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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-09
FALLS CHURCH.

Mayer w. B. Patterson was busily en-
gagged all day yesterday investigating the
case of assault on Richard Drew which &C.
cured on Sunday night. The result Of the
investigation was that Thomas Nickens
John Riley and Mitchell Robinson were
sent to the county Jail to await the result
of the injuries to Drew and the action Of
the next grand jury. The man is in very
precarious condition. William Honesty,
James Robinson and Benjamin Manly were
held as witnesses. having turned states
evidence in the case Warrants are out
for VIII Honesty and Robert Smith as ac-
completes, but Sergt. Kerr has been unable
to locate them. 1t Is thought that they are
hiding on Horse Shoe Hill.
F'ifty-six members of st. Julian s Lodge
No. 200, of Good Templars of Alexandria
county paid a visit to Pioneer Lodge, No.
!, at Odd Fellows hall last night. The
visitors were formally introduced and re-
ceived in a neat speech by the chief tenn
plar, Mr.. James Leonard. After the trans
action of considerable routine business the
good of the order was assigned to a com
mittee and on the part of Pioneer Lodge
an interesting program was rendered.
After the adjournment Of the lodge ice
cream and cake were served all present
also present from Rising Star and Mizpah
Lodges and from Alexandria.
Cards are out for the wedding of Miss
Helen Fay Jenkins, daughter of Rev. Jo-
ister to Mr.. Daniel F. Summey, jr. The
ceremony will take place in the Congrega-
tional Church at noon on August Il.
large delegation from Pioneer Lodge
will attend the District Lodge which meets
at Fairfax court house on Friday.
Mrs. A. c. Newton has gone to Farmwell
on visit to her daughter, and Miss Maud
Kelieher of Washington is keeping house
for her In her absence
Mr.. S. r. Newton is raising his house
several feet from it's present foundation.
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BOLTOF PARNELlITES
Important Action of the Irish Par
liamentary Party.
OPPOSITION TO Mr.. GLADSTONTS BILL.
They Declare That It Is Unworthy
Of Support.
ATTEMPTS TO AMEND IT.
TO Mr.. GLADSTONES BILL.
ATTEMPTS TO AMEND 1T.
PARNELLITES BOLT.
They Declare the Home Rule Bill to
He Unworthy of Irish Support.

DUBLIN, Aug. "a convention Of the
Parnellite section of the irish parliament
tary party was held in the rotunda in this
city today.
Resolutions were adopted declaring that
the refusal OF the government 20 amend the
injustice of the financial proposals Of the
home rule bill was degrading. and that the
restrictions placing the irish legislature UNI
der the imperial parliament, without pow er
to control taxation or develop the national
interests. coupled with the reduction of the
number of Irish representatives in the I'M
perial parliament, render the bill inpossl-
BILE of acceptance by the Irish people.
LONDON, Aug 9-In the house of COM
tive), member for the southern division OF
Antrim. moved the adoption Of an amend
ment to the home rule bill providing N Ell
feet that the Irish members who Shaii &c
retained in the imperial parliament snail
vote on no BILL motion or Amendment ex-
cept motions that may be mace amehoatorS
OF the home rule bill
This amendment Is the one that the
Right Hon. A. ]. Balfour. the conservative
leader in the house. intended to Introduce
last Monday. when the home rule bill came
I'D on the report stage. but which his aD-
sence from the House at that time prevent
ed him from doing
During the debate on the motion Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain. the liberal unionist
leader denounced the strategy Of the gov
eminent by means of which the scheme
was imposed on the house governing the
Irish members who should retain the right
to vote on all questions.
The best and the only just arrangement
would be the total exclusion Of the Irish
members from Westminster.
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THE PRESIDENT NOT INTERESTED
In the Fibre Mill Which has Sus.
pended Temporarfly

special from Appleton, Wis, says:
The suiphite fibre mill of the Manufac-
turing Investment Company. one Of the
largest plants I'm the west. was closed down
on Saturday. The shutdown, IL is said, is
TO be for two weeks only. but 1t Is gener-
ally feared that it will be indefinite.
The mill employed LIS hands and many
more were engaged at various points in
northern Wisconsin and Michigan getting
out pulp wood.
The Manufacturing Investment Company
is an eastern corporation. Among the
heaviest stockholders are President Cleve-
land, Secretary OF War Dan IamHnt Dnn
Dickinson and ex-Secretary OF the Navy
William G. Whitney.
The company also owns a plant in Madi-
son. Me.. said to be the largest in the
world. The Madison plant has been a
heavy loser.
President Cleveland's loss is said to be
about $4,000.
The Appleton plant was built In 1881, at a
cost Of over $500 900, under the supervision
known as Fighting Bob" 1t has been OPP
Grated for two years at a small profit. and
gains here were not sufficient to make good
losses at the Madison plant.
The company's investment in the pulp
wood business generally is conceded to be
losing one.
list of directors and officers is not OBJ.
tainable.
Secretary Lamont was shown this dis
patch today by Star reporter and he said
II was untrue so far as President Cleveland
Is concerned. The President" he said,
has never had any interest whatever il
the company named. and 1 disposed OF my
own interest years ago. So you see neither
of US is financially affected by the compa-
ny's trouble"
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HARRY sIGGERS' DEATH.
1t Resulted From an Overdose of
MOrphiN.

Harry NJ. Siggers the youngest son of
George Siggers, ruler In the government
printing office, died suddenly Monday under
rather curious. Coroner Woodward has
made an investigation of the case. and de-
cided that the young man came to his
death from an overdose of morphia.
Whether or not it was taken with suicidal
intent Is a matter for conjecture. There
was no reason apparent for suicide, but as
he was accustomed to the use Of the drug
it is thought hardly likely that it could
have been an accidental overdose. especial
ly as the amount taken was very large.
Young SiggerS was employed in the office
or Z. A. Snow & Co, patent attorneys, Of
which firm his brother is a member. He
had been In poor health for some time and
on Monday remained home from the office
and stayed in his room all day. He did
not come down to dinner and when his
room was entered he was found lying on
the bed, evidently very near to death. A
physician was summoned at once, but he
could do nothing. and about O'Clock death
came. On Investigation of the case DR..
Woodward found q prescription for morphia
which had been given the young man some
fertng from dependency.
An inquiry at the pharmacy developed the
TACT that the prescription had been reflled
more than a score of times as there is no
law IN the District to prevent the refilling
or sscn dangerous prescription any num-
Der of times. The family did not know
that the young man was a victim of the
certificate in accordance with the facts
The deceased was in his twenty-second
year He was unmarried and lived with his
family at sos East Capitol street.
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AYERS

Sarsapariils wherever used is always spoken OF in
terms of highest praise. WILLIAM SMALL. Fort
Fairfield. Ne. in letter recently received 1T
sives pleasure to speak from personal knowledge
of the wonderful cure. by the Of AYERS sarss-
psrilla. of bad humor in a child eleven years old.
The childs hands, arms. feet and legs were covered
with botches and scabs resisting all local applies
lions Very after taking AYERS sarsaparilla
the humor disappeared. the cure being complete. As
sblOod purifier consider that AYERS
SARSAPARILLA
Stands at the heal of the whole catalogue Of such
Preparations. especially when used in connection
with AYERS Pills"
There can b no question a. to the superiority Of
AYERS ssrsapariIa all other blood purifiers. If
this not the case the demand lit. stead Of in
ereasinx yearly would have ceased long aso. like SO
many other blood medicines 1 could nams"- L.
NICKERsoN. Charies.own. Mass
CURES OTHERS. WILL CURE YOU
Prepared By DR.. J. C. Aver & Co.. Lowell. Mssa
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pounds of meat. S27 watermelons. LIS cante-
loupes and quantity of miscell aneol Us
fruits and vegetables.
The Poundmnster's Work
Last week Poundmaster Einstein captured
l2s dogs and 1 mule. During the week 90
dogs were killed and &c remained an the
pound Saturday night.
The Secretary of War has written 10 the
District Commissioners In regard to the
unsafe condition of the old building which
spans the alley on the south side Of @
street between 18th and 18th streets. lead
ing TO the War Department stable. Over
the narrow passageway through which all
a small room with brick walls that rest
on wooden beams spanning the opening
The beam under the side wall is badly de-
cayed and says and the wall above II is
old building the Secretary requests thar
the building inspector be directed to ex-
anime II with a view to its removal
The Commissioners have received a COM
munica ton from the secretary Of Distri, u
Assembly, No. &c, X. OF l., calling their
attention to the overloaded floors of the
old post office building on Louisiana ave-
nue., now being fitted up and occupied by
the Central Union Mission.
On the 2ith of last month a wagon be-
longing to 5. f. Shane was run into and
slightly damaged by a wagon belonging to
the engineer department of the District
government. Mr.. Shane sent a bill for re-
pairs to the Commissioners. On examina-
ton of the occurrence they have decided
that it was an unavoidable accident. to
which he contributed his share, and they
the bill.
A permit was issued today to Vim. Don
street northeast, West lexington. at q
cost Of $1,000.
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PLOUGHED BY LIGHTNING.
Freaks Of the Current That Astonished an
Honest LabOrer.

Ahoncet h<hDOreT.
The man with the ginger beard was watch
ing his neighbor laboriousiy digging post
holes, says the Indianapolis Journal.
They didn't dig 'em that way out in
Colorado, where l lived" said he.
The neighbor, who was a hired man,
dropped his patent digger. looked around
to see if his employer was visible, found
he was not, and took a seat on the ground
ready to listen
How did you work it?' he asked-"by
steam?"
steam" said the man with the ginger
beard.
"Naw-done it by lightning"
''Lightning?"
"Yas. You see. in the part Of the state
was In they is no metals of any kind in
the ground and no trees. I've often watched
the lightning cavortin' around in the heav-
ems fer a nour at a time. jist achin' fer
somethin to strike at; but not bein' able
to do so. cause they wasn't nothin' 1t could
take &5e, start at-no attraction. you see.
like you would be If the boss was around
now. when old Teller that lived there
before l come come along and says he'd
You can bet ! was willin'. so he sends me
70 tne house fer a bag o tenpenny nails
and he plants a nail In every place 1 had
marked fer hole. They is storm COM
IN, says he. and II l amt mistakened she
Is a,goin' to do the Job in one whirl.' 1
he was crazy, an lowed I'd better humor
him.
After he got the nails all planted he
dragged me away to a safe distance an
told me to watch her work. Pretty soon
the storm came along. with more thunder
an lightnin In IL than you Will see here in
month O Sundays. Dreckly 1t got over
them nails. Observation-Disclosures! 1t went to
piuggin away at them there nails stuck
you ever see to git somethin' to shoot at
An evry time she hit there was the neat
est post hole dug out you ever see. / did
hat to trim few of 'em up with a spade,
but as general thing. they was as neat
as body would want to look at. Natur'
is mighty useful II you know how to handle
her"
The hired man said "Gosh!' and resumed
Quandary.
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LIQUID PEPTOM[ga

wha. IL it, 1t - concentrated food for in every
sickness 1t contains drugs is not patent
medicine a proprietary article. 1t Is beef! Pure
beef. immensely concentrated Nor is this all it il
pre-di2ested. that the most delicate stomach will
retain A. ir Is already dixested IL car be n ven to
the sick with the csrtain knowledge that it will
the blood and nourish the patient Liquid
Peptone should be used in of typhoid fever
In every of scarlet fever and in every of
diphtheris Remember this II you run down or
weak from any try Liquid Peptone; 1t will make
YOU strong. IL you SICK. very SICK. profoundly
sick IL will bridge the critical period OF your
disease Ask your doctor about IL. In ordering be
and AJAX Cor Liquid Pepsone. made by
ny.S-w6s3m STEVENSON JESTER. Phila-
AYGOSTJRA RrTTERS ARE USED BY MOTHERS
to stop collie and looseness of the bowels in chill
dren. DR.. ]. G. r. SIEGERT & SONS. Manufse-
turers- Ask your dealer.
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washineron stock Exchange.

sa,es-Rexuiar caii-l2 O'Clock m U. s. Is. 800
at 1OgH.
Government Bonds-U 8. IS. registered. 1907.
l0eh bid. III asked U. s. Is. coupons. 1907. lO9s
bid. Ill asked.
District of Columbia Bonds-6s 1902 20 year fund
ng gold. ITO bid IS. 1908. water stock currency,
llS bid; S5s. 1924. funding currency. 100 asked
Miscellaneous Bonds-Wa Arlington Gas Co. Ser. B.
d. 1904, II. asked. Chesapeake AMI Potomac Tsle-
phone IS. los asked. Metropolitan Railroad Cou-
yertibie o. ll3 asked. u 3. Electric Light Convert
BILE So, III asked.
National Bank stocks-Bapk of Washington, 375
asked; Bank Of Republic. 800 asked; Metropolitan,
300 asked Second. 40; Citizens, 16o bid; Colum-
bia. l65 asked; Capital. 135 asked; West End II!
asked Trad ers: lis asked; Lincoln IO.1( ssked.
Railroad stocks-Metropoiitan, 102 asked; Capitol
and North street. 40 asked lexington and Soldiers
Hone. ~ asked
Insurance stocks-Firemen's, so asked Frank
lin. IS asked National Union. Is asked. Airing
ton, ls5 asked. Columbia 10 asked. Riggs, 81 asked
Peoples. AZ bid. Lincoln, ek asked. Commercial,
6k asked.
Title insurance stocks-Real Estate Title I2711
asked
Gas and electric light stocks-washington Gas Al
bid Georgetown Gas. AZ bid; U. s. Electric Light.
1856 asked.
Telephone NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 40 asked; Chesa-
peake and Potomac. 4! asked; American Graphic
phone. II bid. IN asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks-Lincoln Hail. 95 asked In
ter Ocean Building. loo asked.
Safe Deposit and Trust Co,upanies-National Ssfe
Deposit and Trust Co.. 140 asked Washington Safe
Deposit. los asked. WASHINGTON Loan and Trust, l35
asked American Security and Trust. 1873 asked
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Yachting I'm Half q Gale.

From the New York Times
The experience of the Navahoe in the re-
gatta OF the Royal Yacht Squadron recalls
very strikingly the experience OF the Genes
Ia and the Puritan In the outside race
ed TO admit that in that weather the &C.
nesta was the better boat ana that The
very small difference at the hnish would
have been much mere than reversed n TIE
Puritan had not greatly ''out-tacsed TIE
British cutter. The Navahoe Is one OF TIE
class of boats which rely for their speed
upon their ability to carry an enormous
spread OF canvas; upon muscle, as Il -
sometimes called. When the wind is 40
the advantage which she has In light or
moderate weather is transferred TO the
boats of which the plain sail Is less IN
area. and which supplement IL IN nghf
breezes by special and supplem entary sails.
That is not necessarily reproach 10 Nor
model or her rig. Everybody Is awate
thai a pilot boat can hold her oHn with =
racing yacht when the weather Is such as
to bring the racing yacht down TO her carr
vas: but that fact does not make iaclhs
The medeling OF yachts so that they
shall work and steer as well when thSg
are heeled over as When ,hs o 1ney ARE on "a
compl,cated OF all the forms o: mechauicsi
construction. Ii appears that II has not
EaVahoe She is undoubtedly a very fast
boat In ordinary weather. In such weather
as can properly be called yachting westh-
err When this f. exceeded. as Il is much
more often I'm English than In American
waters during the yachting season. she
does not answer her helm promptly as
the British cutters. and on such occasions
they get their revenge out OF the Amerl-
can type But IL does not at all follow
that she IS not as safe and as able boat
because she cannot so so fast In heavy
weather. There II no reason 10 DeneNs
that the Navahoe was in any real danger
at the times when she seemed 10 the spec
tators TO be heeling over so periiousiy. Ap-
parently she was perfectly able TO take
care of herself although her speed wss
a. A. - rtENx
antagonists. But, after all, to be beaten
by six or seven minutes In a ffty-mils
course under the conditions most favor.
able to your opponent and least favoraole
to yourself is not a defeat so ignominis
Gus that any very damaging conclusions
can fairly be drawn from IL. II Is worth
notice that when the valkyrfe beat the
Navahoe under these conditions she was
herself beaten by the Satanita. which
would have very little chance with her In
any weather that a sane person would Re-
gard suitable for pleasure sailing.
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The Festival Chorus,

The Anacostia section of the festival
chorus held its second rehearsal last night
and Conductor j. A. Roeder says that the
work was satisfactory. Il had twenty
five singers he added when speaking to
a Star reporter today, but l want
more men. Last night l had eleven So
pranos, six altos, five tenors and three
bases. I hope to have more male voices on
Friday night when Prof. Coward will come
over and give us the benefit of his instruc-
ton and SUGGESTIONS
Dr. F. ]. WOodman. the director for the
Capitol Hill chorus. embracing the section
from q street northeast to the river south
east, will hold his nEal rehearsal at the
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, corner
of 4th and B streets southeast, this even
ing at o'clock. Miss Minnie Bailey has
been selected as organist. The doctor re-
quests that all good singers residing in
the section above named will join this
chorus and be present at this rehearsal
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DUNBAR CAPTURED.
A Man Who f. Charged With Con-
Quoting q Fraudulent scheme Here.

An interesting bit of information was re-
ceived today by Mr.. J. d. King. the in
spector in charge of the branch of post Of
ice inspectors IN this district, TO the effect
that w. Dunbar was arrested today I'm
Philadelphia. W. Dun bar or w. y. Dunbar
was well known to large number OF people
in this city and In good many cities in this
country.
He worked with a good deal OF success
scheme Of pretending 10 get out hooks re-
la ting to secret societies or 10 state or city
affairs, in which ne proposed TO introduce
the pictures Of prominent men. He sert
out circulars inviting cooperation and ask
ing for a sum Of money sufficient to cover
the expense Of printing the picture. No
such book, IL is alleged. was ever issued.
and the victims were left to whistle fo-
their money.
He had an Office In this city for some
time. and was then supposed to be engaged
In bringing out a book in regard to the
knight Templars. Mr.. King made IL too
hot for him here and he got away. Ever
since the inspectors have been on his tracks
but he is so shrewd that IL has been diff
cult to get him legally within their
clutches.
The cheese is now over and the people
throughout the country who have reason
to remember him will be glad to know
perhaps. that he is at last in sight Of
punishment.
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ENGLISH COMMEND IT.
Views of the London Evening Papers
ON the Presidents Message.

LONDON, Aug. 9.-Commenting this after
noon on the message Of President Cleveland
presented yesterday to the American Con-
gress urging that body to repeal the silver
purchase provisions Of the Sherman act. the
Pail Mall Gazette says: President Cleve-
lands trenchant document shows very
clearly the evil effects Of the mad legtsla-
ton of 1880, especially as there were no IN
ternal or natural economic causes opera ting
toward the creation Of the financial depres-
sion lately existing.
The Westminster Gazette says: The
message IS more remarkable for what IT
omits than for what it contains. Although
President Cleveland is on safe ground In
recommending the repeal of the Sherman
act IL is doubtful II the financial or the
commercial position will be materially I'M
proved unless prompt action Is taken to
render the currency mobile. The message
is disappointing as falling to suggest some
distinct and matured plan Of relief.
The Globe editorially says that President
Cleveland's message is a clear statement.
providing the world at a single view with
the completed experience Of the United
States. 1t is an American object lesson
having immediate English home appli-
cation.
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ALEXANDRIA.
Alexandrfa's First Visit to washfne-

10 " ooolh8S
ton.
The coming celebration Of the LAYING Of ne
corner stone Of the Capitol renews the trsdi-
tions here of that event Alexandria has no
centenarian, and Of course no one 10 now living
here who remembers that celebrstsn.
Alexandria had then. however, . popu-
latiop of over 1000 souls, and although
feet, either two feet or four feet, we're
the only means Of getting TO Washington
by land, and there was no bridge, yet IL is
known that scores Of people walked up sud
went across at Msson's ferry at Georgetovn.
Some also used the river and went mp In large
battesux propelled by oars. Among those Alex
andrians who were present on the occasion. snd
who still have descendants here or In this in
mediate neighborhood. are Henry Piercy, Geo.
Deneale. Robert b. Jameson. Vim. Bartlemsn,
Vim. Ramsay, John Mcknight. Joseph Sesie,
James Mckenzie, Ferdinando Fairfax, p. @.
Marstelar. Vim. Hodgson, A. J. Smith. john
kinciad, John Muir. Robert Brockett. John
Alexandria will doubtless take very great tns
terest IN the centennial celebration.
Catching Thieves.
For some time the police have been looking
for thieves who have been depredsting in sbs
northwest section Of the city, where the hen
coops Of DIR. Rust and others have suffered
and Griffin captured three colored mon.
Williams. Myers and Day and this morning
their cases were acted upon by the mayor.
Notes.
pleasant occasion was the celebration lest
night by Alexandria Council. Royal Arcanum,
Of the initiation Of the two hundredth member.
There were musical and literary exercises. and
the inner man Was cared for. The Arcanum bss
been one OF the most successful Of Alexandria
institutions Miss Helena Mitchell and Mr..
Charles Kennedy of Washington and Miss
Blanche Rotchford Of Alexandra gave delight
full recitations.
Discharges continue at the work shops Of the
Richmond and Danville railroad here So f.f
about seventy hands have been discharged
The last real estate sale here is that OF two
dwellings with lots on Wolfe street between
Alfred aud Patrick for el, IFS 70 E. O, AtwelL
The meeting of the county board Of super
visors has been adjourned until Tuesday neat,
their regular meeting day.
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THE SILVER CAUCUS.
Resolution Adopted Calling for Free
and Unlimited Coinage.

The caucus adjourned at 2:45 O'clock
after having adopted the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved That we will support bill re-
peaiing the purchasing clause of the Sher-
man act and concurrently providing for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver, with
full legal tender quality on such a ratio as
Will provide and maintain the parity be-
tween gold and silver
BE 1t further resolved. That a committee
or seven be appointed by the chairman of
this conference to draft and introduce such
Dill ana take proper steps to secure the
1ull ana free discussion and considerable
thereof and vote of the House upon the
Dill ana all proper amendments.
Inc committee provided for in the resolu-
tlon was named as follows Messrs Bland
sibiey Boatner. Lane, Bankhead, Bryan
and Bailey.
Mr. Cuiberson, chairman of the commit
Tee was afterward added to the commit
tee,