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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26

Every one knows our rictuals
are composed of different things
called food elements. Plenty of
food and to have it digested well
Is all that is cared for by the ma
jOrity. Sometimes it does not di-
gest we'll Then comes dyspepsia:
relief is wanted That is given by
Johann Hof>s Malt Extract. 1t
acts on the food. 1t dissolves
starch. In one hundred parts of
food &c are starch. 1t makes food
easy to digest. that tells the action
of Johann Hoffs Malt Extract.
Use it always with Your meals.
One dozen bottles of the genuine
Johann Hofas Malt Extract are
worth a cask of ale or porter in
tonic and nutritive properties, with
out being intoxicating.
See that signature of JOHANN
HOFF'' is ON neck label of bottle.
Eisner g. Mendelson Co. Sole
Agents, 152 and 154 Franklin St.
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
ODD FELLOWS ANNIVERSARY.
The Seventy-Fourth Birthday of the Orde
Being Observed Today.

The Seventy-FOurth Birthday of the Order
Being Observed Today.
The seventy-fourth anniversary Of the or
ganization Of the Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows in this country, which took place in
Baltimore, when Thomas Wildey, who had been
a member Of the order in England, oficiated,
is being observed today by the many District
Odd Fellows. especially by the Uniformed
Rank. the patriarchial branch Of the order.
The cantons are having q procession and
banquet this afternoon and this evening there
will be an entertainment at the Rifles Armory
for all branches of the order. including the
members Of the Rebekah lodges.
As guests Canton Potomac has Canton Nor
folk, Capt busch, of Norfolk, Va, twenty
uniformed members. They arrived on the
steamer Norfolk at 73O o'clock, and being
met by committee Of tine Potomacs. were
escorted to the Elkton, on 9th street,
and partook of breakfast, after which they
were shown the town. At o'clock
this afternoon the procession was formed
at the hall on 7th street. tho fol-
lowing being in line: Grand Canton, with
Hoffman's Band; Canton Potomac, with their
juvenile drum corps. and Canton Norfolk. The
line Of march is to E street, to Sd, to Pennsyl-
vania avenue, to 18th, to K, to Vermont avenue,
to Pennsylvania avenue, to Hotel Lawrence,
where the banquet will be enjoyed.
The entertainment at the Rifles Armory, to
which admission will be by card. will be one Of
much interest, the committee having secured
the best talent. and not only the local but
visiting Odd Fellows will unite in observing the
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
Troubles of the Telephone.

Kansas City Times.
A certain young man Of former bibulous
tendencies, but who has kept the pledge for the
past seven months, had this wall to make last
night:
Yesterday evening called up by telephone
a livery stable with which l had been doing
business for four years past and asked for a
doub.e-seated rig to be sent to my address, as
intended to take some friends out driving. The
wires must have been crossed, for there was o
great buzzing in the telephone, and after sew
eral attempts to make myself understood and
get reply managed to gather this response
from the buzzing wire:
"'Wh-a-a-ts that? B-z-Z-z. Broke over
bz-z-z again haven't you, zzzz Billie?'
"'No, l haven't, l replied warmly. Haven't
taken drop for seven months. 1t took me
several minutes to make this clearly under
stood, SO badly was the wire Duzzing.
IS no zzz CO. was the answer got It's
the old story raz biZ-z-z-Z can't get
rig too full zzzz smash
it up if did
Now. the iveryman was sober and / knew
it, though his talk sounded groggy over the
wire-for he never took drop in his life: and
was sober, but he wouldn't have believed it
had affidavits been produced to that effect
without seeing me. What's in name?' Well!
l relate this incident that it may do some one
good by bordering over it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
A HARD LUCK STORY.
One Of the Kind That Mover Faih 10 Gall
Forth . Generous Response.

Forth . Generous Response.
From the Kansas City Times
Great weather for ducks" gloomily re-
marked the erstwhile bibulous young man. con-
corning whom anecdotes have previously been
given in this column. He gazed dreamily
through a window ut the drilling rain.
Il had a friend call me up by telephone this
afternoon and he said:
my boy. I'm sorry you've stepped over the
traces again. Csnt do something for you?
Come over and let rs have a good talk together
i think il will do you good. The young man
groaned. That's the way il is when you've
got a reputation. l told my friend that 1 Was
still standing by my pledge. but he answered
angrily: Its the same old story and I'm out
Of patience with you. lou oughtnt 20 be let
loose on the streets without a muZzle. Not
content with your own degradation. ycu are
actually lending countenance to an orGaniZs-
ton gotten up with the intention Of fostering
and promoting the dirk habit | couldn't
understand what he meant until l heard later
that had been elected a member Of = bowling
club and the fact had been chronicled without
comment in a daily paper.
81 get il pretty hs.d from both sides One of
my old crowd dropped in today with hard
luck story and every indication that he had
freely and without reserve associated himself
with numerous liquor interests. Did you ever
have a hard-luck story unfolded 10 you in a
grewsome, graveyard style? Well. his was the
hardest Of any ever heard.
I'm always having tough luck he said.
Went hunting yesterday on Bean lake. Saw
nothing all day long until about in the even
Ing Then suddenly a flock OF wild ducks
whirred over me. They were so thick that
they almost darkened the sky was so SUR
prised didn't shoot until the last of the iock
was passing and then got sort Of sideway
shot, but / turned loose both barrels
did Won hit 'eu,2' \ uslad
Hit EN- 1 should say did. Shot the
feet of Of about 200 of EN- and they made the wa
ter yellow around my boat. but every duck few
on like nothing had happened. just my luck
anyway. Say, you're dom vel. amt YOU. since
you chopped of? Haven't got so c's concealed
about you, have you?'
Yes; what do you want with that amount?'
Buy ticket back TO Bean lake You see
those ducks will miss their feet the first time
they try to roost and will turn back. IL get the
same kind of line on the front rank OF that
hcck did on the rear I'll stock the Kansas City
market with headless ducks
Talk about hardluck stories. That one won
the so cents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
TOMORROW OPENS THE FIGHT.
Washington and Baltimore to Meet ON the
Green Field.

Washington and Baltimore to Meet ON the
Green Field.
The preliminary practice season Of the WASH
ington ball team closes with todays game with
the Buffalo Eastern League team. Tomorrow
the fight for the pennant opens and on the local
stage the Senators will try to knock out their
old enemies, the Orioles. Mcmahon and Rob-
inson are the Baltimores' star bat
terry and they will go in tomorrow.
Baltimore at noon tomorrow for Washington.
The Baltimores will play at Washington Thurs
day and Friday. but on Saturday they will re-
turn to Baltimore with the Washington club to
play the first championship game of the season
on that day at Union Park. The season will be
opened by the other clubs as follows: Boston
at New York, Brooklyn at Philadelphia,
Chicago at Cincinnati. Cleveland at Pittsburg
and Louisville at St. Louis.
That Washington will win two of the three
games there is not much doubt. The local
PLAYERS, individually and collectively, are
superior to Baltimore's and there is no reason
why the Orioles should get a game. But acct
dents will happen and an inferior club some
times wins. should the Senators take all three
il will give local base ball enthusiasm such a
boom as it has not enjoyed for years.
The Baltimore Sun says today that Gunson
who has been released by Hanlon, will probably
sign with Washington. He will do nothing Of
the kind. Washington doesn't want him.
The local club was after him before Farrell was
obtained, but has no use for him now. At anv
rate il is said that Gunson is making 70 much
money on the horses at Gloucester that he is
not anxious to play ball
The two teams will be composed a. follows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
Not Yet Identified

Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police depart
ment has in his possession photograph Of the
unknown German who committed suicide near
the morgue more than a week ago, but no one
has yet been able to identify it as q likeness Of
any Of their friends.
There was one case Of mistaken identity. A
man believed the remains were those Of an &C.
quaintance. tailor, and to make certain that
he was not mistaken he showed the finger used
by the dead man in sewing. The marks were
there, indicating that the man was
tailor, but short investigation
proved that the supposed dead man Was still
alive. The coat Of the dead man, which is held
at the morgue for Identification. bears the
mark of San Antonio, Texas, clothier, and it
L. possible that the suicide came from that
place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
will be composed as follows
tomorrow:
DIXON wORsTED HIM,
How the Bantam Champion Got the Best
of . Heavy Weight.

b0nt0m
of = Heavy Weight.
George Dixon. the champion bantam-weight
pugilist Of the world. demonstrated last night
in true pugiiistic fashion tha difference between
science and brute strength. After Dixon
had spared two rounds with his sparring part
ner Manager O'Rourke announced that during
the week he would give any one ESQ whom
Dixon could not vanquish In four rounds. No
sooner had he concluded when . voice from
the upper private box called out, Say, I'll 60
you once tonight"
Instantly the face Of William Nally appeared
over the rail Of the box, and tho audience
recognizing in him . local aspirant for
hstic horors broke into applause. A moment
later he appeared the floor and jumped
on the stage. There he Invested himself Of his
clothes until he stood before the bowling audi
ence almost barred to the waist. Manager Ker-
nan was not In the house, otherwise the contest
wouid not have taken place, and when he came
In he scored the pugllists and wanted TO have
the whole crowd arrested
Prior to his appearance. however, . man
men shook hands Dixon weighed l21 pounds
and Nally about l68. The disparity in the sizes
OF the men was marked. Now Nally is no
mean sparrer, and the audience, looked
forward to a rafting bout. Nor were thsy
disappointed. Hardly had they shaken hands
pion to the ropes and landed two right and left
swings on the neck Dixon quickly recovered
himself and ducked cleverly out Of harms
reach A bit Of sparring, and then Dixon
upper cut with his left and cross countered
on Nallys nose, drawing blood. The audience
yelled with delight. Nally rushed again,
but was stopped by q left swing on the jaw
and stomach, and clinched to save himself
His lack of condition began to tell, and he was
breathing heavily. Dixon. on the other hand,
was cool and confident. He studied his man q
moment and then. with q ca.-like leap, was
upon him. and before Naliy realized his
position had landed several telling blows
and WAS out OF reach. Again they came to-
gether. and again did Dixon land with telling
| effect on Nally's face. Then he began to force
matters Feinting with his left arm. he swung
| his right and landed on ths Washington mans
jaw, staggering him The round was fast
| drawing to . close. and Dixon changed his tao
tica Insteads Of fighting at long range he COM
menced terrific ouslaught ct short quarter,
and when the round closed Nauy wss very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26

From the Chicago Herald.
A few days ago Congressman William L.
Wilson Of West Virginia was a caller at the De-
partment Of Justice He Is a well-known demo-
GRAFT, is one OF the leaders of the House of Rep
resentatives and was chairman of the last demo-
cratic national convention. The messenger
recognized him and believing that Attorney
General Olney would be glad to see SO import.
ant member OF the party opened the door and
admitted him without card or question. As
Mr.. Wilson entered the Attorney General was
busy at his desk Mr.. Wilson took a chair near
the door and seated himself until the Attorney
General might finish. Finally Mr.. Olney looked
up.
How did you get in here?' he asked, rather
pertinently.
IL came in through the door," replied the
Congressman somewhat nettled.
''Messenger!'' shouted Mr. Olney. "come
here" As the colored messenger approached
the Attorney General continued: Didn't tell
you not to admit anybody without first bring
ing in the callers card and ascertaining whether
l wanted to see him?'
''Yes, sah," said the messenger, 'but Mr..
wilson am membah Of Congress and /
thought"
At this juncture Mr.. Wilson arose and ex-
planning that his presence did not seem to be
required, babe. the Attorney General a polite
good morning" and walked out Whether
Mr.. Oiney merely intended to discipline the
doorkeeper or to eject him from the room Mr.
Wilson has not yet taken the pains to ascertain
Senator White and Congressman Blanchard
OF Louisiana have also been accorded frigid
receptions by the Boston member of the cabi-
net, and the feeling among the democratic Con-
gressmen how seems to be that it is hardly
prudent to approach the Department Of Justice
One OF the newspaper correspondents who has
been incontinently snubbed thinks of sending
Congressman Buck" Kilgore of Texas to the
department to see the Attorney General, be-
lieving that il Mr.. Kilgore is not admitted with
proper courtesy he will promptly kick down
the door and otherwise create . disturbance as
he did in the Ffty-6rst Congress when Speaker
Reed locked him in the House to make q
quorum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26


A highly Interesting and important inter
national exhibition will be held in Brussels
during the coming summer, its object being to
display the commercial, industrial, scientific
and artistic development Of the public press
from ancient to modern times The exposition
has been planned and il conducted Jointly BY
the Union Of the Belgian Periodical Press and
the Belgian Club Of Newspaper Collectors and .
very complete and elaborate exhibit will be
made which will embrace the entire scope and
history Of journalism. The journals collected
will be divided in these classes: Political,
scientific, literary. theatrical, society, artistic,
agricultural, industrial, financial, COM
mercial and economic. pedagogical and
scholarly. sporting, fashion, legal, comic.
philosophical and miscellaneous. and a
full showing is expected to be made in each
Of these varied lines Of newspaper publication.
The exhibits Of all these classes will also be ar
ranged SO as to illustrate the progress Of the
press from the sixteenth century to the present
time in literary and mechanical perfection.
importance. The exhibition will last for two
months and will probably be opened very
shortly, though the exact date for the opening
has not yet been definitely determined upon.
The president Of the exposition is Levin Cof-
fin, president of the Belgian Union Of the
foriooiCai iress, anu INC general secretaries
are J. Charlier and DR.. Edg. Guilmot, all Of
Brussels. The Belgian journalists have under
taken this international exhibition Of the pro-
gress Of the press more especially as q compli-
ment to the memory of the first Belgian and,
as they assert, the first European publisher Of
a periodical newspaper, Abraham verhveven,
whose 'Nieuwe Tydingen' was issued at ALVEY
in 1905. In his honor the official journal Of the
exhibition will be called .'L'Abraham Verhve-
ven," though it will not be printed, as the
"Nieuwe Tydingen" was, in Dutch. but in
French The cooperation OF the journalists of
ell other countries has been solicited by the
managers of the exhibition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26

much distressed. Going to his corner he threw
on the gloves and declared he would
not continue. Then the house broke into
cheers for the clever champion who had by his
science put brute strength to flight. Nally had
no excuse to offer when . Star re-
porter asked him Why he had stopped.
There was no money in it for
me-" was all that he would say.
Billy Young standing near by said: "Of course
Dixon il the clevsrer Of the two and can hit Just
as hard. Nally made q great mistake in not
even IL he had been knocked OUT
In the dressing room Of Dixon . reporter Of
The STAR found the champion being rubbed
down. In reply to question Dixon said:
After the first rush knew had my man.
he Il strong, but . novice at sparrinR. Yes. I
could have knocked him ont in another round
even though his weight was sixty pounds
greater than mine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26

PKRsoNAL.-Curtis Smith Of New York, J. c.
Carr Of Hoboken, Robert H. Spencer of SYRIA
cuse and J. B. Crowley Of Illinois
ore at Willard's--R. E. Thompson Of Hagers-
vown. d. F. Hennessy of New York, W. H.
Sullzio Of Baltimore and J. d. Lang Of
Philadelphia are at the Randall -Hugo 7.
Herbert Of New York, George D. Reene Of
Philadelphia, George L. Ellis Of Boston, Geo.
Douglass Of Philadelphia are at the
Ebbitt-W. Wharton Of Philadelphia,
James Boyle Of Ware, Mass, Chas. D. Morgan
Of Butte City. Mont, A. Stuart of Cincinnati
and Frank H. Stenter Of Concord, N. H., are
at the Riggs.-T. A. O'Donnahue Of New
York, Joseph w. Cooper Of Camden, N. J.,
James H. Ickles of Athens, Ill, and John
Washburn Of Minneapolis are at the Airing
ton.-Franklin Mcveagh of Chicago. Harold
Binney Of New York and John A. White Of
Williamsport, Pa, are At the shoreham.--vic-
chusetts and A. Daingerfeld Of Virginia are ct the
Johnson. F. Crawford Of Cameron, W. Va,
W. H. Russell Of Philadel phia. E. D. Carver Of
London, Eng. J. A. Fair Of Bristol, Tenn, and
John R. Holman Of Indianapolis are at the
National. Henry G. Churchill of Boston, ].
W. Granger Of Kingston, N. c., W. N.
Jones of Petersburg, Va. and J. W. Bryder
Of Milwaukee are at the Metropolitan.-C.E E.
Brewster Of Dover, N. H., W. T.. Patten Of
Kansas City, G. H. Ireland Of Springfield,
Mass., w. E. Blake of Boston and d.
Graham Of Seattle are at the st. James,
8. b. Wheelhouse Of New York, Burt Gray
Of Chicago, F, Baker of Wilmington and F. W.
Ginther of Harrisburg are ct the Howard
Mr.. Robert A. Parke, who has been confined to
his homo for the past ten days, is rapidly re-
covering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
SIGNING FOR ONE YEAR.
An Interesting Point Regarding Liquor
Licenses to Be Decided.

An Interesting Point Regarding Liquor
Licenses to Be Decided.
At the meeting of the excise board yesterday
afternoon an interesting question concerning
the signatures to applications for liquor Ii
censes came up and was informally discussed.
Mr.. ]. W. Pilling appeared before
the board and represented that he was an
agent Of considerable property in the city and
that he was frequently called upon to sign the
applications of certain persons for liquor
licenses He desired to impress upon the
Commissioners the fact that while he
was not opposed to afixing his signature to
applications for Q definite period he was OPP
posed and did not think he had the right to
sign any application that would run for an in
definite period. 1t would virtually be giving
the liquor men the control Of the property he
represented. He said further that wherever
the Commissioners found his name affixed to
an application for liquor license it was there
only for one year.
The law Of March 8, 1898, regulating the sale
OF liquor. says in this connection under section
5: THAT after such applicant shall have OBJ
tanned and filed with his petition the consent
aforesaid and obtained from the board the
license required by this act 1t shall not be
necessary for such lcensee after the expira-
ton OF the period for which such license is
issued to obtain again such consent for q re-
newal of the license unless the majority Of the
real estate owners and resident housekeepers
aforesaid shall petition the board stating In
such petition that said bar room is not neces-
sary and is Objectionable.
The Commissioners stated that they were of
opinion that the applicant could enter into an
agreement with the agent or owner of house
whose signature was necessary before license
could issue that he obtained it for one year and
that at the expiration Of that time the signature
was to be considered null and void
II was finally decided TO submit the question
to the attorney of the District for his opinion
and recommendation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26

To the Editor Of Ths Evening staR:
Much has been said in regard to cremstinQ
the garbage and refuse from the table, and
much more can be said, but I do not agree
with the proposed method even il It be ever 80
sffscsual. 1 am now the unhappy recipient Of .
mass of black sickening smoke issuing from my
nsighbor's chimney. 1t is intolerabls and We
are forced to close doors and windows while
the cremation IL in process. Imagine the awful
stencil all over the city il every ''housekeeper''
would resort to burning all the refuse-dry or
otherwise. Even should the above method be
proper thing, what are We who use gas or gas
oline stoves to do? There certainly can be bet
ter regulations In the health department and
no doubt will. We wait to see,
HousHKIEPER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
Sure of a HOLIDAY

From Texas Siftings.
Jimmy-"where are You going today? Let's
60 skating"
Jack-"1m going to school, amt you?''
Jimmy-'fes, but the teacher will dismiss
us, all the same. Tommy Sinks has got two
mice in his pocket, and he's going to let 'em on
Che floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26

From the Broad ARROW.
The reported invention Of . bullst-proof
"piastron" recalls the anecdote connected With
the Duke Of Wellington and somewhat SIM
liar invention. The inventor having obtained
an interview with the duke at the horse guards
was requested to put ON the armor, which was
stated to be Of some light material worn be-
meath the clothing. The duke having expressed
his approval OF its appearance the inventor,
highly pleased, dilsted on its perfect qualities
warmly until the commander-in-chief quietly
asked one OF his staff to order the attendance
Of file Of the guards with . few rounds Of
ball cartridge. Needless 10 add the inventor
made . hurried exit and nothing more was
heard Of this invulnerable arpaor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
Acting Secretary OF the Treasury.

The President today designated Mr.. c. 8.
Hamlin, the assistant secretary Of the treasury,
to act - Secretary Of the Treasury at all times
when Mr.. Carlisle il absent This action h re-
garded - high compliment the President has
paid Mr. Hamlin, as he is the youngest man
who has ever occupied this responsible posi-
ton MI. Hamlin has made q most favorable
Impression in the department by his unifo rmly
courteous manner and ability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26
A Predicament.

From the Chicago News Record
Jason-"I'll be hanged if know whether it's
safer to address that strange lady as Miss or
Madame
Argo-"Why, what difference will it make?"
Jason-"Well, you see, if 1 call her Mad
anne shell think think she looks so old that
she must be married. And if I call her Miss
she'll think I've spotted her as an old maid
who couldn't get married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-26

In the Criminal Court this morning the trial
Of Claiborne Howard alias Clayton Howard. .
colored man, for the murder Of Edward
Atwell, brakeman Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, ON the night Of Nay q Of last year,
was eommsncsd before Judge McComas, but
the jury was not completed and the court
adjourned TIN tomorrow. orderinr afty
talssmen to be drawn. District Ittorney
Rrney and Mr.. Shillington appear for the
government and Messra C. n. Smith and jos.
Shillington for defendant