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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-03

A G1GANr1c SALE
Now In PRoeREss Ar
1903 F ST.
Sl5OOOwoRrH OF FINE SHOES FROM
LEADING MANUFACTURERS WHO
ARE IN NEED OF MONEY AND
ARE FORCED TO REALIZE
UPON THEIR MOST DESIRABLE
MERCHANDISE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
ITEM NO 400 PAIRS LADIES'
FINE CUsToM-MADE HANp-sEw-
ED SHOES. IN EVERY STYLE, Sl.SS
MADE To RETAIL AT 81, OFFER.
ED In THIS SALE AT sIss.
ITEM NO. 800 PAIRS MEMS
GENUINE CALF SHOES, LACE OR u %
CONGRESS, ALL SHAPES REGU-
LAR VALUE. 50. NOW sI.67
ITEM NO. 800 PAIRS BOYS AND
YOUTHS SHOES AT CSC. NEVER soLDScC
UNDER $3.50
ITEM NO. $50 PAIRS SHOES FOR Chill
DREN, MADE OF REAL DoNGoLA
KID. REGULAR VALUE. $780, NowO0c
ITEM NO. 800 PAIRS INFANTS KID
BUTTON SHOES AT 2Oc JUST half LUC
PRICE
ITEM NO GOO PAIRS LADIES' HOUSE
SLIPPERS FLANNEL LINED. wORTH0SC
75c. NOW Csc.
ITEM NO. 800 PAIRS MEMS SLIPPERS.
IN CLOTH OR FINE LEATHER. UsUALOOC
RETAIL PRICE. SIPS. NOW CSC.
LADIES, OvERaA1rERs, 25o
BRowss, SHOE Po11sH, Sc.
The GREAT CONSIGNMENT SALE.
1903 F STREET.
1t CioCKBEE'S OLD STAND
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-03
Sweet Perfumes.

Merits Violet Water, u toilet luxury Of
rare sweetness.
Large size. Tomorrow. .................$ 81
Small size. Tomorrow. SO CTS.
Merits Florida Water, very rich and
delightful. Medium size. TOmor-
row. .....-... DO Slo-
Merits Lavender Water, true and
distinctive perfume. Small size.
ioulorro~. -.-.-.....- $3.50 CIS.
Merits Magnolia Water, delight
full and agreeable perfume. Small
size. Tomorrow. ............4I CIS.
Celebrated Newman Perfumes, in
all the most popular doors.
LOUNGE bottles. Tomorrow. SO CTS.
2-ounce bottles. Tomorrow SO CTS.
4-ounce bottles. Tomorrow. ........IS CTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-03

ITEM NO 800 PAIRS MEMS SLIPPERS,
IN CLOTH OR FINE LEATHER UsUALO0C
RETAIL PRICE, s1.25.. NOW CSC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-03

sl3 90 buys as
good a LADIES' gar
ment as has ever
been offered by our
competitors at $50;
as much style as
garments cOstin x
three times as
much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-03

S12. 70 LADIES'
Plush Capes. Eng
lish silk plush. seal
dyed. silk lined,
worth S2- To-
morrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-03

90. 90 Jackets in 10
different styles and col
ors; are choice. nobby
styles and are worth
SIG. 90. Tomorrow....,
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
HE SLEPT THROUGH 1T ALL.
The Men Who Saved Mate LoraIand
Burned Their Hands

New York, December 1.-The upper
woodwork of the steamboat Waterbury,
formerly the Laura, of the Bridgeport
line, was destroyed by fire this morning,
while the vessel was lying at her dock
at the foot of 31st street, East river. The
flames started from some unknown cause
on the main deck and quickly spread to
the hurricane deck. The fire was dis
covered in the street, and there was con-
siderable difficulty in arousing the crew.
Mate Peter Loraland slept SO soundly
that he was not awakened by the break
ing in of the cabin. He continued to
slumber when carried across the dock
and placed on board the steamer Havana.
John and Philip Dresser, who rescued
him, had their hands badly burned.
When the firemen responded to the
first alarm, they found that the Water
bury was ablaze from stem to stern above
the main deck. Three alarms which
were rung in brought the fire boat Have
meyer, which succeeded in saving the
hull of the boat. The Waterbury is
owned by Frederick Jansen, superintend-
ent of the Waterbury Steamboat Compa-
ny, who purchased her recently at a
sheriff's sale for $27,000.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
BRIEFLY TOLD.

An earthquake shock was felt at river
Moisie, Quebec, at a. M, yesterday.
The 6O0O striking weavers at OlneyviIIe.
RI. reject all offers of compromise.
R.G Dun & Co., report 27S failures
during the past week againt 236 in the
corresponding week last year.
Quite. Styles & Davis Nashville, Tenn.
dry goods, have assigned; liabilities,
S156, 800; assets, S130,000
The Brazilian Legation in London has
received denial of the report that Para
has gone over to the insurgents.
The Haymarket theatre, on West Madi-
son street, Chicago, was Quilted by fire
Yesterday.
The Thornton Worsted mills, 'Philadel-
phia, burned last night; loss $235, 900; in
surance, $3.50, 00o.-
The collapse of the Credit Mobilier in
Rome..has not caused as many failures as
expected.
Fire in the Newell block, Utica, N. Y,
burned J.W. .Rathburn's stock of paints,
oils and pictures, worth 100000 and de-
stroyed the building valued at $40, ,oa0
A despatch from Meshed says that the
town OF Kuchan, in Northern Persia, a
brief story Of the destruction of which
by earthquake has been.told, is heap of
rims. not house standing in the place.
The recovery of the bodies OF those who
narished in the disaster isiproceeding.
The odor from the putrefying remains is
horrible. The despatch adds that the
shocks were preceded by loud reports in
the hills west of the town. The shocks
continue in the place where the town
stood and the. vicinity,
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
PATRIOT RUSSELL.
He Discovers that Senator Hoar Has
Been Making "Incendiary" Speeches.

Boston. December lover 100 men,
bers attended the monthly dinner of the
New England Tariff Reform League at
the United States hotel this evening.
Hon. Henry L. Pierce, the president,
presided. Among the prominent men,
bers present were Hon. John E. Russell.
Hon. George Fred Williams, Edward
Atkinson, Robert Treat Paine, Chas. r.
Goldman, VIM. Lloyd Garrison, Osborn
Howes, Jr., Henry Faxon and Editor c.
H. Clement of the Boston Transcript In
his opening address President Pierce
said the obligation to reform the tariff
placed upon the Democratic party by the
erection OF 1889 was just as binding to-
day as ever and must be fulfilled. He
introduced as the speaker of the evening
Hon. Michael d. Harter of Ohio, who
spoke at length on the present situation.
HIS ADDRESS was received with every
mIan1festatlon of approval. At it's close
there were loud calls for Hon. John r.
Russell, mingled with cheers. Mr.. Rus
sell responded in brief speech, support
ing Mr.. Harter's conclusions. He said he
was on the stump in 1876 and 1884,
during the business depressions of those
times, and was never SO unpatriotic as to
attrlbutest sthose depressions to the admin
Istratlon IN power. He declared that
Senator Hoar's statement in recent
speech, That the present conditions in the
business world were Cleveland conditions
and his attributing the same to the
Democratic administration was not only
unpatriotic but incendiary and worthy of
the strongest condemnation.
Ihe following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted 1.-The New England
Tariff Reform League approves the tariff
bill prepared by the committee on WAYS
and means of the National
House of Representatives as q decided
step IN the direction of free trade. and
to that extent embodying the principles
which this league was organized to pro-
mote.
I'VE, the membes of the league, believe
the Democratic majority of the commit
tee acted wisely in framing bill which
Will give. through its operations. an
object lesson in tariff reform and which
by proving our industries by no means
dependent upon high system of protec-
ton will prepare the way for general
acceptance througout this country of the
belief that protection, as such, is dis
tinctly detrimental to our business in
terests.
"The Democratic party is pledged to
thorough-going reform of the tariff, and
we insist thatsthe means of reform en-
bodied in the bill, ass.framed, shall not
oe diminished at the solicitation OF in
dlvldual senators and Representatives
having local interests to serve. Realizing
that during the time that the bill is
under debate in the House and Senate.
uncertainty as to it's future will tend to
EN- barrass and check legitimate business
enterprise, we trust there will be no
needless delay in its passage, but that
the people of this country will be given,
as speedily as possible, an opportunity to
enjoy the benefits which will follow its
enactment
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
TAX ON PRIVATE INCOMES.
1t Il Reported That the Democrats Have
kRevived the Scheme.

Boston, Mass, December IA Wash
ington despatch to the Boston Traveller
saws:
1t is the purpose of the Democratic
members of the ways and means COM
mittee to pass upon the propositions to
increase the whiskey tax and incorporate
in the bill an income tax, the first of
next week. AS heretofore announced in
these dispatches, it is as near certainty
as anything can be in politics that an in
come tax will be provided. The chances
are two to one also that this tax will not
only affect corporations and legacies, but
private incomes. 1t was the intention up
to few days ago. not to make private
incomes pay a tax, but it is feared that if
they are not included the measure will be
branded as class legislation, and become
unpopular with the party.
1t is the belief of majority of the
committee that corporations and lega-
cies will be taxed at tpossibly per cent
upon net profit and that all private in
comes above $4,000 will pay tax of 2
per cent. This will give the government
about $40, 900, 900 annually.
Senators Mcpherson and Voorhees, de-
clare that if the House sends the bill to
the Senate before the holidays, it will be
reported by the finance committee be-
fore the LIST of February, and that it will
be passed finally by March. But Repub-
lican Senators declare that there must be
the fullest debate, and that it is folly to
calculate upon the bill going into law be-
fore May. A Democratic member of the
ways and means and a prominent Demo
cratic Senator say the income tax propo-
sition will pass both branches of Con
gress by practically party vote.
portant. as it will introduce an innova-
ton which will revolutionize the internal
affairs of the government and make a
great party muss. 1t is likely to be
prominent issue in the campaign next
year.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
CHICAGo'S SCANDAL.
Desperate Effort to Defeat Justice in the
COughIin Trial.

Chicago, Decembe f.-There is another
delay in the trial of Dan CoughIin for
completely in the murder of DR.. Cronin.
When the prisoner was brought into
court this morning, application was
made on behalf of the state for the ap-
pointment of three special bailiffs to
summon a new venire to fill the vacancy
caused by on the jury by the dismissal
of Jorors Gates and Wilson. This was
acceded to and the ten members of the
jury then returned to their quarters at
the Revere house until tomorrow. 1t is
whispered about the courtroom that one
of the men prominent in the prosecution.
was offered S10,0 Wednesday if he
would consent to so conduct the case
that Coughlin would be acquitted. The
proposition is said to have been made by
man holding a responsible position In
the employ of the city. 1t is probable
that before tomorrow night a police
officer, whose name is withheld, will be
taken into custody, charged with having
participated in the murder of DR.. Cronin
He is said to be the man who closed the
door of the Carlson cottage behind the
unfortunate physician.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
SHE KILLS vAGRANT CATS.
The Mission in Life of Mrs. Sarah j. Ed
wards of New York.

New York, December Mrs. Sarah j.
Edwards and Mrs. Georgia Grace Devinne,
members of the Midnight Band of
Mercy, are by no means discouraged by
the fine and expense to which Mrs.
Edwards was subjected recently for
chloroforming four cats on the night of
October T.
1t will be remembered that Mrs.
Edwards was fined SO in the court of
special sessions on November Is. The
other mem bers of the Midnight Band of
Mercy from killing any more cats. Mrs.
Edwards had to. pay her counsel, Abe
Hummel, 500.
Mrs. Edwards is widow and not rich,
and what money she has is devoted to
the alienation of suffering among
brutes For the last few years her
philanthropy has taken the form of
putting to death vagrant cats, in order
that the helpless animals might not be
forced to suffer the pangs of hunger and
thirst and the brutality of marauding
urchins and ruffians.
All about the walls of her rooms are
pictures, in which cats play leading
part. There are photographs of fine
Maltese heads, Autographs of4families of
their proud and dignified parents, who
look ON approvingly at the gambols of
their offsprings; a painting of hand
some, coquettish pussy looking up
roguishly at big dog whom she has
scratched until blood flows from his nose
and paw; She is apparently asking him
to be friends with her, and his expression
plainly denotes that he is suspicious of
her good faith. In fact cats of all kinds,
dignified, playful, some keeping house, y
others attending to their kittens, can be
seen on the brightly adorned walls of
Mrs, Edwards's modest home.
In addition to the pictures of cats and
kittens, several of the real articles gam
Dol and lay and sleep in the rooms, and
the visitor will be apt to stumble over a
couple Of them. for kind treatment has
made them very tame and they Ire not
in the least fear of people. There are
boxes about the rooms filled with clean
straw, cotton batting and rugs, in
which the cats sleep. On the stove in
the kitchen is kept simmering a Tempt
ing dish of meat. A maid places generous
portions of the meat on China places
three times a day, and puts them in
front of the boxes. Each cat has it's own
plate and box.
The cats never hear harsh words spoken
to them, and lord it over the household
as Turkish pasha lords it over his
harem.
Only :caresses and kind words meet
them at every turn, for Mrs Edwards
never permits one of them to leave her
rooms and incur danger from some
prowling, malicious or cruel boy.
Although rebuked by the court of
special sessions, at the instance of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, Mrs. Edwards will still work
in her own peculiar way for the allevi-
alton of the woes of castaway felines.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET.
Mello Reached the Open Ocean in a
Battered Ship,
BUT HE GAVE THE FORTS AS MUCH
AS THEY SENT.

Other Foreign News-Confession of Bull
garian Army Deserter Who Was Hired
to XIII Prince Ferdinand-Germany
and the Jesuits-Americans in Berlin
Celebrate Thanksgiving and Hear
Minister Runyon Glorify Cleveland.
London, December 1. Dispatches from
Rio Janeiro confirm the statement that
the insurgent.. Admiral Mello has sue
ceeded in forcing passage past the forts
guarding the entrance of the Bay
of Rio Janeiro s and his flagship
the Aquidaban, is now on the high
seas. 1t is believed the Aquidaban sus-
tanned considerable damage. The govern
ment forces, particularly the troops
manning the water battery, suffered
severely from the effects of the rapid fire
guns on board the warship Consider
able damage is said to..have been done to
the forts by the big guns of the
Aquidaban. After the Aquidaban was
out of range she stood away south.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
SHAME OF THE SUNNY SOUTH.
Tales of Barbarity Told in the.Afro-Ameri-
can Congress.

Cincinnati Deomeber 1.-If half the
stories told by delegates to the Afro
American Congress in session here
of outrages perpetrated on the blacks
in the South are true the horrors
of Siberia are not alone in the racial
crimes of the age. Delegates from
Georgia, the Carolinas, Louisiana
Arkansas and Mississippi relate that
scores of negroes are shot down in cold
blood; that many are lynched; that un-
told numbers are MANNED for life in pure
wantonness, and not word Of it reaches
the outside world. Such work is not
crime in the South. Crops of black men
are openly taken and a protest means
death or at best the destruction of the
cabins in which the Wretched creatures
live.
Mrs. Theme Lukas who is here from
Georgia to attend the convention and to
see brother from whom she was sep
arated in slavery days says that few
days before she left negro who had
raised twenty bales of cotton and had
the temerity to attempt to sell it, was
shot to death through a window, as was
also man with whom he was stopping
at the river landing. White men then
sold the cotton and divided the proceeds
among themselves. MIS-. Lucas is
cripple for life, having been thrown
down stairs by the man for whom she
worked because she asked for money due
her. Delegates tell of more than 100
murders of which they learned by the
secret telegraph among the blacks,
scarcely one of which ever became pub
lie, and for not one of which an arrest
was made. They assert that few of the
negroes lynched for alleged assaults on
white women are guilty.
Mrs. Lukas asserts, and will furnish
proof, that postmasters retain money
sent blacks by friends in the North.
Mem bers of the convention from the
South openly admit their fear ofs.assassi-
nation when they return if their names
should appear in connection with any .of
thesesstories or signed to any resolution
reciting the situation in the South and
asking for relief.
One thing is certain vast immigration
largely to Mexico will set in soon, and
tens of thousands of Southern blacks
will go to a new land of liberty. A
proposition1has been made to the conven-
tion from old Mexico offering 2,000,0 900
acres of land, and option of 7,000,0 900 if
the colored people will emigrate to that
point, for the sum of rs cents to SO per
acre. Mr.. W. II. Ellis has the power of
attorney to0f.ct for Mexico. He says that
some OF the land lies within a stones
throw of the United States on the Rio
Grande.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02

extraordinary precautions to prevent any
disturbances after the game, the Prince
ton Faculty requiring that every student
be back in his college apartments and
register before midnig ght, and the
Yale authorities declaring that they
would prohibit any future games in New
York if the disturbances arose this
year.
The Yale Faculty say that there is not
a single bit of evidence that person ar
rested is a student of Yale, and state
that the published articles unjustly rep
resent matters. :. They are fully satisfied
that the persons under arrest are outside
parties masquerading under college col
ors.
Several members of the university who
have been with the football team till
this morning, arrived here this noon.
They assert that the men are badly used
up. One of them is authority for the
statement that Captain Hinkey is out of
his head.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
ENGINES AND CARS WRECKED.
Green Hands Make Mess of RaiIroading
on the Lehigh.


Wilkesbarre, Pa, December L.
Wrecked engines, smashed cars and dis
abled cabooses are st1ewn along the
Wyoming division of the Lehigh Valley
road from Coxton to Packerton, and
freight trains are stalled in many places,
having been abandoned by non-uuion
men. New men appear to be una
bic to run trains with safety.
It. is showing on the mountain side to-
night, and it is predicted by many that
the first real cold snap will drive every
non-union engineer and fireman from the
road, as green men cannot control the
trains on the steep mountain grades. At
Fairview today. an empty engine, going
at the rate of 30 miles au hour, crashed
into the rear end of caboose, killing
two brakemen. The caboose caught fire
and was destroyed.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
Runyon Glorified Grover.

Berlin, December 1.-The American
colony celebrated Thanksgiving with a
dinner and ball at the Kaiserhof last
evening. Theodore Runyon, United
States ambassador, presided at the din
ner. After the usual honors had been
paid to the Emperor as ruler of the
Joyed, Mr.. Runyon proposed the toast to
the President ofathe United States. He
said: "WeNhave at the head of the de-
partment assman skilled, true and tried.
He has never been found wanting in
patriotic craftsmanship. The fullest
confidence which the people give him is
not misplaced. The people have never
been betrayed by Grover Cleveland.
Every effort to promote the welfare of
the counry finds him ready,and firm
supporter. Every opposition to his
country's interests meets in him an un-
compromising adversary, as recent
events have shown"
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
Failure of Abe Stein s. Co.

New York, December 1.-Abe Stein &
Co., importers of hides, skins, coffee,
ETC., have become insolvent. ana David
Wilt was today appointed receiver. The
house is the largest in their line in this
market. The liabilities are said to be
very heavy. The exact amount is not
yet known, but it is said they may reach
81, 100000, Oh January lst their state
ment to Bradstreet showed assets 81, ,O64, :
600 and liabilities $6S4.O00 About one-
half of the liabilities arc said to beEin
accounts and bills sspayable, the balance
being due to banks and bankers for loans
etc. It is said that large part of the
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
AWAITING ORDERS.
Portland Brig Charles A. Sparks in Trouble
at Nassau.

Nassau, N. p, November 2s.-Brig
Charles A. Sparks of Portland, Me-,
arrived November 16, and is still in port
awaiting the decision of her owners as
to what is best to be DONE She was
bound from Turks island to New York
with 1900 bushels of salt and as
out twenty-three days, meeting sue
cession of storms. She reached north of
Hatteras and was forced back to Nassau.
She lost many sails and was leaki ing
badly. The surveyors say she cannot
complete the voyage without repairs cost
ing $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
Local Weather Report,

Portland, Me-, December 1.-The local
signal Office records as to the weather,
the following:
ga. m.-Barometer. 29.s17; thermome-
ter, 37.4; dew point, 27; humidity. 66.
wind, SW; velocity, 9; weather, threat,
ening.
sp. m.-Barometer, 29.72O; thermome-
ter. 31.0l dew point, 80; humidity o5.
wind. NV; velocity 13; weather, light
snow.
The mean daily thermometer, "a; max
imum thermometer, $50; minimum ther-
wind, II, 81 total precipitation. 800 20
inch.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
A Terrible Tale That Wasn't True.

Worcester, Mass, December lit was
wired Wednesday afternoon from White
hall, ILL.,, that j. G.. W. Morrison, piano
tuner of Springfield, ILL.,, had been mob
bed and stoned to death for an assault on
a woman. Morrison's aged parents and
sisters live here, and he worked here
year ago. His relatives have despatch
from him at Springfield, saying he was
not mobbed, and is alive and well. Eli
ther the name was wrong or the story
has no foundation.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
How They Got Off.

New York. December AL the stu
dents and others, in number about so,
who were arrested last night for disor-
derly conduct by parading, shouting and
singing in the streets, were arraigned in
the Jefferson Market Police Court this
morning. In most instances they were
discharged with reprimand, while a
few were fined S..
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
HINkLEYs MIND AsTRAY,

A New Haven Rumor-The Yale Faculty
Indignant.
New Haven, December 1.-Members of
the Yale Faculty are very indignant at
articles published in New York papers
this morning, as well as dispatches sent
out from that city last night alleging
that 40 Yale and Princeton students
were arrested for disorderly conduct al
ter Yesterdays game. Both the Yale
and Princeton college authorities took
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
HIRED TO KILL THE PRINCE.
The Startling Confession of q Deserter
from the Bulgarian Army.

Sofia. December 1.-Ex-Lieutenant
1vano, who deserted the Bulgarian army
and fed to Russia three years ago, was
arrested here two days before the funeral
of Prince Alexander of Battenberg. He
confessed that he came back for the pur-
pose of killing Prince Ferdinand. He
had been engaged for the assassination,
he said, by the Pan-Slavists Grugeff and
Bendereff.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
this order: Temperature, direction of
the wind, state of the weather:

Boston, 340, NV, cloudy; New York,
360, NV, fair; Philadelphia, $40, NV,
clear; Washington, 800, NV, clear;
Albany, 800, NV, snow; Buffalo, 2Oo,,
NV, cloudy; Detroit, 16o, w, fair;
Chicago. 50, W, clear; st. Paul, 80, SW,
clear; ST. Vincent, -14o, NV, clear;
Huron, Dak., %. Sc, clear; Bismarck,
--100, S, cloudy; Jacksonville, 66o, W,
clear.
The Portland daily press., 1893-12-02
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations 70,
the Agricultural Department Weather.
Bureau for yesterday. Dec. /, taken
at 8 D. M. 18th meridian time, the oh.
servations for each station being aivsn j.,