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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Treasury Statement

The treasury statement on October / will
snow that the receipts for September have
improved very materially over August, ana
the loss for the month to be made gooa n,'.
of the treasury balance will not he more
than S2,OcO.OOO. making about 500 500 Oo1
excess of expenditures over receipts for the
III 81 Iuar'er OF 1ne current fiscal year.
loss of $5,00O.0o0 is shown in Internal
revenue receipts as compared with the first
quarter of 1892. Custom receipts too show
a decline for the quarter of Si3. 500. COO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Postmasters Appointed.

The total number of fourth-class post
masters appointed today was fifty-four. OF
this number Twenty-Five were to nj vacan-
cies caused by death and resignation and
twenty-five by removals.
The Virginia appointments were as fol-
lows: Charlemont W. r.. Woodson. vice ].
A. Reynolds, resigned: Ford's Depot. r. h.
Stone. vice A. :. Walden. removed: Harm
town, s. T. johnson, vice w. ID. Cropper
removed; Vinton. J. II. Hunter. vice A. q
Pedigo, removed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
ACRES OF PRAIRIE ABLAzE.
A Number of Settlers In Oklnhonl
Perish In the Flames.

Number of Settlers In Oklahoma
Perish In the Flames.
GUTHRIE. Oklahoma. Sept. ga prairie
fire has been raging in the extreme western
part of the Cherokee strip for the past two
days. John Baker. Henry Thomas and
family two children named Harrison and
Mrs. Thompson and two children persisted
in the flames. Five or six others were so
badly burned that they may die.
NEW YORK. Sept. PA special from
Durango. Mexico, says:
Disastrous forest fires attended by heavy
loss Of life have been raging in the Sierra
mountains $50 miles southwest of here for
several days.
Thousands of acres OF timber and grass
have been destroyed and several small vii
lagos swept away. Many families are re-
ported missing and they are believed to
have been cut off and to have persisted in
the flames.
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.'.rf-ir.~ OWN - :.nI e. Ss-:s,S

EVANSVILLE, O.. Sept o5.-The Baisi-
more and Ohio railroad company has re-
jected the proposition of the railway en-
Dlcyes to accept reduction m wages CT
10 per cent for three months and has sub
stituted one proposing reduction of 71-9
per cent to he restored when the presidan.
of the company shall find that business Will
justify IT. The employees have rejected this
and representatives will go to Baltimore to
hold conference with General Manager
Odell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

as is proposed. The bill in its present
form, he says. is not one that should BE-
recommended for enactment
To Simplify Forms.
In reporting upon House bill 1893 to sim
plfy forms OF deeds OF conveyance I'm the
District Attorney Thomas, to whom the
matter was referred. says: THE bill is .
good one and one which, IL IL becomes a
law, VIII be a great saving to the public
IN the matter OF the recording of deeds and
oeeos OF trust since its object is TO render
unnecessary the repetition In the books OF
which has long since become unnecessary,
whlch mas been abandoned by almost every
state IN the Union. and which is. since the
ONCE has been made a salarfed one no
longer OF use to the recorder"
Two Petitions.
The Commissioners have received a petit
ton signed by newspaper and business
men recommending the appointment Of
women in the school board
The Commissioners have received o
largely signed letter requesting the re-
appointment OF L. A Cornish trustee q
the school board.
Want a Bridge.
The South Capitol Street Association con-
sisting of Col. A. ID. Anderson, Judge II. H
Blackburn, J. @. Slater. ]. w. Mckee. Geo.
F. Sufferle, Andrew Bayer. J. c. Thorn.
F. H. Wright F. H wahler. p. H Heis-
kell, r. b. Howison, r. r.. Horner. James
Boyer and W. b. Matchett appeared be-
fore the Commissioners this afternoon TO
urge the Commissioners to make a favor
able report to Congress upon the project
of bridging the Eastern branch at the foot
Of South Capitol street Judge II. II. Black
burn made the opening speech. Col. A b.
Anderson followed He said the bridge was
necessary for the accommodation OF the
people OF the District of Columbia and the
adjacent counties of Maryland. 1t was also
necessary from a sanitary point OF view.
Again, IL would furnish a direct route to
the land and Notifications OF the govern
ment on the line of the projected improve
ments. and greatly enhance the value OF
public property. The construction of such
a bridge would go a long ways toward a
solution OF the garbage problem. The gar
bage would be easily transported across
this bridge. The government now owned
four large tracts OF land on the eastern
shore Of the Potomac, below the city
named. St Elizabeth asylum the govern
ment magazine. Fort Foot and Fort WASH
ington. These forts. he said were dis
mantled. neglected and almost valueless.
He spoke Of the great opportunities the
construction OF this bridge would furnish
for a grand avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

Senator Harris introduced a bill TODAY
intended to reform the present fee system
governing the charges of United States
commissioners. The bill is Endorsed in a
communication by Mr.. E. P. Baldwin first
auditor Of the treasury. 1t removes all
ambiguity as to fees, and establishes a
fixed charge. aggregating in each case So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Mr. Caldwell Wants "a Divorce.

Mr.. II. b. Aoulton has, for VIM \. Cald-
well. fled a bill for divorce from Mar
garet A Caldwell. They were married
August 81. ISIS. had eight children, three
of whom are living, and after living as man
and wife till March. 1887. when being salts
fed of her having committed adultery, left
her. and he 30 charges her with such acts
between March, 1851, and July l last.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Conditions Are Improving.

Surgeon General Wyman has received a
telegram from Naples assuring him that
the cholera conditions in that city are i'm
proving. DR.. Irving c. Rose. who fas
ordered by DR.. Wyman to proceed to Leg
horn for duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
The President Could Not Accent.

committee of gentlemen from New
York waited on the President today and in
vited him to be present at the golden cele-
bration of the order Of B'nai Birth TO be
held In New York rext month. The Pres
fdent received them pleasantly. and said he
regretted that his pressing official duties
precluded his acceptance of the invitation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

The Dutch steamer p. Ca,ani, havin, in
tow the steamer Maasdam, before reporte ed
with her crank pin broken, has arrived at
Plymouth, England. The accident to the
Maasdam. which was bound from hotter
dam for New York, occurred on Septeuher IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
DR.. Scnner Here.

DR.. Senner, commissioner of i,nmisra t;on
at New York. is in Washington comforting
with Superintendent Stump on matters per
taininS to immigration in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
GUTrENBURG.s GREAT MATCH.
Betting Even the Race Between
Tammany end LnmpliEhtcr.

NEW YORK. Sept. 2S.-Guttenburg will
be the scene of the turf event of the de-
cade this afternoon. The great match race
between Taminany and Lamplighter Will
be decided upon its long stretches. This
match is greater in Importance than even
that of Salvador and Tcnny. TammaDy
and Larlplighter have been racing on the
board of control tracks during their entire
career. end Vet they have never met.
Today's race is at a mile and quarter
for 800 side and $500 added money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
a SeuSafieual Suicide.

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. 2S.-Wm.
McCombs a prominent business man. walk
ed into the st. Charles Hotel this morning
went to room, placed himself before a
mirror, took deliberate aim and blew his
brains out with a revolver. McCombs rad
been drinking. No other cause Is known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

The Commissioners this afternoon wit
Messed a trial of the Leonhar1t street car
Tender. The exhibition took place on New
Jersey avenue between Il and G streets
and was successful. The fender consists
OF BASKET arrange-1ert. the frame Of
hose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Internal Revenue Recetp,.,

The total collections from internal reve
nue. during the months of July and Augus
were Sc. 092 S34 against s2S5T7.eE collected
during the corresponding months OF la 81
year. The receipts from the different items
OF collection during July and August were
as follows: Spirits, SIS. 2s7. 100: tobacco. 81.
SSs,0s4: fermented liquors. s7.l4s.24s: oleo-
margarine, $sl4,6S. and miscellaneous, 81.
102
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
The Detroft's Trial.

Admiral Belknap and the other member.
OF the board appointed to conduct the final
trial of the cruiser Detroit arrived at Nor.
folk yesterday. but owing to the prevalence
OF a heavy northeast storm IL was decided
to postpone the forty-eight hours trial in
the open sea until today. when IL is
expected the elements will be more favor.
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SOME HOT WORDS.
Continued from first page.

continue the discussion on some of the
The discussion was carried for nearly
an hour by Senators Hear, Sherman, Kyle.
voorhees,, Pettigrew and Allison-the drift
OF it being the absurslity of supposing that
there was any truth whatever in the Seyd
SANDER and that the misquotation from
Mr.. Hooper's speech had been in circuIa-
ton for the last fifteen years without ex-
pOSure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Criminal Eiatory of Ten Years.
From the Chicago Post.

l. "In the Cleaning"
2 "Silver Threads Among the Coli"
s. my Grandf,ther's Clock"
T. white Wings"
5. "Sweet Voices"
6 Annie Rooney"
T. Down Went McGinty."
g. "Comra des"
o. ''Ta-ra-ra Boom-de- ay."
TO- After the Ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Personal Mention.

Mr.. Castle Highway and Master Thomas
RidSway have returned to the city from n
three weeks visit to the worlds fair
Mr.. Thadieus E. Horton Of the local sta ff
of the Atlanta Journal was among the
callers upon Secretary Smith today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
No One Responsible.


From the boston transcript.
Castlebridge.-"My mother I'd have Won
to know, was a Stollenback :"
Budge.-"You don't mean it, And vour
father was ne an ass? Or are you a self
made article%' VIA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
BEAT HER OWN RECORD.
The Fuerst Bismarck Makes the Hes
Time to Southampton.

THU To neutrality-suspicious.
LONDON, Sept. S.-The Hamburg-Ameri-
can steamer Fuerst bismarck, Capt Albers,
from New York. September y. for South
ampton. passed the needles at the entrance
of the Solent at 6:l0:55 O'Clock this morning.
beating the best previous eastward record,
held by herself
Her time was six days, eleven hours ana
fourteen minutes For the eastward run
this shaves just half an hour from the pre-
yious record The log was as follows: 49,
46l 455, ass, 463, 40 and 1886.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

Lincoln Post. g. a. u. viii mold a fair
Tor the benefit Of the N-ul Eos the support
o. The Needy families Of deceased member;
a. their hall. 1Jh and IL :-.reeJs. beginning
Octobsr 9th. and lasting two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Dfytsiou of Accounts.

The division Of accounts OF the genera
land office. which. because of the crowded
condition of the Interior Department, has
been quartered in the Barbour building at
the corner OF 18th and @ streets, began 20
move today into the hall OF the patent Of
fee, from which the models We're recently
removed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

The attorney for the District has return
ed to the Commissioners House bill 152
creating form of real estate deed in the
District OF Columbia. which was submitted
to him for report. with the statement tina,
the same is defective. 1t does not provide
for the legal effect Of such q form OF deed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
CHOLERA ABROAD.
Four New Cases mt Humbur and One
at Lisbon.

at LISBON.
HAMBURG, Sept. 28-The steamer Hell
Seiia, bound from this port for Vera Cruz,
mas returned to Cuzhaven with sickness on
board She has been placed in quarantine.
During the twenty-four hours ending at
noon today four new cases Of cholera and
enc death have been reported to the author
tiles here.
LISBON, Sept. ga passenger who
came to this port on board the steamer Bel
grado from Hamburg has died, presumably
from Asiatic cholera. in the lazaretto here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

". e. Moses & Sons annual oriental rug
sale occurs next week Compare their prices
with others before you buy. and take time
In selecting. nth and F streets-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
The London Market.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

TIE following the opening. the highest and the
and the closing prices Of TIL New York stock
members New York stock exchange. Correspondence.
Messrs Moore Schey. No. 40 Broadway:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

j. ID. McCreary his boI1.It Tcr S5.3sO OF
d. C. ReinOhl PTS y and -, 81. 500, 10 So
feet on sth between y and q streets north
west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
FOUGHT AGAINST RESCUE.
An Exciting Scene Mt a Hudson Rive,
Dock.

Dock.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-An exciting scene
was witnessed az the Vesey street dock
this morning. Bella Konta, a German girl
who had jumped into the river was rescued
only after a hard fight by James Thomp-
son, deck hand on the steamer Holmdel
thompson was nearly exhausted, when the
tide drove him near to a plank that had
been thrown to him, and he seized it, The
woman was taken to a hospital and will
recover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

Range Of the Thermometer.
The following were the readings Of the Their
mometer at the weather bureau today: a. m,
80; 2 pm, Ga; maximum, &C; minimum. g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Interior Department Changes.

The following official changes have been
made in the Department OF the Interior:
Pension office.-Appointment: William ID.
p. King of Texas. engineer at 81 300. Rein
statements: Charles ID. Sloan of New York
special examiner at $500: Samuel Pollock
Of Ohio clerk at 81 0O0
Office of Indian affairs.-Appointmen
John Van Stewart of Tennessee, copy-ist al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28

Grayson & Cain have by Mr.. F. T. Rrown-
ing, filed bill against c. NJ. Lipp and o.
L. Bacon to enforce a mechanics lien on
lot 50. square 9S1, for s29621.
John Lucas was admitted to Freedman's
Hospital Tuesday afternoon suffering from
strangulatei hernia. DIR. Purvis operated
UIon him Tuesday night. He is better today,
but is still in critical condition.
At meeting of the Brooklyn elevated
railroad Employees it was decided to agree
to q reduction of 10 per cent in salaries.
Herr Bauer. a leader of the anti-Semites,
who has been charged with bigamy and
fraud. will be tried shortly at Leipsic Ger
many.
The saw mill of the Anoka Lumber Com
pany at Minneapolis was burned Sunday
night. The loss is roughly estimated at
between $4,000 and $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
Ayes PrLLs

Arc uasurpasse1 -'- he Of constipation bilious
Jess. jAundice. vertirp sick headache indigestion
cur stomach and drowsiness- Their suzar-costins
makes them to take and being speedily dissolved
On reaching the stomach. permits the full strength
the ingredients to be rapidly assim1lated
Having for years used AYERS Cathartic Pills with
great benefit Ihave hesitation in pronouncing them
THE BEST
pills that can be found HAZELToN, Upper
Queensbury. n. B.
Il have been the victim Of Dyspepsia and Rhsu.nl-
tism for years. so bad that my hands are crippled
and suffered periodically from severe headaches.
Un.il lately when these headaches came on 1 was
obliged to give up work 1 have tried many medi-
einss but without any benefit until about year ago
began taking AYERS Csthartic Pills regularly and
nov ny digestion Is greatly improved the headaches
virtually cured and my general health better than fo-
Ss<ra EMMA MCCARTHY. Colon. Mich
Prepared By Dr.. J. C. Aver Co.. Lowell. Mass
EVERY DOSE EFFECTIVE
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16
Where Is "The silent city,"

Many stories have been written
about mlrages and decisions, but
none more interesting and curious
than that of the Silent City Illusion,
which makes its appearance near the
Pacific Glacier, in Alaska.
The discovery of this wonderful
mirage was made by the Indians
who often tell Of the city which was
built in the clouds The mirage can
be seen in the early part of July from
to p m. 1t rises from the side Of
the Pacific glacier.
1t appears like heavy mist and
soon becomes clearer, and one can
distinctly see the spectre city, we'll
defined streets and trees, tall spires,
huge and odd-shaped buildings,
which appear TO be ancient mosques
and cathedrals.
1t is a city large enough to contain
25, 900 or 30, 600 inhabitants. AS yet
no one has been able TO identify it,
although several have claimed to
recognize the place. There is no city
like it in Alaska, nor in any country
about il for thousands of miles
Some claim ii is a city 10 Russia.
Others say it is city in England, but
none can tell what or where it is.
The mirage was given the name Of
"Silent CITY" as it appears to one
like a dead city; there is nothing to
indicate that it is the pictured renec-
ton OF an Inhabited place
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16
Rates of Postage In 1917.

An old almanac for 1914 gives the
following as the rates of postage pre-.
vailing at that tune: For every sin
gle letter by land for 40 miles, s
cents; 80 miles, 10 cents; $50 miles,
l24 cents; 300 miles, II cents; 500
miles, 20 cents and for more than
500 miles, % cents. No allowance to
be made for intermediate miles.
Every double letter is to pay double
the said rates; every triple letter,
triple; every packet weighing l
ounce, at the rate of single letters
each ounce Every ship letter origi.
nally received at an Office for delivery,
6 cents. Magazines and pamphlets,
not over so miles. cent per sheet;
over so miles and not exceeding 10
miles, u cents per sheet; over 100
miles. 20 cents per shet.-Quincy
Patriot.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

Westinghouse, the inventor and
electrician says: There is no Ques-
ton about the development of a much
higher rate of speed than that which
even the fastest service on the rail-
roads of to-day maintain presume
that speed of from ninety to one
hundred miles an hour could be Sc
cured with modern locomotives which
are sure to come. But l am inclined
to think that other influences may
operate to prevent in the next CEN
tury the running of railway trains at
such a speed / have seen mentioned
in some Of the newspapers. 1t is not
question Of attaining speed, buta ques-
tiOn OF the control of the train after
great speed has been secured. lam in
clined to think that the development
of railway travel in the next century
along the present lines will be not so
much great speed as uniform speed
The ideal speed, think. will be
about forty miles an hour and steadily
maintained from the time of leaving
one terminal to the arrival at desti-
nation. That will give most salts
factory results. l am also satisfied
that the immense cost of furnishing
power for electric railways which
some persons seem to think can Sc
cure and maintain speed of 100
miles an hour or more, will make such
a development commercially unprotit-
able, although there is no doubt that
electricity as motive power for pas.
senger traffic will be extensively used
in the next century"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-06-16

Tying weights to a boys legs in
hanging him, so that the drop win
break his neck, is something that 4
New Jersey Sheriff has just thought
Of, said L. f. Dunn, of Philadelphia.
10 a ST. Louis Globe Democrat re-
porter. lie is TO hang youthful
murderer who only weighs % pounds.
and he says he will have to fasten ten
pounds to each OF the young fellows
legs to furnish weight enough to dis
lOyate his vertebr8 This sounds
pretty inhuman, doesn't i'll But [
once saw heavy executioner in Tur.
key slide down the rope and fall on
the suspended mans neck with all his
ayoirdupois to break the spinal col
umn. OF course, it was a barbarous
proceeding. The most careful and
conscientious executioner | ever saw
was near the dividing line between
Turkey and Russia | was riding
through some woods when | suddenly
found myself in a clearing before a
cabin. A man was at the door tying
a thread around a sleeps neck. l
asked him why he was doing that.
He picked up cleaver, and. with a
quick blow. cut off the sleeps head.
making the cut exactly along the line
of the red thread. You see now. ;
he said, why | did it. l tied that
thread between two joints so that
there would be no hone to offer re.
sistance to the passage of the blade. )
But why do you slaughter sheep in
this way'' | asked Come tomorrow
to -, manning nearby town. and
you will see. was in the town the
next day, and met the sheep-slayer.
He was public eXeCutioner, and he
had man to behead that day. |
saw him do it. He had a sword with
curved blade, The blade and hilt
were hollow, and there was quick
silver in the space, so that when the
weapon was held aloft the quicksilver
ran down into the hilt and steadied
the hand, but when the sword was
swung down the quicksilver ran to
The end Of the blade and gave added
weight and impetus to the blow. The
doomed man knelt and bent his head
forward The executioner tied rcd
thread carefully around the barred
neck, and with one swing of the
weapon cut off the head. 1t was a
clean, scientific cut between the YER
tebrR, and the unfortunate man, |
presume. never felt it.