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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
JOSEF DON JAN,
The Writer Of the Crank Letters,
Now in Police Custody.
SAYS he Is NOT A SOCIALIST.
His History as Given by Himself in
Conversation
WITH A STAR REPORTER.

Joseph DOMAIN, the man who has been
worrying the police of this city for some
time past by writing crank letters to the
President, Vice President, Secretary La
mont, Senator Mills and Senators from New
Jersey, came back to Washington on Sat
urday evening and yesterday evening gave
himself into the hands Of the authorities.
He was placed under arrest by Mr.. James
A. McDevitt chief of the McDevitt de-
tective agency, and was locked up at the
first precinct station to await a hearing
He is held as a suspicious character, but be-
fore he is through he will probably have to
answer the charge of making illegal use OF
the mails.
The Story That He Tells.
The question whether or not DOMAIN Is
crank at once arises. His actions have
been those. undoubtedly, of man not
properly balanced, but he talks like per-
fectly sane man, though with occasional
lapses into side issues that would seem to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
TO BE MOVED HERE.
General Omces OF the X. OF l.. to Leave
PhiIadelphia.

Before many weeks. il is said, the general
offices of the knights OF Labor Will be re-
moved from Philadelphia to Washington.
General Master Workman Sovereign SAID
last evening that Offices admirably adapted
to the requirements of the order have been
Inspected I'm this city and can be Dur.
chased for $4,000. The building on North
Broad street, in Philadelphia is estimated
to be worth $4,000. but no attempt is to be
made TO sell IL, and Mr.. Sovereign also said
that II has not been mortgaged.
One reason which Sovereign declared HAD
induced the selection of Washington as the
headquarters center was the fact that there
could be no Interference of state authority.
at any time. with the workings of the order.
This reason. he said was weighty one In
guiding the selection. Among the members
or the order, however the big brown-s.one
palace has long been a source of ANNOYANCE
In fact. IL has been regarded as a sort Of
white elephant entirely too expensive a
drag upon the order. and the removal VIII
be generally indorsed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26

able to say why he wrote the letters or
what he expected to gain by them, but says
that he knows a lot that he will not tell
until he comes up for trial. To this extent
he seems to be a crank with an imagined
mission though what that mission is he
would not say.
visited the station house this morning, Don
ian was sitting back in a dark corner of
cell No g. When he was told that the men
were newspaper men. he came over to the
grated door. and entered into a pleasant
converse ton. He says that since he Was
in Newark he has been for number OF
years in the far west. in Nevada, Utah and
Montana, prospecting for precious metals.
and that for a time he was at Creede. Dur
ing the past few years he claims to have
walked in the neighborhood OF 1Ooooo miles,
Why He Don't Work.
"why don't work." said DORIAN, in an
swer to a question of The Star rep -ter. NO.
it isn't that / am too strong to work, but
somehow or other 1t is not easy to get
job nowadays, and when people get smell
of me they make up their minds they don't
want anybody. and don't get the Job. Yes.
did write these letters. because l wanted
some money. 1 did not make any threats
in those letters. and there is lots about those
letters and about me that has been printed
in the papers that isn't true at all. didn't
make any threats, and this fact can easily
be proved when come up for trial.
came east from Colorado last January.
ana a couple of months ago my family went
down to Florida, and 1 was on my way to
meet them there. l walked until / came to
baltimore. and there 1 wrote the first of the
letters to the Vice President. The trouble
with me is that cannot beg. 1 never have
begged ana l never will beg. L came to
Washington feeling as if these big men
ought to give me some help. Seeing that the
money that asked for in the fifteen letters
that wrote to different people did not
come. got desperate, and started for Rich
mond."
Scrap of The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
DfscOm future of n BoEus Santa Claus.

Samuel Getholtz, slippery Rock town.
ship, Pa, farmer. thought to surprise his
family Sunday night by sliding down the
old-fashioned chimney and impersonating
Santa Claus He made the passage all right
until he reached the center Of the chimney,
where he stuck fast Getholtz yelled for
aid Members of the family did not recog-
nize his smothered voice, and ran from the
house terror-stricken. Neighbors were sum-
moned and after much difficulty Getholtz
made himself known. The chimney was
torn down level with the roof. a rope was
lowered and by the united efforts Of three
men Getholtz was pulled out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs il taken; it is pleasant
anc refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently vet promptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn efectuslly, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs 10 tho
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and 10
ceptable to the stomach, prompt n
its action and truly beneficial In In
effects, prepared only from the mos
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend Il
to all and have made It the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gist& Any reliable druggist Who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one Who
wishes to try il. DO not acceps any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup ca
sss faxscssco. cAL.
LOUISVILLE. Nv. ssW voax. &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
Cnclssmed Property.

The annual sale of abandoned and un-
claimed property in the hands of the police
will take place at Ratcliffe Darr's auction
rooms. Thursday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
Found n Leg.

Policeman S. b. Kelly found the dissected
leg of a man near the Howard University
end OF the Lydecker tunnel this morning,
where some medical student had evidently
thrown it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26

a country church near Hopkinsville Pa
Sunday night Manuel Taylor fatally shot
John Howell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
Lamp Shades

Made to order of ne tissue paper; Crlmped Shades
all coors: for Materials for Tissue Paper
Fancy Work. Masks. Tiny Bells. Paper Napkins.
German Fsvors Beautiful Scrsn Book Fctures, 3cts
per sheet. J. JAY GOULD, 421 9th St 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
DOMAIN Before shaving.

make it look as though there was a screw
loose somewhere. According to his story.
as soon as he ascertained that the police
were on the lookout for him he decided to
return to Washington and surrender here,
as he though his chan ces of being fairly
treated were better than they would be
anywhere else. The police all around this
section of the country have been on the
lookout for him for some time past. on
Saturday night DOMAIN walked into the
first precinct station, and stating that he
was hungry and cold, was sent to the
municipal lodging house next door, where
he gave his name. According to him he
spent Sunday and Monday wandering up
and down Pennsylvania avenue and ID
street, looking for the office of Chief Drum
mond Of the secret service. He was una
bic TO find Mr.. Drummond, and, as he says.
did not care to go into a drug store, crowd
ed, they all WERE to ask for directory.
He wanted to go to the first precinct sta
ton, as he had been there before. but was
unable to find ii, when he had made up his
mind to surrender and seeing the sign of a
detective agency he walked in there and
gave himself up.
Detectives Weldon and Boyd of police
headquarters came up few minutes later
and identified the man. He was taken
then to the first precinct station and put
behind the bars.
His Appearance and Manner.
DOMAIN Is a man of about twenty-six
years of age. He talks freely, and accord
ing to his story is an Austrian, born in
Silesia, his parents being poor peasants.
who came to this country about eleven
years ago and settled in Newark, n. J. He
says that by birth he Is an Austrian, by
education a high German and by religion a
Catholic. To a Star reporter this morning
he insisted that he was neither a socialist
nor an anarchist, and did not believe IN
either nor in labor organizations. Although
poorly dressed and with weeks growth
of beard on his face, he is not at all bad
looking man. He talks with a marked Ger
man accent, but he talks rather well and not
at all In a rambling, disconnected fashion.
He says that in Newark he worked as a
laborer In a rubber factory, was afterward
an iron molder in Pittsburg and in Newark
studied telegraphy and electricity. He has
a clear-cut face, and does not seem to be
in any way a dangerous sort of man. He
talks freely on every subject excepting the
letters that he wrote to prominent men in
this city.
About Those Threatening Letters.
When he comes to speak of these letters
DOMAIN at once becomes more reticent. He
denies that they contain any threats of
personal violence, and says they We're SIM
ply letters of a business character such
shoemaker might write to a customer, al
though he does not show just how the anal
ogy holds He makes yelled illusions TO
other people when he talks, and occasional
ly drops a remark that makes il look as
though ne had written the letters at the in
stigation of other people. Their identity he
says ne will not disclose. unless it should be
that at this trial he is unable to clear him
self in any other way. He does not seem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26

Today IL boxing day and is observed as a
close holiday at the banks and exchanges
in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
Wanted to Ride,

Three stylish!y dressed colored men, whose
broad eNpanse of white linen, kid gloves
and silk hats made them more attractive
than the others, stood in row and an
swered one after another Not guilty"
ed one after another mot guilty"
The driver and conductor of Belt line
car were called as witnesses
The men appeared like they had been
drinking" SAID one of the witnesses zone
of them stopped the horse and then wanted
to ride the animal instead of getting in
the car"
Judge. they were very loud and pro-
fame another witness said.
when the policeman came up" said one
of the prisoners, 'he drew his pistol, and
said Il am going to kill one of you d-u mig
gers"
VIM. Charles and Emanuel jackson were
the names they gave. The men made a
good appearance in court, denied that they
were intoxicated or disorderly, and said
that one of them was joking about riding
the horse.
Ten dollars each"
VIM. Jones is known to his numerous
colored friends as BILL" and when under
the influence of liquor he is the leader of
colored society on the commons.
He attended the usual Christmas "cake
walk" and led the dance when the prizes
had been distributed.
1t was nearly l am. when he left the
place where his friends were still doing
the light fantastic, and with more liquor
than he could comfortably carry he tried
to wend his way toward his home in the
bottom
But before he reached his resting place
he was met by some of his acquaintances
who thought they would have some fun
with him. BILL was as anxious for the
fun as were his companions, who had at
tended a .parlor social in that section
known as '.Swampoodle." The latter Tad
a bottle Of red liquor" and when "BilI"
measured a drink with his finger and raised
the bottle one of the young sports tried to
make him swallow bottle and all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26
roU WANT.

1ot WANT
Not q note 10 sisn-Dot . peuay sntsruue-
pay ~ when you eet paid-oses q ~ssh -
once month. Our suites Of Parior rsrm-
ture range in price from sz1Jeo 20 e1oo.-
Bed Room Furniture from SIS % S2oo.-
surely the intermediate grades VIM co..
tain something to please you. Our ieadse
In Parlor Furniture ID a seven-piecs suate,
upholstered In plush or hair cloth. az ga 10
Our leader 10 Bed Room Furniture 10 q suits
in soiid oak. with bevei GAS m busSaa-
price. sls. Our Carpcts are Just as 60
tersfve In vnriety and just % rich end eas-
CANT IN colorine a. you'll nud ANrwHERR
Splendid Brussels Carpet. % cent? o yard
Good Reliable Ingram. 80 cents q yard- We
have always MADE asd LAID every yard
OF Carpet sold by us-and we ore DOING
IT yET-nsme snother hooss that does -
MICH.
We sell q sir-foot Extension Table ~
fs.5o-Forty pound Hair Mattress, r.
woven-wire Springs. s1.7s. n you need q
stove-it's HERE-any sine you wasf-bsat-
Ing or cooking. SIX big double noo. %
House Furnishings 20 choose from-Asd ycuf
CREDIT ia atweys GOOD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-26

Before left town. however. q man Eave
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

Mems gum shoes that were 60 cents
are now 90 cents at Brady's.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

PROPOSALS. FOR ANNUAL SUP
PLIES FOR THE U. :. MARINE
CORPS. -HEADQUARTER U. S MARINE
CORPs, QUARTERMAsTER'R OFFICE,
Washington, ID. O., March 6, 1893
Sealed proposals, in duplicate will be
received at this office until ~ o'clock m.
on the 4th day of April next, for fur
nishing fuel, forage, and laundry work
to the U s. Marine Corps at one or more
of the following stations from the 1st of
July, 1898, to the Both of June, 1894,
viz: Portsmouth, N. H.. CharlestOwn,
Mass; Brooklyn. N. Y; Philadelphia
and League Island. Pa; Annapolis, Md;
Washington, ID. c.; Norfolk. Va; Port
Royal, S. c.; Mare Island. Cal. and
Sitka, Alaska. Sealed proposale will
also be received at this office until IL
O'Clock m. on the 4th day of April next.
for furnishing supplies consisting of
cloth. kersey, flannel, blankets, helmets.
military stores, brooms. brushes, ETC., to
be delivered at the office Of the Assist
ant Quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pa
Sealed proposals will also be received at
this office until II O'Clock m of the 4th
day of April next for furnishing station,
cry TO be delivered at the office of the
Assistant Quartermaster, Washington
ID. G. Sealed proposals will also be re.
ceived at this office until 10 O'Clock m.
on the 18th day of April next for fur
nishing rations to the U. $. Marine
Corps at one or more of the stations
named above. from the LIST OF July,
1898, TO the 30th of June. 1894. All
supplies to be delivered at the places
named free of expense to the United
States Specifications, blank forms of
proposals, and all information can be
obtained upon application at any of the
stations named above, or at the Office of
the Quartermasser, Washington, ID. e.,
and Assistant Quartermaster's Office,
216 South Second street, Philadelphia,
Pa This Office reserves the right to
reject any and all bids, and to waive
defects, and bids from manufacturers of
or regular dealers In supplies only win
be considered. Proposals may be made
for one or more articles, deliverable at
one or more stations, and will be con-
sidered separately for each article and
place of delivery. They should be en-
dorsed, Proposals for rations, fuel,
forage. laundry work. supplies. or sta
tionery," as the case may be, and adj
dressed to Major Fl b LOWRY. Quar-
termastsr, z. s. Marine Corps, Washing
ton. d. G. 2tw2w.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

The country editor is important
as he is numerous, and the World g
Fair authorities do well to recognize
the fact. II is calculated that if all
Of our country brethren accept the
invitation to the Exhibition and avail
themselves of the passes at their dis
posal, the expense to the Fair will be
something like six and half millions
Of dollars, or over one third of the
entire cost of the Exhibition. But
what of that? The editors have done
more than two thirds of the good
wholesome "blowing" which was
necessary to make the enterprise a
success. 1t 10 true as of old time
that none but the editor deserves
the Fair.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

The industrial record of the South
for the first three months of 1898,
says the Manufacturers Record, shows
n very marked revival of activity in
the establishment of new industries
and the sx tenson and improvement Of
old ones. Since January there have
been established in the Southern
States us new industrial enterprises,
rs compared with Cpl during the last
quarter of 1892, an increase of ninety
seven or over 10 per cent During the
third quarter of last year the number
of new enterprises was 564, so that
the increase in six months has been
nearly 2S per cent,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01
IL The Republican Party Going TO
PiecRs?

Signs are not wanting that the
Republican party is going. or at any
rate may presently 90, TO pieces; and
signs are fairly abundant that the
Democratic party is rapidly being
made over by the stirring and disturb
ing energy Of the extraordinary man
who is now President. 1t may be
that Mr.. Gresham's accession to the
Democratic cabinet means that great
interest and great force of thought
in the Northwest are now turning
about to the assistance Of the Demo-
cratic party, Judge Gresham being
their gift to the counsels Of that
party, Mr.. Cleveland has been steadily
sifecting a revolution in the purposes
and methods of the Democatic party
by drawing so many new men about
him, by assisting to shelye so many
older men Of the Democratic party
of former days. The party has grown
bold and aggressive and certain of its
own mind in consequence of the
change Mr.. Cleveland's present
term Of Office may afford him time
aud opportunity to complete the
Transformation. Young men are eager
TO serve him; and a Democratic party
of young men is the most formidable
danger the Republicans have to fear
the best hope that the Democrats
have to oherish.-Ff0m Woodrow
Wihon'S sketch Of President C1eVs-
lands Cabinet, inh April RiO e'o
Of Revie~s.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

Since its first Introduction Electric
Bitters has gained rapidly in proper
favor, until now 1t is clearly In the lead
among pure medicinal tonics and altera-
nothing which permits
its use as q beverage or intoxicant, It Is
recognized as the best and purest medi-
cine for all ailments OF Stomach, Liver
or Kidneys. II will cure Sick Headache,
Indigestion, Constipation, and drive Ma
laria from the system. Satisfaction
guaranteed With each bottle or the
money win be refunded. Price only 80
cents per bottle. Sold by Feldmeyer
Bros !, City Drug Store
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

Mr.. Cleveland is inclined to have
pretty mush his own way in running
the political machine of this great
country, but he will find it very diff
ticult task before he gets to the end
of his administration. 1t is one
thing to be boss and another thing
To boss.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

Swickley, Penn. 1--WE had an epidem
&c of cholerine. as our physicians called
Il. In this place lately and made great
hit with Chamberiain's Collie, Cholera
aud Diarrhea Remedy. / sold -four
dozen bottles of II In one week and haze
since sold nearly gross. This Remedy
did the work aud was a big advertise
ment for me Several persons who have
three weeks we're cured by few doses
of this medicine.
p. p. KNAPP. Phi. G..
% and so cent bottles for sale by
Feldmeyer Bros, City Drug Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

The Chiidren's health must not be
neglected. Cold In the head causes ca
tArrh. Ely's Cream Balm cures at once.
Il IL perfectly safe and 10 easily applied
into the nostrils. The worst cases
yielding to It. Price SOC.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

The municipal election in Ha-
gsrstown on Tuesday resulted in the
entire election of the Democratic
ticket, BY a good majority.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01

Happy and content Is home with .rThe Ro-
chester" lamp with the light of themorning.
Catalogues. write RochesterIampCo.N ewYork.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
,ess expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and il is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but il is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
20. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-04-01
ON TUESDAY, the IIth DAY Of AprII, 1888.

AT 1880 O'CLOCK y. NJ.
All that tract of land, consisting of six
ty six acres, situate on the northeast
side of the public road leading from the
City of Annapolis to Arundel on-the-
Bay, which was conveyed to the said
Charles w. Wootten by George Wells,
Treasurer, by deed dated on the 4th day
of April, 1890, and recorded among the
Land Records, OF Anne Arundel County,
in Liber s. H., No 80, folio $50, and full
ly described by metes and bounds,
courses and distances in a deed from
Frank Fl. Stockett, trustee, 10 James
Wootten and Charles Wootten, dated on
the 25th day of November, 1872. and re-
corded an ing said Land Records in Lii
Der S. H.. No z, folio 1856
The land is located partly on Black
Walnut Creek and partly on Oyster
Creek, and adjoins the lands of John It.
Gross, Stephen Gross and Ezekiel #.
Daniels, and is without improvements.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash on ratifica-
ton of sale. A deposit of $50 required
on day of sale.
JAMES NJ MUNROE,
Attorney Named in Mortgage.
VIM F. MINNIcK, Auctioneer. 317