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AN ALL-AEOUND SwINDLER.
Capture of Grin skinner, a Clever Forger
nf ltiea

at Utica
Grin skinner was arrested at Utica, n. Y,
Monday night for passing worthless check on
a Syracuse liyeryman and proves to be one of
the cleverest check swindlers in the country.
skinner Is fifty-one years old and comes of an
excellent family. He has moved in the best So
ciety Of several American cities and spent five
years at hard labor in Portland prison, England.
Skinner has operated from Europe to San
Francisco. His operations are well known. 1t
is said Of him that nearly every bank in the CITY
OF the golden gate has been victimized by him.
His methods are the same wherever he goes.
He succeeds in getting himself introduced to
the wealtaicst people and then proceeds to float
the fraudulent pager.
In the seventies he married the daughter OF
O. ii. Browning, Secretary of the Interior under
President Johnson. He swindled his father-in-
law, and his wife and moth.r-in-aw died in
poverty III New ! Urk seven wears ago.
While IN California il is said that Skinner
passed forged PAPER to the amount of SOS 900
on son-in-law OF Senator Sharon. Then he
went TO England. uttered more forged PAPER.
and was sentenced 10 five years at hard labor
He married his present wife in Washington q
short time ago. She L. OF excellent family,
being a sister-in-law of Judge A. c. Tenant Of
COoperstown. y. Y. She wa holding govern
ment position in Washington when she met
skinner.
The story is told that while in Washington
Skinner approached Senator Stanford with the
pretense that he writing book on govern
mental affairs. /. is said that he interested the
Senator with description and so thoroughly
won his confidence that be wrote his check for
S3,OOO for necessaryeXrenses in advance.
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TRAGEDY OF A HAHM,
-Four Beautiful Slaves of the Sultan of Turkey
Excite Jealousy and Are Poisoned.

our slaves OF the sultan oil turkey
Excite Jealousy and Are Poisoned.
Four beautiful odalisques or female slaves
were recently presented by the Khedive of
Egypt to the Sultan of Turkey and placed in
the imperial hGrem. The odalisques had cap
uvating influence on the sultan. who paid them
so much attention to excite the jealousy of
the other women. The beautiful slaves were
found murdered in their beds few days ago,
having fallen victims to poison. The sultan is
said to have been deeply enraged when he
heard of the fate of his fayorites and TO have
ordered rigid investigation and severe pun
ishment Of the guilty.
Three euIuchs, who had access to the apart
ments OF the victims. have been arrested on
suspicion of being the persons who actually
administered the poison. and at latest accounts
were being subjected to torture in order to
compel them to make q full confession. Sus-
picIOn OF having instigated the crime rests
chiefly on one of the concubines. who. until
the arrival of the odaiisques, almost monopo-
liked the sul.an's affections.
In the present temper of his majesty it is
doubtful whe ,her even she would escape the
bowstring or the Bosphorus should sufficient
proof of her guilt be adduced.
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CHORT ROUTE TO LONDON.
- NORTH GERMAN LLOYD q %
PROPOSALS.

pEoposALs FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE NAVY
k "a w.-hinstSn; d S-Dece;m5er a 1892
the Navy Yard. Washington p. G, to be opened Jan
and Until f' ocbocE SSaS lssFH
is g nna !. snS he ss,y
D. G. quantity Of pine and pipe fttings, tools.
Ink Sround. fndisn Head Nd quantity Of br fcos
s ro e sb WINDOW ros ns hsTawsre ll9s
article. must conform to the standard and pass
.urai.kea upon application to the navy vsrd. wash
inxtoI: D: G., or to the bureau The attention Of
psrment reserves risht TO waive defects or to re-
q 9DWfS sTTSakf Psssssssr . Gene sae
proposals FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE NAVY
Sealed proposals. indorsed Prop sails for supplies
ss s. 4 g. 1t S Hs
soa and Until Nsy S6oN .AS
6kMsEk TWLSrY,EIGHTH; Isss, sna publicly
. gsns s.s
lime, planber supplies and wire rshle. Bisnf pro.
possl' vii be furnished upon Application to the navy
tsntion q and desiers Is Invited lie
The onf the s By
Z oss s: 8 EDWIN sigs..s
school for girls located on grounds OF the United
Of the oommiss,eners. ?. G. Washington. D. O.,
SS ri BE-
CEMRER TwENTy-FoURTH for. cons.ructine .
building for girls reorlp school on the grounds OF the
United States. near the District Of Columbia line and
Conduit road Blank forms Of proposals and specin-
e o6ssnsd upsp application thessior At ths0cs Of
and only bids upon these forms viii be Considered
ne light Y reserved to reject any and all bde j. ".
DOUGLASS. W. ROSS. wM- 7. KOSsEIL.
Commissioner ID. c. dl6I0f
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AFTER PEACE.
Presbyterian Ministers Think it About Time
to stop Agitation.

Presbyterian Ministers Think it About Time
to stop Agitation.
Since the adjournment of the Presbyterian
Synod in Albany last October there has been in
process OF formation movement to quiet the
agitation in church circles caused by tbs Briggs
case. DR.. A. V. V. Raymond OF Albany, one of
the most energetic friends of Dr. Briggs, got
the conservatives in New York interested. He
was followed by Samuel NJ. Hamilton. D. D.. of
Louisville, formerly pastor Of the Scotch
Church of New York.
DR.. Hamlin, ex-President Clevelant's pastor.
next arrived. Then came Charles Wood. Z. d..
of Germantown, Pa. The othe- members OF
the peace coterie were within easy reach. Thew
were Thomas s. Hastings and Francis Brown Of
the faculty of Union Theological Seminary;
Henry Van Dyke, ID, OF the Brick Presby-
terrain Church; Lewis Lampham of the High
Street Church. Newark-both proposed for the
directorate Of Union Seminary; Wilton Merle
smith. ID. d., pastor Of the Central Presbyterian
Church and director of Union Seminary:
George Alexander. DID,, pastor of the Uni
yersity Place Presbyterian Church.
On Tuesday evening these gentlemen met
around the dinner table Of DR.. Van Dyke.
They talked over the matter of the Briggs trial
and deprecated it as an attempt to narrow the
limitations of the Presbyterian pulpit. Thew
wanted the church broad and wide enough 10
contain both liberal theologians and tradition
alists
They considered an organized effort neces-
sary to check the advance of the ssheresy hunt
ers." 1t was not meeting, but private talk
Its results are to materialize later whom the
end Of the Briggs trial 10 reached.
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Herr Wermuth. imperial commissioner to
worlds fair from Germany, has raised a
delicate question in connection with the ship
ment OF exhibits from seaboard points to
Chicago which is likely to require diploma tic
adjustment as the tnplaint has been filed
with the German minister of foreign affairs
and by him forwarded to A. Won Mumm
schwerzenstein, charge d'aifaires of the Ger
man legation at Washington. During Presiden:
Bakers administration circular was sent out
giving the rates that would probably be charged
by the railroads on foreign exhibits. These
rates we're not official. aud the circular was
disapproved by Director General Davis, but
Herr Wermuth accepted them as final and
seeks TO have them enforced. The railroads de-
cline to accept valuable exhibits at the rates
mentioned in the circular.
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a" fnP"stont and Sensational Circular by
koIb.

~ srItL CLAIMS THAT ma WAS ELECTED GOV
tRSoK 90 ruE STATE AND DISoUScrs THE
tE"lsLsrUHI ToR ISsTsLLlNa GOV. JONES
ssfs M srILI DEMOCRAT
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NO CHARGE to show you what glasses viii do for
your eyes by Queen Co., the Philadelphia ocu-
lists and opticians, at their
Washington once,
Nos. IS and, 90, Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany's building, ST. cor. 9th.
Once hours, daily, $50 am to pm.
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"Reddy" Gallagher has telegrnphed the pre-
sident Of the Olympic Club. New Orleans
accepting his proposition to fight Dempsey fol
q purse of $1,000.
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OCEAN STEAMERS.

TOURS To THE TROPICS-ATLAS LINE
l. Weekly service from New York u the Island Of
Jamaica, renowned for its salub-ipus climate and
natu beauty winter station of the British navy and
headquarters OF the British army the West Indies
Good hotels and splendid roads
Regular saiiings also for Haiti, Costa Rica an the
many ola world Town. Of the spanish main. Illus
tratsJ paulShlst plslei free. PIN, FORWOOD q
CO.. Agents. ~ State ST.. New York. nl7-4m
SHoRT ROUTE TO LONDON.
- NORTH GERMAN LLOYD 9. 8 90
Fss, EXPRESS Steamer
Tosouthampton London, HavreD. Bremsn
, Lain. Tues. Nov ~. y. m. Spree. Tues, Dec
., ". Trsye, Tues, Dec Is. y. m. Elbe, ues
Dec. %. N. Have Tues. Dec. ~ III a. M Iahn
saa. 3. 80
Comfortable s.Ats rooms excellent table luxurious
saloon appointments. Prices: First cabin. &r0 and
upward berth according location; second cabin,
DHOOP. 925 Pom ave ss3
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ATTORNEYS.

ATTORNEYS.
'rHE wAsHk6ToN LEGAL HUREAU Trans
= acts AZ leE4l buainess ct rsas nah1s coSt =
slieptsL Cens9lsation end sdvics free oEO. "
Ax1S. ATTY. csnraa btd'g. GO. oth snd n ave-
C1MfDEIL oARRINoTQN, ATToRNlY-AT-LzW.
NWehstI Law eyil11 SOS DsG ~. tsaki1gSoS
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DENTISTRY.

DENTISTRY.
IT s. DENTAL ASSOCIATION
Cor. eth and sts NV
The leading dental organization Of
America Como exclusively Of experts
and pledged to scientific dentistry st mod
crate prices Sole owner OF Zonina the
rideandke" anasthetic. DO danger. no
pain and sleep. See card in another
column. de-
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NORFOLK AND WASHINGTON sTEANBoAroo
POWERFUL IRON PALACE STEAMERS
WASHINGTON and NORFOLK"
Daily a. m from the foot Of 9TH It. for Fort-rs
Monroe. Newport News. Norfolk. virFiniA B-s<A.
Portsmouth and the south Through sleeping o.
service via Norfolk and Carolina railroad and Atlantis
Coast line, between Norfolk. whining .on chsrissr
ton. Savannah. Jacksonville and So AuSussins
ySo. CALLAHAN.
dl7-a Gen susA
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MEDICAL. &c.
MEDICAL. &c.
DR. LEON.
The well-known specialist
46i est. NV
Prompt treatment.
ofice hours: 10 TO 1. 5tos. da-l2ts

nR. hULLsh. 1927 9Th ST. NV TREATskLL
~ chronic affections Of the eve. ear throst lung.
liver. Kidneys and nervous disc years in city.
once hours. IL IL a. ana 10 : pm aul5-5ms
~ clans in Washington, Drs. BROTHF RS and GRAY:
near riysve years at 900 y It. I'VE nav. re-
duced the sa-as Of inefficient disease almost q
isinty Dy examining into the chemical character II
urinary deposlts We viii desrife your disease and
SYMPTOMS without asking question by the urine
IN the norEins Wetreat al DISEASES successfully
which the humsn family suhiect-dySpspsia con-
stpation, piles. scrofula rhe umatisln bropch its
fits and sll nervous diseases, diseases Of the skin
lungs, stomach. kidn-ys. g.. di3-lnls
nA. BRol HERS INNIGORATING CORDIAL Is
~ powerful Nerve stm1 ant and Toni. OF all the
reriedies Tor Nervous Debility. Neuralgia Nervous
Exhaustion, Paralysis end that class OF people who
are weak miserable lsiEargic sleepy. lack a anbi
ton and zes there remedy eqCll TO this Cordia
1t has been in for fortyEy III tty
Laboratory. COS st s.w dl3 Inn
DsoFEssIoNAL MASSAGE CAN BE OBTAINED
gl3 g1h 81. NV. IS 2ws
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UTAsHINGrON sTE.NDnAr co. .-LIMIrTD.s
w Prom 7th 81. FERRY" wharf
Dor Potomac River fasndlnlr-.
SATURDAY At - hstarntax ON TUESDAY.
ss..i,.sr xiro~ss,ish on MONDAY ana vrDxrD-
DAY Ct 3 n ~. and sATCKDAy ~ 3 10 B. N
and on SUNDAY af 10 ..
spscisi rstss for triTs 70 the pctsr.-ans Lowes ~
M. = C. "; emf SIp.ir n...r-,
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UNSURPASSED As IMMINENT. salvation on.
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CHEsAPKAKE AND OHIO RAILwAI.
POTOMAC RIVER BOATS

East FRtIGHr LINE BETNEEs NV YORK.
II PHILADELfHIA, BOSTON AND WASHINGTON.
ARRANGEMENTS have he.n maze hy the Norfoik ana
Washington Steamboat ConpanN with thu steamship
lines OPERATING out of 'he sboEe named port. fr last
freisbt deliveries at washlnsfnn frm Ne~ orb and
PhIlsdelrhA in t*o forty hour and h-son - forty-
eielt hours. JOHN CALLAHAN,
dl9-3u.~ General sup rlnteDdent-
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S. : f Z + +
ssss T ii fEK \
Prize medal Paris Exposition. 200 first premiums;
indorsed by 100 music schools ami colleges for
durability Old Pianos taken 10 e1chsnTe The only
inr1ght that can take the place Of = ta-ani
issi-tr PFETFFER X CONLIFF. Az 18th St n w.
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MAGNETISM MASSAGE. ELECTRICITY
u Phenomenal cures; guaranteed permanent.
conNinc nx testimonials If III. si,isn, and Others.
STRANGERS. TAKE NO1ICF.-DRs. BROTHERS
- and Gray treat all diseases No cure pay. only
esablis sd advertsn physicians in this city Estab
hshed ~ years. SO2 ST. ". NIL lin
CCEULTZ INSTITUTE
Cfok LADIES. GENTLEMEN AND CHILDREN
Treatment Of Rheumatism and other Diseases by
Swedish Medical Gymnastics and Massage. Refer
ences iron doctors In Washington and New York city
Private residence. l42o Corcoran St n. Az home,
III q * AIN, 4 TO D pm LIEUT.. SCHULTZ
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MADANE PAM, HANICURE AND CHIROPOD
~ ist, SQ0 18TH IT. y. Wiz only Rport1r ana
NsnqfsctRrsr q NH HAN1oUk6 a CHIkOfOD
isA ooDeseuo e Aew xoeG naAoer
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II bets and information A. the Ofce. rorth..sf
ner 18Th strs - an1 Pennsylvania avenue ant
station. whore orders he lot the che kius q
baggage 90 dsstinstiJn from hotels aud re~id.u,r-s
CHAS. Z. ftsH. = n MOD.
Gsener.. Nsna-ar fdln1 General Ha---nr-f AGENT
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ABANDONED FAR Ms WANTED.
Many of the Old Massachusetts, Homesteads
Pass Into New Hands.

faSS Into New HANDS.
BOSTON, Nov. 3.-[speciaL I-Excellent re-
suits are being obtained from the efforts Of
the st ate Board of Agriculture to fl nd occu
pants for the abandoned farms of Massa-
chusetts. The third report of the board will
be issued November 20 and will contain be-
sides the large number of abandoned farms
in Massachusetts, already known to the pub
lie, descriptions of 40 others, whose locations
were recently discovered. Already there
have been hundreds of calls at the Office of
the board for the catalogue and many letters
of commendation have also been received.
The circulation of the firnt edition of the
catalogue began December s. 1891 Requests
for it came from nearly every State in the
Union, and within two months the entire
edition was exhausted. The circulation of
the second edition of ], 500 copies of the cata-
logues began February l. 1892 Nine new
descriptions were included in this edition,
making total OF 339. Requests tor the cat
alogue were received from time to time,
until in the middle of September the edition
became exhausted.
Efforts made to ascertain the results of
this work have resulted in returns being re-
ceived concerning 221 of the 339 farms de-
scribed in the catalogue. OF these 46 have
been reported sold. Thirteen owners wish
to have description Withdrawn, and 1872
owners wish description continued in the
third edition. 1t is noticed that q large ma
jority Of the purchasers OF the farms sold
are OF natlVe American parehtaSe. twenty
five of the purchasers were residents of
Massachusetts at the time OF purchasing,
one OF Nova Scotia, one Of Illinois, one of
Florida, while the residences of Is have not
been obtained.
Seventeen of the farms sold were reported
as sold for farming purposes, two for farm
ing purposes and poultry raising, three
for poultry raising, one for poultry raising
and market gardening, one for sheep rails
ing, two for summer residences, three for
homes one for the timber on it, one for an
investment. The intentions of Is purchasers
have not been obtained.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-04

long made a speciality of 1re-fghting
studies, has large library on the subject,
and is frequently consulted on the meth
DDS best adapted for emergencies.
There is great opening for an estab-
lishment of this kind, and its inaugura-
tion should mark new era in the prog
ress of Americas fire departments The
practical training to familiarize intending
firemen with the paraphernalia of their
work will in itself be highly useful by its
tendency to minimize the awkwardness of
raw hsnds and establish standard of
initial efficiency. From the postgraduate
course great deal of valuable information
should be derived. Fire-fghting is rapidly
developing into science, and there is an
immense field for research in what may
be termed its theoretical side. The New
York School of Fire E-.tinguishment de-
serves every encouragement and should
prove so successful as to lead to the es.
tablishment of similar institutions up and
down the country.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-04
FOREIGN TESTIMONY.

The bitter outcry raised by the British
peers against the disastrous effects of the
Mckinley bill have good deal of force
as an argument in favCr of protective
tariff, from an American point of view
1t is perfectly natural that the exclusion
of British producers from the American
market should appear to them great
hardship. The direct object of protection
is not of course to cause disaster to Brit
ish commerce. But the shutting down Of
transatlantic factories, and the low ebb
to which British trade in general has been
reduced, is striking testimony that Amer.
lea has been preserved to Americans.
In framing the policy Of this country
the first consideration must be its own
welfare, and if that can only be secured
at the incidental expense of others, that is
the misfortune of the others and no fault
of ours. The closing down and migra-
ton of foreign plants as the result of our
policy is something for foreign govern
ments to remedy if they can. Our busi-
ness is to look after the interests of Amer
lea exclusively without any consideration
of foreign distress The hopes expressed
for Mr.. Cleveland's election, so that the
American market may be thrown open to
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-04
A ROAD POSSIBILITY.

A remarkable indication of the possible
development of good roads is given in the
instance of a farmer in California, who
utilizes an available highway to haul his
grain by traction engine pulling train
of farm wagons to the nearest market,
thus avoiding the local freight charges.
BY this use Of machinery on the highways
he takes about forty tons of grain to
market at single trip, and as he uses the
same machinery largely in farming opera
tions the saving by this adaptation of
machinery for agricultural motive power
is very markell
The development is akin to that noted
in THE DISPATCH the other day of cleo
trical busses in the cities. For both the
best classes of roadway are required. In
the city perfectly smooth pavement is
needed for the electrical machinery; in
the country solid and level roadway is
requisite to make the steam traction
engine practicable. Where both are pro-
vided the possibilities of development for
both agricultural transportation and
municipal transit are almost infinite
1t is easy to see that if system of solid
steam traction it would exercise a great
influence on one of the problems of the
day. The road engine cannot of course be
expected to haul as cheaply as the rail-
way locomotive. But as the local rates of
the railways are always the most exorbi-
tant, and as this method would enable the
farmers to reach competitive points, its
first and greatest result, if the improved
highways were furnished for the traction
engines to run upon, would be the bring
ing of railway competition to every farm.
Such result would mean an immense in
crease of the value of farming property.
1t depends, of course, on road improve
ment for its possibility. The benefits to
be secured from that great reform are con-
stantly being demonstrated in infinite
variety and almost incalculable magni-
tudp
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TO STUDY FIRE-FIGBTING

New York is about to make an expert
ment that will be full of interest for the
entire country. Private enterprise, with
semi-oficial backing, intends to establish
New York School of Fire Extinguish-
ment. The Board of Directors includes
several leading fire chiefs, and Charles o.
Shay, ex-Chief of New York's fire de-
partment, is to have charge of the insti-
tuition. The undertaking has the support
of the President of the New York Fire
Commission, and the National Association
of Fire Engineers, while Chief Bonner is
one of the ardent advocates. A steam
fire engine, trucks, ladders and all modern
fire apparatus will be found in the equip
ments. Daily classes covering period of
three months will form the course, at the
end of which diplomas will be awarded
on the result of a rigid examination.
There is also to be postgraduate course
open only to men and officers of paid de.
partments and chiefs of volunteer depart
ments. Simon Bretano, the protector, has
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WHAT PROTECTION DOES.

There is great deal of incontrovertible
logic and sound sense in the arguments
on behalf of Protection which will be
found addressed to THE DISPATCH in an
other column of this mornings issue.
Mr.. Holsopple's letter is clear exposition
of reasons for continuing a protective
tariff as deduced from the historic expert
ence of the country, and as supported by
the arguments of common sense. The
Democratic claims are taken up and de-
molished seriatim as they are brought into
collision with the evidence of hard facts.
Our correspondent does not give all the
arguments on behalf of Protection, butall
that he does give are weighty. He says
nothing of the advantages of establishing
American industrial independence, from
the view of practical international politics.
But he clearly points out that the protective
tariff is no respecter of persons or locali-
ties, and that on the contrary its benefits
are national No discrimination is made
on behalf of this or that particular indus
try, but those occupations which are not
directly protected by the tariff on foreign
products are in most cases directly pro-
tected by geographical circumstances, and
in all derive benefits more or less directly
from the protection of other industries.
A tariff for revenue only would reduce
the natural advantages of this country to
their minimum value. Aprotective tariff
enhances them to the maximum. Protec-
ton shuts off the competition of foreign
cheap labor, it diversfies American in
dustries, encourages industrial independ-
ence, maintains the rate of American
wages, does not increase the cost of the
necessities of life, and generally it Sc
cures for Americans the natural advan-
tages of America, while increasing and
making the most of them. A tariff for
revenue only would admit foreign prod
ucts, confine American occupations to
those for which the situation of the coun-
try provides natural protection, make this
country dependent on Others for many
necessities and most luxuries, would
diminish the home market -and generally
do everything to aid foreign interests at
the expense of Americans.
These are the leading pros and cons in
the prime issue of Tuesdays election, and
it is on these that the business sense of
the country is called upon to make its
decision,