade
brought suit in the name OF that body against
Capt Adams OF the American ship Henry ].
Smith for carrying deck cargo of $500 cubic
feet Of pine wood contrary to the merchant
shipping act. Capt Adams, replying 10 the
charges made at the instance Of the Liverpool
board OF trade. protested that he was ignorant
OF the British law upon the subject and claimed
that in any case American citizens were exempt
from the law. In spite of this defense Capt
Adams was fined El0. The law under which
this fne was imposed has not been previously
enforced upon foreigners, and it is notorious
that captains and owners Of Norwegian vessels
constantly defy the law referred to and that
they do this with impunity. The matter Of the
ship Henry j. Smiths deck cargo will, it is un.
derstood, be promptly referred to the authori-
ties at Washington. The ship Henry ]. Smith
is of l,0SS tons register She left Brunswick,
Ga, on October - and arrived at Queenstown
November -. She reached Liverpool q few
days later
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04

contest for honorable degrees took place
wednesday evening at the Martyr College OF
Execution and Oratory. Each contestant for the
several degrees recited or spoke for the pur-
pose o. attaining certain standard Of excel
lence. There are twenty-three degrees in all.
The prizes include silver, gold and diamond
medals and $500 in cash. The successful con.
testants last evening were Campbell Caring
ton, Emma Neyhart, VIM X. Tappan, Lora Y.
Ihorne, J. b Dixie. Cora NJ. Baggerly. wv
Hunt, K ID. Trundle, A. W. Austin, Minnie
Siemons, Gertrude Swiggett, May Clemens,
Lue Brockett, kittie Middlebrooke. ". A. An
drews. NJ. W. Howard, Emily Sauter, Nellie
Poole, Charles E Fraser, Ella Whiteside aud
N, +. ODOnoghue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04

The formal transfer of the valblatz Brew
ing Company's plants in Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Louis and Denver has been made
to the United States Brewing Company of Chi
cago. The United States Brewing Company,
which 10 an English-Americau corporation
with q capitalization Of about el0, 000, 600. i'm
mediately gave a mortgage for Is, so, 600 70
cover the purchase money. The officers Of the
United States Brewing Company are: President
vAlblatx, Vice President Leo Ernest and Treas
urer Rudolph Brand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04

After the Editors National Convention.
s. Cappeller, president. Of Mansfield. Ohio,
and J. NJ. Page Of Jerseyville. ILL.,, secretary Of
the National Editorial Association, met at Gin
cinnati yesterday and fixed January 20, at the
Burnett House, Cincinnati. for the meeting of
the executive committee Of the association,
which is to fix the time and place for the an
nual meeting next year. In addition to the
executive committee, comprising about sixty
editors, there will be in attendance at the meet
ing delegations from California, Asheville
Nc, Norfolk. Va, Seattle, Wash, Atlantic
City. New Orleans and other points that are
anxious to secure the editors annual conven-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
Late Burial Perlnits.

During thetwenty-four hours ending at noon
yesterday burial permits were issued from the
health office for the following:
White--Sarah Darnall. 20 years, peritonitis:
Annie Burke. IS years, senile debility; Katha-
rine W. wingate, years, diphtheria; Carrie E.
Brown. years, diphtheria; Denuis ]. McCor-
mick, days. commissions; Anna NJ. Cotter, Is
years. chronic gastritis; John Carter Is years
internal injuries from fall; VIM. G. Halen, 26
years, antero lateral spinal scleross; Frank j.
Buchlcr. "a years, acute meningitis; James
Lowe, 81 years. consumption: Richard ID. Syd-
nor, 80 years, typhoid fever; Louise johnson, 4
years. membranous Group.
Colored-Joseph Harris, SO years. consump-
ton; Emma Nelson, 30 years, acute peritonitis:
VIM. +. Bowman. weeks. marasmus; infant of
Martha Johnston, 2 days. premature birth;
Hezekiah Carroll, year, marssmus; Annie e.
NARROW, years, tuberculosis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04

Going too far.-This man on IN.
Fourth of July wanted 20 see the pro
cession, hut climbed TO the top Of ths
Boston State House; he said, Il VA
afraid somebody might step on m,
corns." This was carrying the thin.
TO extremes. Sometimes this II IN.
case with persons in search Of health
Because there are counterfeits of DO
ham Hoff's Malt Extract on ths
market. should they give up in despair
and suffer?
In cases of dyspepsia. stomach dis
eases, hemorrhoids general debility
and for mothers while nursing. il has
no equal.
The medical fraternity i'm Europ.
and America indorse il.
Write TO Eisner & Mendelson Co.
6 Barclay street, New York. for de
scriptive pamphlets. and remembei
when buying that YOU get Johanf
Hoff's Malt Extract-the only gen
uine.
limitations are dangerous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04

Among tie passengers on the Pacific express
which left Pittsburg on the Pittsburg, Fl
Wayne and Chicago railway at 1 O'Clock We'd
nesday afternoon was an aged lady named
Cusack As the train vas nearing Wooster.
Ohio, two ladies CHANGED to walk to the forward
end of the car and we're alarmed at the elderly
ladys appearance. Thinking she had tainted
they grasped her hands. but quickly dropped
them and screamed for help. Mrs Cusack was
dead. The body was carefully laid out and at
Crestline was taken of the train to be pre-
pared for burial Her ticket bore the name Of
Mrs. Cusack Of Ireland. She left her home in
Ireland two weeks ago and was on her way to
Chicago to join her only son, who is in business
in that city. Mrs. Cusack's sudden death was
probably due to spoplexy. The railroad off,
cials in Chicago have found the son and he is
now at Crestline to take charge Of his mothers
remains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04

A daring train robbery occurred on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
Wednesday night When the train which leaves
Rome. Ga, for Selma at 1890 p. m. on the
Alabama division arrived at station about two
miles fir ON that city it was tagged down, and
when it was stopped two masked men boarded
the express car. Messenger Sims and one of
the train hands were in the car at the time and
the robbers covered them with their pistols
and demanded the cash. Messenger Sims
handed them the money, which was only s65,
and when ASSN ed that was all they could secure
they quietly retired from the car and escaped
through the bushes.
So quietly was the robbery conducted that
the thieves had carried out their purpose and
escaped before any one on the train realized the
situation. Deputy Sheriff Turner left yester-
day morning with posse Of men and a pack of
bloodhounds in pursuit of the robbers, and
another posse left on q special engine to Join
Sheriff Turner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
CHINA's GROWING REVOLT.
The Rebellion Thought to Hare Been
Started by Secret Societies

The Rebellion Thought to Have Been
Started by Secret Societies
]heNew York He0T especial Paris dispatches
state that although the Chinese legation
persists IN denying the Importance Of the in
surrection IN China, the advices received by
the French government do not bear out their
estimate. According TO one official dispatch
the British government, is negotiating with
China with a view &c lending her assistance in
men and money against the rebels. In exchange
for the services China seems disposed to sign a
treaty of alliance with England. ceding Yangste
and pledsing herself to oppose Russia in the
event OF an Anglo-Iussian war. The French
government has sent orders to the commanders
OF French ships in the east TO hold themselves
IN readiness to sail for Chinese waters. Mis-
sionaries and diplomats familiar with celestial
ways are Of the opinion that the instruction
Will soon spread 10 the southern provinces. II
Is the work of the secret societies. which extend
throughout China"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
LIKE THE EYRAUD CASE.
Henri Rosset COnfesses to Strangi,lg HI
Sweetheart's Aged Lover.

c"ectncaItD hKeO Lover.
Henri Rosset a Partisan youth of nineteen
has confessed to frightfu, crime, not dis
similar in some OF its features from. that for
which Eyraud, the stranger, suffered death
and Gabrielle Bompard, his accomplice, is in
prison. Rosset says that he was the lover of a
waitress at Brasserie This young woman had
an elderly and well-to-do admirer, a tradesman.
who supplied her with money, she receiving
his attentions. The girl. according to Rosset
concluded to get rid OF her aged friend and get
his money at the same time. She proposed to
Rosset that she would lure the Old man to some
unusual place and Rosset would be on hand to
kill and rob the victim. Whether the Eyraud-
Gauffe murder suggested the means of getting
rid Of the old man is not stated, but the
method, with change Of scene only, was very
similar.
The victim readily fell into the scheme
planned for his destruction. especially as the
girl. to mako sure Of him. had pretended to be
coy and distant for day or two. On the APP
pointed date for the tragedy she invited him to
accompany her to a secluded spot at Burdeau
Saint Clair; After they had walked while she
spoke Of being tired and suggested to her
elderly lover that they -est in the shade of a
convenient tree. The old tradesman, his atten-
ton occupied by the Establishments of the
girl. did not notice the youthful
stranger who lurkej behind tho tree
Suddenly, with bound, Rosset was on his
victim and had moose around his neck. The
old man was taken too suddenly to make any
resistance. The stranger frightened his hold
| and in n few moments the victim was dead
Meantime the waitress had calmly witnessed
| the death struggle of the man who had been
kind to her They found 15 600 francs on the
| body, which Rosset handed 10 the girl Then
they lifted the body up and threw it from tho
ROuen bridge into the Seine.
Rosset, although willing to suffer for his
crime, has SO far refused to disclose the name
Of his accomplicc. His story is corroborated in
SO far that custom house officer named Fe-
came remembers having seen a man throw a
box into the water from the ROuen bridge
| about the time stated. The officer hurried to
| the spot Tho man had gone, but there was
blood on the parapet Of the bridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
FRESHMEN AGAIN FIGHTING.
Parnellites and McCarthyites Come to Blow
at Limerick.

Parneilites and McCarthyi,es Come to Blows
at Limerick.
Adisgraceful scene occurred W ednesday at the
railway station in Limerick, ireland. growing on,
of the antipathy entertainei by the two factions
OF the Irish party for each other. The McCar-
thyites had been holding a convention at Lin.
erick, and among the prominent speakers
present were MIR. William y Brien and Mr.. John
Dillon. After the business Of the convention
had been concluded large number of those
present escorted Messrs. Dillon and Brien to
the station.
When Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien arrived at
the station they were greeted with boots and
yells and many opprobrious epithets were
hurled at them.
The McCarthyites who had accompanied
Messrs. Dillon and OBrien were naturally
highly indignant at the treatment accorded
them. Most of them carried heavy walking
sticks. and before the Parnellites realized their
intentions they swooped down in a body upon
the insulters of their leaders The latter
resisted as best they could, and for a time the
scrimmage was a mighty lively one. Many
Of the Parnellites were hurt, and several were
SO badly injured that il was found necessary
to remove them to the hospital to allow OF their
wounds being attended to.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
American Exhibition ut Madrid.


As soon as Cardinal Gibbons appoints the fifth
member Of the commission from the Baltimore
consular district to the historical American ex-
hibition at Madrid the commission will be or
ganized and will lay out its plan of work. The
commission will represent the states Of Mary.
land, Virginia. West Virginia, Kentucky and the
District Of Columbia, which are embraced in
this consular district The Madrid exposition
will DO distinctly historical, and the United
States government, well as several of the
government of South America. will take part.
Objects relating to America from its discovery
to the middle Of the eighteenth century will be
sought from academies. museums and private
collections. The building in which the exhibit
ton will be held is nearing completion. and
WILL after the exhibition closes. be the palace of
the national museum and library. Gen Palmer,
director Of the coming worlds fair at Chicago,
is delegate-general of the Madrid exhibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
POST OFFICE PROMOTIONS.
Transfers to BE Made from the Railway Nah
Service, II Desired.

Iransiera TO BE Made from the Railway Mail
Service, II Desired.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has issued
the following order: That hereafter vacancies
In the classified service of the Post Office De-
partment at Washington, d. c., to which
promotions from lower grades cannot be made
shall, in all cases where there are eligible can
dictates therefrom. be filed by transfer from
the railway mail service or the classified post
cifces. within the limits Of the regulations
fixing the quota Of each state. The second assist
ant Postmaster General is hereby instructed to
give notice of this regulation to the superin-
tendent Of each division Of the railway mail
service, to be by him promulgated throughout
his division. and to cause proper records to be
kept in each division, and on the FIRST day OF
each quarter to report to the Postmaster Gen.
eral the names Of the persons in that service
mental service at Washington, with detailed
record Of the person in each case And the
postmaster at every post office having fifty or
more officers and employees Is likewise hereby
instructed to give similar notice to them and
to make like reports on the first day Of each
quarter to the Postmaster General.
1T is further ordered that vacancies in the sea
post Office service shall hereafter be filled by
transfer from the railway mail service or
classified post Offices, under the same regula-
tions which are above applied to selections for
vacancies in the departmental service.
Tho office records above mentioned shall
embrace the following subjects: Regularity
and promptness Of attendance, ability, appli-
cation and industry, habits, adaptability,
health, and such others as may be approved by
the POSTMASTER General
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04

The international tug-of-war which IL to be
held in Philadelphia on January IL. and in
which teams representing fifteen nations are
to compete, is meeting with much favor among
Philadelphia athletes, and promises to be q
phenomenal success. The Irish team is already
complete and will number among it representa-
tives some of the most prominent Clan-na- Gael
and Irish-American men there. The italian
team is being made up, while the colored, the
Swedish. Norwegian and the American teams
are already selecting the best candidates from
most promising material. The prizes aggre-
gate 81, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
DEMOCRATS TIED Up.
The Senatorial Situation at Albany IL Very
Complex.

The Senatorial Situation at Albany IL Very
| Complex.
The senatorial situation, says a special from
Albany, n. Y, is more complex than ever.
The republicans still have the state board of
canvassers so tied up with injunctions that they
can do nothing, and the democrats have re-
fused to accept the proposition Of the republi-
cans to submit all the contests to the courts
and abide by their decision. Apparently the
only thing for the democrats to do now is to
secure the removal of the injunctions. let the
board canvass the returns and then let the re-
publicans fight the matter out with the courts
| to reverse the action Of the board
When the board of canvassers called to-
gether yesterday at rs am. by Secretary OF
| State Rice. William A. Sutherland of Rochester
| served two more orders granted by Judge Lam
don at Schenectady on Wednesday upon the
members Of the board. They were orders for
mandamus proceedings to be heard before
| Judge Edwards at Hudson on Saturday, requir-
ing the board to show cause why certificates Of
| election to the would-be senators elect Derby
| in the sixteenth district and Peck in the twen-
ty-fifth district. both republicans, on the face
of the returns filed from these districts and
| why the boards determination Of the question
| should not be made upon the returns only and
forbidding them to take up any extraneous
matters connected with the canvass for senators
\ In those two districts
| stay in both cases is contained in the Or
ders in case the board attempts to canvass the
returns for senator in those two districts and in
connection Herewith considers what the orders
refer to "extraneous matters" such as the
protests from the democratic senatorial candi-
dates in those districts
Secretary of State Rice said: This board
wants to say to counsel who communicated with
the board in writing yesterday that. after con-
| sidering the proposition made, the board is of
the opinion that il has no power to enter into
any specific contract relative to these contests,
but that if counsel representing the various
contestants and the various parties IN interest
will proceed with all possible dispatch TO get
| an adjudication from the courts this board will
in any way it can facilitate tine work. and TO
that end will adjourn from day to day until it
can have the advantage of judicial decision"
Almet +. jerks, of the counsel for the
democrats, announced the refusal of his asso-
ciates to accept the republican proposition TO
submit the matter to the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
Nominated in Legislative Caucus


The Virginia senate met at noon yesterday
and adopted resolutions OF respect at the death
Of Henry Heaton. Several bills were intro
duced and referred.
At joint caucus last night the following
nominations were made: James G. Lamb for
judge OF chancery court, Richmond, and
Judge ]. Ingram for hustings court OF Man
chester.
The following county judges were nominated:
Accomac, John w. Gillett; Albemarle, John NJ.
White; Amelia, R. Frarsr; Amherst. William
John W. Stout; Caroline, E. c. Moncure;
Charlotte. Baylor Green Dinwiddie and b. T.
Epps; Essex. J. E. Blacky; Fauquier. Ed NJ.
Spilman, Floyd w. Howard, Grayson Robert
and L. Herby; Halifax, W. R. Bardale; Hanover.
Samuel c. Redd; Henrico, E. C. Miner; Isle of
Wight, G. W. Atkinson; St. George and Stat
ford, Charles H. Ashton King and Queen.
John G. Dew, and Loudoun. r H. Tibbs
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Ovsrworked Building Inspection Bureaus
From the Engineering Record.
There is now in progress a movement to Pc
tition the Pennsylvania legislature to furnish
five additional building inspectors for the city
OF Philadelphia, the arguments used being that
great amount Of building has been done in
that city during the past year, and is now in
progress, and that the present small number
OF inspectors-six in all--is inadequate to prop-
erly carry ont the work Of the building inspec-
ton department. This movement is gr atifying,
not only because Of ito probable value to
Philadelphia, but also because it prominently
directs attention to matter which might well
OF other large cities. An over large or even
adequately large force Of building inspectors
In any Of the leading cities Of the country 10
somt thing unknown. but there have been
many cases illustrating the oyerxorked con-
dition OF this different inspection bureaus and
the impossibility, with the existing number Of
inspectors, Of doing justice to the duties which
these bureaus are expected to fulhll.
What Philadelphia. therefore, 10 now trying
to obtain Is something that many other cities
need fully as much, aud they might well look
TO Yhiadelphta's course a. guiding example,
Building inspection, in order to be Of any Value
at all, should be carried out conscientiously
and thoroughly, and 70 secure this end there
must be, to begin with, sufficiently large staff
Of inspectors to prevent those superficial sur
veys which, Of late, would seem 10 have been
chiefly responsible for number Of disastrous
building collapses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
College Oarsmen Convene,

meeting Of the intercollegiate Rowing As
ISOLATION was held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, the other day. The delegates present
were ]. Sherman, G. sand and c. J. Fuller Of
Cornell. Prof. Goodwin Of Columbia and Thos.
Winter and E. B. Beaumont of the University
Of Pennsylvania Propositions from COM
mittees from Newburg, Poughkeepsie and sar-
atoga were received. Each promised in the
waters to pay for the prizes and to have an ex-
cellent four-mile course. A new constitution
was adopted Among its provisions 10 one
which pei mits . crew whose college does not
hold membership in the organization to enter,
provided the necessary entrance fee ID paid and
the consent Of two-thirds Of the members of
the association il obtained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
A School Teacher Objects to Onions


Miss n d. Merrill. demure teacher in
the Oakley school Of Chicago. has rsised storm
by sending home pupils whose breaths are
scented with the succulent onion. R. h Grin
nell, . taxpayer, takes issue with Miss Merrill
He has two boys. and after devouring several
onions the other morning they appeared in
school and were promptly sent home with .
note, which read: 1T 10 too cool in my room
most OF the time to have the windows open,
and the breath Of your children after eating
onions makes the air very offensive"
Supt. Love, however, gave the victory to the
onion. He said: There 10 no doubt that Miss
Merrill was not justified in sending children
homo because their breath was laden with the
odor OF onions. II 10 an instance Of poor judg-
ment The edor may have been disagreeable
to the teacher, but she should not have taken
that action.
Teachers cannot regulate pupils diet. II
they want 70 eat onions there 10 nothing to pre-
vent them from 90 doing and attending school
The vegetable il vell liked BY many people, and
ID certainly most wholesome"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-04
Death at the Launching.

Ex-County Commissioner William Faunce,
eighty-six years Of age, died suddenly on
Wednesday at Cramps ship yards while
waiting for the cruiser New York to be
launched. He had taken two Of his grand
children to witness the launching when sud-
denly his head fell on his breast and he dropped
to the ground He was taken to his home, but
died before reaching there. Death was due to
heart disease