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KILLING OF JOHN xRAxMER.


STORIES TOLD 81 WITNESSES OF THE SHOOTING
THEODORE =. ARNOLD, THE PRISONER, CLAIMS
THAT HE ACTED IN sxLF-DEfENsE-A HUs-
BANDS JEALOUSY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-16

The history Of the Farmers' Alliance will
possibly, one day, be published as cereal
story.
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81 tell YOU" said the complaining citizen.
that gambling room in the next block is .
greater nuisance than an aching tooth"
''wol." said the policeman rehectively, "I
guess wo'l have it pulled"
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To Chicago and Return

013 To Chicago and Return. SIS
Via picturesque B. and o. r. r.
Shortest route and best vestibuled Pullman
service.
Tickets sold June 16 to 20 inclusive, good TO
return until July 8. Apply TO S. b. Hege, 1851
Pennsylvania avenue. for full particulars and
sleeping car space.-Aduf.
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VACATION TIMES.

VACATION TIMES.
Now doth the boy with impish glee
Work manfully all day
To break into the school from which
He used to run away.
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A sEAsHoRE soLEMNrTr.
Now the clerk
Longs 20 shirk
Everything that looks like work,
And 20 dash
For a splash
But he can't for lack Of cash.
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as Gottup a bibliophile2"
"No. He's bibliomaniac.
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THE POLICEMENS ACCOUNT.
Sergeant johnson and Detective Trammell
were called. They testified that they were sit
ting in the detective Office reading The STAR
when they heard two shots fred in rapid sue
cession. They ran out and went at once to the
scene Of the tragedy. When they got there the
men we're clinched. Witness placed Arnold
under arrest and took him to police headquar-
tiers and the other took charge of the wounded
man. The defendant said to them: "It's q
very sad affair, but did it in self-defense,'
The dying man was removed to the sidewalk
and when he partially recovered he remarked,
I'm gone; I'm dying"
STORY OF A WITNESS.
Samuel NJ. Yeatman, who witnessed the shoot
ing, testified that he was on his way to the
Georgetown Law School at the time. Just as
he reached 9Th street he heard some loud talk
ing across the street.
He heard Arnold say: "rm tired Of your fol-
lowing me. 1t must stop and If You don't stop
it I'll stop it for you"
Kraemer was about twenty or thirty feet away
from Arnold at the time and was approaching
9Th street in the direction Of where Arnold was
standing.
Witness saw the prisoner have his hand in the
direction Of his hip pocket. The deceased walked
out about as FAR a. the middle Of the tracks
saying something which witness could not
understand. Az they banded words Kraemer
moved to and fro. When he turned the last
time he started in the direction of the prisoner
Az he started toward the prisoner the latter
drew his revolver and pointed II at him. The
latter hastened his footsteps little and when
the men we're twelve or fifteen feet apart the
first shot was fired. The wounded man then
started faster and the second shot was fred
when the men were about three feet apart
kraemer made an exclamation, "He's killing
me-" or Don't let him kill me-"
Witness thought the prisoner was standing
on TIE curb when the hrst shot was fred and
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-24

Misses Fine Dongols, heel and spring
heel shoes, sires IL to 2, solid, ef. Mls.es
strong School Shoes, all styles, II to 2, 75c
to u. Child's Kid Spring Heal, Sizes 9 to
Shoes. siEes 5 To- 8, 81 to 65c. For the Bspy
q nice shoe, to 8, 2Sc.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-24

Ladies' Croquet and Storm Rubbers, Is
to t0c; Misses and Children's Rubbers, -
to Sc; Mems Rubbers, all styles, 70 TO sc;
OUR RUBBER BobTs-Msp's. q 10
t2.50, Ladies, ", ~ Is to u 20; eoyu', n 40
to u 70; Misses, 81 to u a, Childrsn's. n.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-12-24

Fine Lace and Button Shoes,
sizes IL to 2 and 1 to 5, at most
any price. 75c, S5o, 81 to 81 25.
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down" and made miserable but hero he has
received from Speaker Crisp the fullest recog-
milton possible. His colleague, Mr.. Burrows OF
Michigan. is an old member. He has sat in SIX
Congresses and was a candidate for Speaker
against Reed. He is Pennsylvania by birth
and a thorough believer in protection. his
speeches are always interesting and as stump
speaker he has few superiors. Joseph Mckenna
OF California went on the ways and means in
the last Congress as concession to the demand
OF the Pacific coast for representation He is a
spare. lSht-haired man. with a thin voice and
modest manners. All the same, he is shrewd,
able tactician and his value to the minority Will
soon be manifest. He was the first Californian
to serve on ways and means. Serene E. Payne
was in the FOrty-eighth and Forty-ninth Con-
crosses. and by the death of Congressman Nut
ting reappeared in the Fifty-first He Is q
leveIrheaded country lawyer from the old home
Of VIM. Ii. Seward. He and Reed are warm
friends and Reeds confidence in him is not
misplaced.
John Dalzell of Pittsburg takes Tom Bayne's
place on ways and means. He is on his third
term and long ago was recognized as one OF the
most adrolt political managers in the House.
His ability as a lawyer has enabled him to &C
complish very substantial work since he en-
tered Congress. As member Of ways and
means he will be trenchant advocate OF Penn
sylvanias interests.
The general estimate of the new committee
40 oPeaheI STlsp nus IaSulOneO II Is tuat tueEe
Is less OF the uncertain radical element and
preponderance of conservative students OF
tariff subjects. This committee will not be
likely to champion any such propositions as
the Morrison or Mills bills, and while 1t may
not accomplish anything in session preceding
presidential election, its conservatism will
not iniure the majority party with the coun-
Try. II this is Mr.. Crisps policy on the tariff
1t is hard to see how he could have expressed
1t better in the choice of men for the commit
tee on ways and means
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debate his readiness and force will prove to be
Mr.. Springer's best reliances. He came into
the House in 1879 at the age of thirty-four, and
has served on ways and means through two
Congresses. So, too, has William l.. Wilson of
west Virginia. who was one of the best expon-
ents of Mr.. Mills theory of the tariff in the
fIftieth Congress. He is a lawyer who does not
IKE to practice and a teacher to whom teaching
Is irksome. Perhaps he is the best specimen of
the scholar in politics at this time. He served
through the war In the confederate army and
became professor in the Columbian Univer-
siiy IN Washington. He is proficient in an
clent history and languages. and what he does
not know about the history of tariff legislation
Is not to be learned by studying. He is also a
ciean-cut speaker. unerring in his logic and a
genial, wlnsome man withal, who has q great
many warm admirers.
Judge Turner Of Georgia has long been re-
garded as strong man in the house and he
was a member OF the ways and means in the
fnueth Congress. This is his sixth term. His
appearance on the committee was generally
shrewd Louisville lawyer, who began practice
twenty years ago. He entered Congress in
1857 and is known as a Woodworking commit
teeman- Justin X. Whiting of Michigan is:
new man on ways and means, but his fitness for
the honor was long ago apparent. He is a self
made man, who has put together a large
fortune as a merchant and manufacturer. He
Is a low tariff democrat. but has no horizontal
notions of tariff reform y. F. Shively of
Indiana is a new man on the committee and one
who has seemed hitherto to be getting all the
obscurity any man could desire. His elevation
to the leading committee is supposed to be a
little fun Mr.. Crisp is having with Mr.. Bynum.
who is in training for the Senate whenever he
gets his chance. Shively is taller than Bynum,
standing about six feet two, and is as good look
ing as he is tall. He came to Congress first in
the Forty-eighth to serve out the vacancy
caused by the resignation of W. II. Caikins who
Was then running for governor. Shively went
back to school when he got out Of Congress and
hnished his education. He was the youngest
member Of the Forty-eighth, Fiftieth and Fifty
hrst Congresses and is now but thirty-tour. He
mas been newspaper reporter, teacher and Is
a lawyer, and while not specially active
In either debate or committee work, is regarded
as capable man.
NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND.
Bourke Cockran's name sounds strangely on
ways and means 1t smacks of the olden time
when Fernando Wood was chairman of the
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TO TIME LETTER CARRIERS.
Unique Clock Mechanism That 10 Being
Tried i'm Post Ofices.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
At the entrance to the carriers lobby in tie
post Office is a new clock. 1t is an ordinary.
looking timepiece. four feet high, and inclosej
in carved oak case. Similar-appearing clocks
are to be seen every day and they do not at
tract passing glance. This one, however, ID
of widespread interest, for it has taken upon
itself the duty of keeping an accurate accoun,
OF the movements of all the mail carriers in the
Office. The machine first came to the notice OF
Inspector Stuart during his visit in Washing.
ton not long ago. He found one undergoing
experiments in the Washington post Office, and
he obtained permission to make the expert.
ment here.
The register has dial similar to that Of an
ordinary clock, but down where the pendulum
should swing is "a large keyhole Each carrier
is provided with a key bearing his number in
raised metallic figures As he passes the clock
he inserts the key into the hole and gives il a
slight twist to the right. There is a click. lit
tie bell rings, and on a strip of paper within
the clock is registered his number and the ex-
act time Indicating fractions of minutes
roughly that he inserted the key. For ex-
ample: IL carrier No. 1874 left the Office at ex-
actly 3:2l, the strip would bear the inscription,
"l34-lll-2l." In this way an exact account
can be kept Of the movements OF the employees
entering and leaving the office.
The method long in use has been to enter
the numbers and time in a book kept for the
purpose, but this means has been both inaccu-
rate and troublesome. By the new method the
register will speak for itself, and there will be
no chance to claim that errors have been COM
mitted. Waterman stationed near by will
see that the men do not fail to insert their
keys As they pass in and out of the office. and
as there is no means of cheating the register
the records will stand for themselves.
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r. q. TURNER.


the burial place Of Abraham Lincoln. Mr..
Springer is a tall. muscular man, whose activity
and nerve. rs well in what he SAYS in the
way he walks, suggest a correspondence be-
tween the person and the name of the man that
believe the rhetorics would call onomatoppia.
He seems full of springs and they are constantly
in action. His coat Is always tightly buttoned.
On the lapel is a bright rose or carnation. The
brown beard is turning slowly gray and the
large full head has hardly hair enough on top
to tell when the winds blows. Mr.. Springer s
home fronts on the Capitol grounds but few
on the second floor is the large work
room. where for many years he burned
midnight oil. On the floor are skins
and on the walls antlers, Indian pipes. toma-
hawks and numerous relics. showing that the
busy Congressman has travelled and seen much
of his own country. Although this is Mr..
Springer hrst appearance on ways and means.
he has always been hard student Of tariff
problems and has made hundreds of speeches
on the subject He is probably better poll
tician than other Democrats who have led
their party of late years on this issue. What
he outlines as policy will be representative
Of his party.
1t is understood. although neither Mr.
Springer nor his colleagues have made any pre-
dIctlons, that there will be no attempt to re-
peal the Mckinley bill as whole, nor will
there be any general attack on the Mckinley
tarlf. The plan OF campaign favored by Lead
ing democrats Is to bring in separate bills
reducing duties on leading raw staples, such as
iron; wool. salt and fax. Sugar, it is expected,
VIII be left severely alone.
Mr. sFRINGER's LIEUrESANrs
Mr.. Springer's lieutenant is Benton McAIillin,
who stood second to Mr.. Mills in the last Con-
gress. He is one of the ablest men in Congress.
a hard student, a strong debater and a pacti-
cal statesman OF the best type. In q running
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Chile and the Chtleans,
From the Portland (Me.) Press.

From the Portland (Me) Press.
The Spanish civilization Of Chile is an off,
spring of that Of Peru. After the Spanish ad-
venturer Pizarro and his followers had estab-
lished Spanish authority in Peru and had begun
the mingling of the Spanish with the native
Indian races for the formation of the Spanish
American race OF the future the masters of
Peru began to look southwark to the long and
narrow strip that is now Chile. Before the
Spaniard came to Peru Chile had owed a nomi-
nal allegiance to the native Incas of Peru but
this allegiance was 80 slight that in the first
half Of the sixteenth century the Spaniards of
Peru were forced to war In order to extend
their sway southwark. Some Of the southern
tribes submitted readily, but at least two, the
Purumancans and the Araucanians, wagcd most
desperate warfare in defense of their territories
Some idea Of the desperate valor of these native
tribes may be inferred from the fact that while
the conflicts Of the Spaniards with them be-
gan in the middle of the sixteenth century
they were not entirely over in 1869, or the
latter part of the nineteenth century. Some
OF the earlier wars were disastrous to the
Spaniards, who were forced more than once to
fall back upon Peru for rest and reinforce
ments. 1t seems not all improbable that the
ferceness and martial ardor Of the Chileans of
today may be due quite much to the ad-
mixture of fierce native blood as to the auall-
ties inherited from the Spanish Adventures
who landed in Peru with Pizarro and after his
conquest had been made. The Spaniards gov
erned the country until 1910. Then began the
revolution which eliminated finally in indie
pendence. But it was not until 1878 that tine
independence of the country was finally gained
This war of independence was most bitter and
bloody. Tho Spaniards have quite a reputa-
tion for cruelty and in the conduct of war the
Chileans are certainly not behind them. From
1864 to 1871 Chile was at war with Spain on ac-
count OF Peru, which Spain was trying to hold
| in submission A Spanish fleet blockaded the
Chilean coast, and Valparaiso was bombarded.
The Chileans, however, made good defense of
their coasts, and in q memorable naval engage
ment in 1854 Chilean gun boat bearing the fam
Gus name of Esmeralda captured the Spanish
man-of-war Coyadonga. The more recent war
with Peru is still Remembered for the braveryand
cruelty Of the Chilean soldiers, who rarely gave
quarter. and for the complete defeat OF the
Peruvians Perhaps it is not TO be wondered
at that the ChiIeans think themselves invincible,
| since they have been fighting good part of
their time and have generally more than held
their own. That they rate the power and valor
of the people Of the United States at 30 little
shows TINT their frequent wars have hindered
the progress Of educstion and information.
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T. Morrison OF the interstate commerce COM
mission, Roger Q. Wills and Maj. Mckinley are
names famous in connection with the chair
nlanship of this most important committee.
TIE NEW WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
The new ways and means committee consists
Of ten democrats and five republicans Mr..
Reed in the last Congress named seven repub-
licans and six democrats. What may seem to
be disparity in numbers is compensated for
In the matter OF experience. Eight OF the ten
democrats on the present committee are new
to its duties and most of them are without any
special reputation for interest in tariff leg
islation. The republican end OF the committee,
however, is loaded. There are ex-Speaker
Reed. J. C. Burrows. Joseph McKenna and
Serene Payne. old members. John Dalzeli of
Pennsylvania is the only new man. Mr.. Reed
as leader of the minority will be ably seconded
both in the committee room and on the floor.
His experience, however. runs back through
more years OF service on ways and means than
all his colleagues together. He was put
on the committee first by Speaker Carlisle in
the Forty eighth Congress. With the excep-
ton of Mr. Dalzell, all of his republican col
leagues were first appointed TO ways and means
by Mr. Reed himself in the last Congress. The
ex-Speaker was the recognized leader on the
tariff issue even when Maj. Mckinley, who was
his senior on ways and means (having been put
on by Sam Randall in the Forty-seventh Con-
gress), was In the House.
CHAIRMAN SPRINGER.
Among the neophytes of ways and means is
even the chairman himself. But whoe'er picks
William Mckendrse Springer up for a fresh
man is likely to be surprised sooner or later.
There is not a more versatile man in the House.
In the sixteen years he has been in Congress he
has enjoyed his share of prominence and done
his full stint of hard work. lie entered public
life on the tidal wave of 1874 and has been rid
ing on the crest ever since. A more thorough
going democrat could hardly be found in the
district which was the home and now contains
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committee. Since the issue Of tariff reform
sprang up under the tutelage Of Mr.. Morrison
and Mr.. Carlisle New York has never been
counted in when the democrats controlled the
House. II was the notion that the south and
west, with their studiOus Congressman and de-
cided commercial interest in q low tariff, were
to work out the reform. New York and New
England were not to be trusted. II was only in
a republican House that New York city demo-
crat was invited to take place on ways and
means. Speaker Reed appointed Roswell p.
Flower. Bourke Cochran is an able lawyer and
a skillful psrliamentarian. If he gives his time
to the committee and to the House no can
easily advance into the leadership Of his party.
but he il not likely tn take such a course.
Moses I. Stevens Of Massachusetts is a nice
white-haired old gentleman from q little manu-
featuring town. He 10 Henry George man
and his colleague, Mr.. ONeili, voted for him
Tor Speaker. He has made fortune in manu-
featuring wooden goods and is one Of those
peculiar New England tariff reformers who
osheve In free wool 80 long a. the Australian
clp can be had for less money than our own.
There are many New England republicans VII o
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Humble but Successful Authors

Pittsburg Leaders New York Letter
The men who make the most money by their
pens arc not always known to fame. The Pc
riodicais that pay the highest prices for
fiction and special articles are not those
that give the writer a reputation in the world
of letters. l have friend who makes $40 coo
year writing stories of adventure for a SEN
sational weekly. He is a poet of no mean
ability, and when he feels that he would like
little applause he sends a poem to some
leading magazine. Only his most intimate
friends know that "Pendragon" of the
Youtfs Weekly Thrill is the long haired
romantic-looking man who listens at the
authors club to the fattery Of those who
think that the highest success in life consists
in having a poem printed in the Century,
Harpers or Scribners. Another man /
know gets SOS thousand words from
a weekly that is read in thousands of
kitchens throughout the country. He is
a highly educated man. but he must
earn his living He makes at least 81, 600 q
year. He was recently offered a college pro-
fessorship at salary Of g. 500. But he could not
afford it. These men will never 60 down to
posterity as great novelists. but, to use a yul-
gar expression, they get there all the same.
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Sieep 1aken At Night II the sleep 1not brings
Health.
From the New York Journal.
Beauty sleep is sweet, refreshing sleep, and
plenty Of it before daybreak. Some get along
well, as John Wesley and Adam Clarke, with
only six hours. A few are so constituted
that they enjoy good health with less than six
hours.
Eight hours may be considered the amount
necessary for most folks, If taken when dark
ness Is upon the earth, and IL through with in
time to behold the breaking in of the morning
light Ordinarily this is sufficient to erase yes
terday's burrows and restore the circulation and
the nerves for the days duties which await.
=, sleep at no other time will keep the fesh.
the blood and nerves SO fresh and full of the
gov OF health. Not only Is tho night made
for rest, but the sunlight is made for health.
says the Boston Trdrelsr. Who loses a part
OF the days light especially tho fore part of
inc day, meets with an irreparable loss, and
paiior and prostration arc the natural conse-
quences.
SO that to sloep at night aud to be out in the
daylight preserves tho body and contributes 10
1t the freshness and glow OF health, without
which there can be no genuine beauty. Early to
bed and early to rise 10 therefore founded ON
the true physiology Of our bsings
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THE BOY WAS RIGHT.
But His Father Was Way on as . Sensible
Feeder.
From the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
They came into the restaurant n man and a
how The former morn tho or q, . hns;n...
-, -. o.. L:-,~ - =,
aan ou' iof nis noohuas iunoh' anu nv
saturday IL was easy to guess the boy was TAX
ing halI his holiday helping in the Office.
The man sat with a preoccupied mir while
yx,it;,, 20 no sor,,,a 81 .,,..o.,a a., -
onestieps IN an ansant- ,ni,.,ad - 80.
showed that he bad no, ,hrawr hrs;na.s 80.
"a " "N NV '''0"" 0u'i'e''
Inc boy chstted about THIS snickered about
tnat, iumoieo ms KNIFE ana FORK until he
dropped them ana eyed every walter who passed
with o quizzical stare at the contents Of his
tray.
And the manner Of their eating was ~ diff
ferent as the manner of their waiting. The
man hustled his food down his throat as IL be
neither enjoyed it at the time nor expected to
later.
The boy took time to arrange his side dishes
to his own notion, those he liked best nearest
to hand. and then went 10 work leisurely TO
take sip of this, a taste of that, or TO season
another TO suit. He may have taken large
modthfuls-boys will-but he took plenty Of
time to talk between bites-boys will also do
that. The father filled his mouth and washed
the food down with scalding hot coffee. The
boy got his coffee sugared and creamed just TO