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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
STEWARDS CASTLE.
Mrs. Stewards Claim for Damages
Still Hanging Fire.

The claim of Mrs. Stewart against the
Chinese government for inden.:lity for
damage done to her property on Iowa cir
Gle. heretofore known as Stewart Castle"
during the time it was occupied by the
last preceding Chinese legation, is still
before the State Department. Considera-
BILE correspondence has passed between the
two governments in regard to the claim.
Mrs. Stewart alleges that the terms of the
lease were violated and that the oriental
tenants failed to take proper care of the
building and it's furniture and decorations.
The minister, who was in charge during
the period the alleged damage was done,
disavowed all responsibility therefor and
returned to China without liQuidating the
claim. Negotiations for its settlement have
been since conducted through his diplo-
matte successor, but with what success
has not developed He was at the State
Department yesterday afternoon and con-
ferred with Acting Secretary Uhl in re-
gard to the matter. The Chinese legation
Is now established at 2701 l4th street, and
it's personnel is altogether different from
the legation that occupied the Stewart
mansion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Two COwARDs PUNISHED.
They Are Scat Down for q Brutal As.
sault ON an Old Man.


Last night shortly after midnight there
vas an assault committed at the corner Of
9TH and Pennsylvania avenue, which, ac-
cording to Officer kimn.el was the most
brutal ard outrageous that he ever saw,
and kimmel has seen a good many. An
elderly white man, poor and in bad health,
Was set upon by a couple Of young ruffians,
William Downey and Michael knight, who
police, who say that they sometimes drive
'night-liners" but usually about pension
days, when there is a good chance to pick
up drunks and do them.''
So far as any one knows the assault last
night was quite unproyoked, but the two
stalwart men beat the POOR old chap until
he was practically insensible. There were
a number of eye-witnesses to the occur
renee, but all but one of them seemed to
be afraid for their lives to interfere That
one was Mr. Fred. Supplee, a handsome
young fellow, with curly hair. Immediately
dressed and about twenty-one years of
age. He was probably thirty pounds lighter
than either one of the old mans assailants,
but just the same he sailed into them IN
most approved fashion, calling them con-
temptibie towards for attacking a helpless
old man.
By this time the pair had their victim
down on the sidewalk and We're kicking and
punching him for all the world as though
When young Supplee interfered one of the
men started to leave, but the other turned
upon the nervy young fellow, and would
probably have done him up too but for
the fact that Officer Kimmel, who was
passing by on a car at the time, saw the
crowd and came to his rescue. Supplee was
defending himself as best he could, and he
assisted Kimmel in arresting the two men.
driver of a night-liner. who was standing
by, offered to hold the first prisoner while
they went for the other, who had started
to leave, but as soon as he had the man in
his keeping he deliberately let him go.
Assaulted the Officer.
Finally, both men were put under arrest,
and as the officer was taking them to the
patrol box, one in each hand, Downey turn
ed upon him and assaulted him violently,
but did not succeed in making his escape.
In the Police Court this morning Officer
Kimmel was the principal witness against
knight and Downey. In his testimony he
spoke in terms of the highest praise of Mr..
SUPPLIES courage in attacking two men
so much larger than himself in defense of
an old man, and Supplee also testified as to
the assault on the officer.
In sentencing the two men to Jail Judge
Kimball expressed regret that II was not
in his power to impose a sentence more
nearly appropriate to the enormity of their
Cffense. AS 1t was, he sent them both to
Jail for eleven months and twenty-nine
days for the main assault, and gave
Downey two months extra for his assault
on Kimmel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Farmers Attempt to Stop Depreda-
tions.
HIS own SON WAS A VICTIM
A Fifty-year-od Woman Charged
With Murder.
OTHER DEATHS BY VIOLENCE

MAGNOLIA, Ark. September IA SEN
sational tragedy occurred near Dykesville,
La. q small town just across the Arkansas
state line. yesterday. Clinton Thompson.
farmer. has a fine melon crop. The raids
OF the boys became so frequent that the old
man decided TO put a stop to the depreda-
ticis. He put poison In sorue Of the finest
melons and awaited the results. Yesterday
morning his son Felix, George Briges Q
reighbors son, and a man named Jacob
Muir were found dead In the patch.
The neighbor whose son wss among the
victims vas the first TO discover the dead
bodies. and called Thompson out 70 show
him the corpses. When BRIGGS saw that
Thompson had poisoned the melons ana
caused the death Of his son. he drew a re-
volver and shot him dead. Briggs es-
capped.
Enworth. fifty years old, is in jail here,
charged with the murder OF Henry sim
a blacksmith at Oriole and a nei&hbor Of
Mrs. Ellworth. Bad feeling existed on ac-
counter charges against a grown Daughter
OF Mrs Ellworth. Mrs. Ellworth her son
PRESLEY and daughter drove to the home of
Stin. stin was called out and without
at close range. Sun ran. pursued by the
woman, who emptied her revolver into the
helpless man. The son also discharged the
contents of a musket I'm Stiff's back Press-
ley Ellworth has not been caught.
NACOGDOcHES. Texas, September T.
One man dead aud two mortally wounded
is the sequel to a family row eight miles
east of here. Henry Watson married 4
Miss Sumers, AMI the treatment Of HE
wife was brutal that her family re-
monstrated He sent word to his father-in-
law that he was going to Kill him. Two
sons remained at the house to protect the
old gentleman, while Jesse and Joe Sum-
ers went TO Watson's and began reason
ing with him. but he drew his knife, dis
embowled Jesse and began hacking him TO
pieces. Joe Sumers put six bullets In
Watson. but not before he had been fatally
stabbed near the heart Watson IN dead.
snd there is To hope for the Sumers boys.
PHILADELPHIA, September 7.-Nrs.
Howard Jones OF 1874 South 18th street waS
seen today relative to the suicide of Dr. H
T. Creseon In Bryant Park. ~. ". Aea
night Mrs. Jones ts q sister-in-law OF the
suicide. she said the doctor had aluays en-
toye1 excellent health ana she could assigp
no motive Tor the doctor act. His reiast0ne
with his family were Of the most pleasant.
He had a quiet. unassumiag disposition ana
never divulged any OF his transactions
He left this city In June last for Beinar,
n. j.. 70 spend the sumner. as was his Gus
tom. Since then Mrs. Jones had not heard
from him. Her husband left Immediately
Tor New York TO claim the remains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
IMPORTED GOODS.
Secretary Carlisle's Decision as to the
Marking of Packages.

The Secretary of the Treasury has made
a liberal construction of those provisions of
the tariff law prescribing for. the marking,
stamping or labelling Of all packages of i'm
ported goods so as to show the nature and
quantity of their contents. He dc cides that
only the outside package need be marked, on
the ground that 1t would be almost impossi-
BILE in many cases to mark each separate
package contained therein. In the case of
,mportaticns of wine, he holds that 1t is not
necessary to mark each bottle, and that
the Law will be complied with If the case
declares the number and size of bottles of
wine contained therein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
4 Great Meet of Horses.

GALESBURG. ILL.,. September &c. w.
Williams has made a contract with c. J.
Hamlin Of Buffalo. n. Y. for exhibition mile
by Robert J., 202 1-2. and Fantasy, 2o..
during the great trotting meeting here Sep
tember IL TO p As both Robert J. and
Fantasy obtained their records over a track
by no means fast as compared TO this track.
II is reasonably certain that both VIII re-
duce their records more IL the day Is good
About all the best attractions I'm the coun-
try have been secured for this meeting. in
cluding AliN, 2.o4 "a; Flying Jib, 2V4; Di-
rector. 30 3-4; Robert j., 2o2 IL. and Fam
tasy 201,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
sEALERs USE FIREARMS.
What Assistant Secretary Hao1tn
Learned ON His Trip.

PORT TOWNSEND. Wash. September ..
United States revenue cutter Rush has re-
tIrIed from Bering sea and the Seal Is
lands. where she took Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Hamlin for the purpose OF
Investigating the seal question. The Sec
retary found the seals were being taken
according to the new regulations. But it
is stated that from private sources he
learned the sealers were still using IRE
arms. When a schooner meets a herd, two
or three boats OF hunters with guns are
sent among IL. while others remain sev-
eral miles on to herald the approach Of the
patrol vessels. When the latter come up they
find a few skins being taken by spears. In
the meantime the guns have been loaded
into one boat. which puts on into a fog
hank and remains until the patrol leaves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Railway Mall Agents Officers.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. September THE
National Mutual Benefit Association of Rail-
way Mail Agents has elected the following
officers: President, Harry Z. First, fifth
division; secretary and treasurer. C. E. La
Graves; vice presidents, NJ. A. Buttericks.
first division; Elmer A. White. second; j.
W. Hollyday, third; j. W. Brown, fourth
W. .. Bangs. fifth; e. w. Young, sixth;
Thomas III. Beys, seventh; A. II. Merrill,
eighth; G. W. e. Howe. ninth; w. D. Wad-
din, tenth; Lem Marie. eleventh.
"A committee of one from each district
was chosen to select board of directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07

Acting Secretary Ramsay has ordered
Naval Cadets VIM. p. Roberts and d. H.
Cox, both of New York. who graduated No.
1 and No. 2, respectively, in their class this
year, to proceed to England for the purpose
of taking two-years' course of instruc-
ton in naval al rchitecture at the Royal Col
lege at Greenwich. In the undoubted event
cf their success at that institution they
will be appointed assistant naval construc-
tors in the navy with the rank of Junior
lieutenant, or one grade higher than their
ella mates on their final graduation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
The Increased whisky Trust.

PEORIA, Ill, September 1.-Word has
been received here that President Greenhut
OF the whisky trust VIII return this week
from his summer outing at Long Branch.
and he is expected to assume control of the
affairs of the company next week. Vice
President Beggs said concerning the propo-
sition to resist the increase of 20 cents in
the tax on whisky that no action had yet
been taken by the company, but intimatci
that II will receive early consideration by
the board of directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
StauD stock.

The actual balance OF the denominations
Of the newspaper and periodical stamps,
which the Post Office Department has or
dered discontinued. is given in a report SUBJ
mitted by Postage Stamp Agent Wesley X
Davis. The amount now in the finished
ing is shown to be as follows: Three-cent,
1881: 6-cent, 39Wb5; scent, 24,S21, 36-cent
1866; Ascent. lisa. 12-cent, 6355; S4-cent,
81 62a; $1.S2, 3,SSS; ~. l,l32; $l2, 1,7l2, and
$50, 81 5g3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Shot Ills successfuI RIVAL

PARkNILLE, Mo, September Near
Waldron, Mo-, A. c. Veach shot and killed
Charles Morris on the eve of his marriage
to Miss Jane Jones. Both men had been
paying attentions to Miss Jones' The MUIR
derer escaped to the woods. He is being
diligently searched for. and IL captured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
THE BANIsHED AMERICANS.
They Agreed to Accept This without
Formal Trial.

The latest advices to the State Depart
ment in regard to the Mosquito country
affair is that the two Americans who
accepted the terms of banishment pre-
scribed by the Nicaraguan government are
now in Costa Rica. Although the departure
of these men can hardly be described as
voluntary, It appears that they were will
ing to obey the mandate of the Nicaraguan
government without undergoing the for
mality of a legal trial for the part they
played in the Mosquito rebellion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
PYTHIAN COMMITTEE.
A Meeting VIII he Held This Evening
at Headquarters.

The Pythian executive committee will
meet this evening at eucampment head
quarters for the discussion of several i'm
portant matters connected with the recent
encampment of the Uniformed Rank. The
question of prizes will come in for consid
cradle controve; sy. 1t is claimed by some
of the committee that the battalion prize
competed for on the drill field ought to be
withheld, for the reason that but one bat
talon drilled and that organization used the
new tactics, which have not been promul-
gated by Maj Gen. Carnahan, commander
in-chief of the Uniform Rank, Knights -
Pythias. The question will be settled to-
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Hungarian Wheat Crop short.

Eugene Germaine, United States consul
at Zurich, Switzerland. has forwarded TO
the State Department a report dated Au-
gust "a concerning the crop report of Hun
gary. 1t shows tkat the wheat crop is su-
perior In quality, but about Is TO 20 per
cent less than that of last year. The esti-
mated crop is about 3, 10000 tons of wheat.
The prospects for good markets, the report
says, is dscouraging The international
agricultural depression now prevailing has
affected agrarian interests as well as the
milling interests of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07

Visitors Pouring Into Pittsburg for
the Encampment.

PITTSBURG, Pa, September THE in
hux Of G. A. X. men, with their wives and
daughters, to attend the national encamp-
ment, has commenced. Every through train
arriving here today had extra sections at
tached to accommodate the increased travel
The people arriving today come from dis
tant points. and are in advance of their
organizations. Only one post has arrived so
far. 1t came from Washington, d. c.
The streets are rapidly filling up, and
the G. A r. blue is everywhere in evil
dence. The local committees are almost
rushed to death with putting the final
touches on all the arrangements and CIV
Ing information to the visitors, who are
thronging to the encampment headquarters
spurious souvenir badges have been put
In circulation, and the police are hunting
Tor the makers and sellers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
OPIUM sMUGGLERs CAUGHT.
They Were Bringing Over Six Hun
dred Pounds From Canada.

ST. CLAIR, Mich, September John
Jacobs and John Green, said to be mem
bers OF a gang of smugglers, with head
quarters at Windsor, were arrested this
norning. The prisoners crossed the river
in a rowboat with two trunks and about
six hundred pounds of opium, and were
Eabbed by detectives, who had been lying
In wait for them. The opium was OBJ
taincd in Toronto. The capture is be-
heyed to be an important one, as the pris-
oners are thought to be experienced hands
In the importing business with MANY big
consigI ments Of poppy juice to their credit
in the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Proposed bohemian Exhibit,

CHICAGO, September THE Bohemian
residents OF Chicago are discussing the ad-
visibility OF building a separate American
section at the chronological exhibition at
Prague I'm 1885. The idea Is TO construct
buildings illustrating Bohemian life as af-
fected by the conditions met with I'm the
new world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Mr.. Gresham Expected Next weel

Secretary Gresham will probably be the
first II ember of the cabinet to return to the
capital. He left Chicago yesterday for his
farm in Indiana, and will spend only a few
days tt ere, as he has arranged to be in
Washington before the close of next week.
There are several pending international
questions of Importance requiring his
prompt personal attention, and he will be
compelled to shorten his vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Pensions Granted.

Among the pensions granted today were
the following:
District of Columbia-Original, John Ken
ney; reissue and increase. Richard Fowler.
United States Soldiers Home; original, Wild
ows. &C, minor of John +. Darnes.
Maryland-Original, James F. Swain,
Sharpsburg, Washington county; increase
John II. Glenn. Baltimore; original. widows,
&c, Malinda Morrison, Baltimore, and Mary
A. r. Pearl, Fulton, Howard county
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
The Ericsson.

Lieut. Usher has sent an unofficial report
to the Navy Department concerning the
accident to the Ericsson. She struck log
in the water, which got between her bot
tom and screw. and one OF the blades was
bent. The accident is not serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Personal Mention.

Mr.. Reuben b. Clark Of this city Is at
his summer home, on Prudence Island,
Narragansett bay.
Secretary Smith arrived at Atlanta Ca
last hight. He and Speaker Crisp speak at
a demonrafin mass pne0tinR there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Had News From the Hop Yards.

PORTLAND, Ore, September 7.-Reports
from the hop yards in the Willamette river
country are of a very discouraging nature.
With low prices for hops. the ravages of the
louse and rains and consequent black mold
the raisers have a sorry time of IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Treasury Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption, s249, Az. Government receipts
From internal revenue, 1910, 9S9S; customs,
81, ,125, ,952. .43; miscellaneous. S249.256.19.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
Michael Sheahnn's Will.

The will of the late Michael Shcahan
entire estate, real and personal, is given to
the widow of the deceased, Mary Sheahan.
in fee. She is named as executrix, without
bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
FOurth-CIass POstmnsters.

The total number of fourth-class post
masters appointed today was thirty. or
this number twenty-five were to I'LL vacan-
cies caused by death and resignation, and
the remainder by removalA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-27

The majority of the Senate committee
on foreign affairs after a thorough inves-
tigation of the Hawaiian matter have
reported that Minister Stevens did not
plan or foster the rebellion against the
Queen; that his action-with the excep-
tion of the establishment of the protec-
torate which was condemned by the
Harrison Observation-Disclosures proper and
within the lines laid down by our
Secretaries of State; that Blount's con-
illusions were incorrect; that the Queen
was the cause of her own overthrow;
and that the attempt of the President to
restore the Queen was illegal and wrong.
OF course the "cuckoos" on the COM
mittee do not agree to these conclusions,
though Turpie and Butler do favor
annexation under diff erent conditions.
But the cuckoos were expected to
support the White House. Indeed they
could do nothing unless they were pre-
pared to abandon their relations to the
President But the verdict of the ma
jority of the committee is against the
President and in favor of Minister Ste
vens Considering the pressure put upon
the Democrats of the committe to en-
dorse the White House policy, this is a
great victory for Mr.. Stevens and great
defeat for the President.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-27

Our esteemed contemporary, the Argus
has our heartfelt sympathy, in It's efforts
to make campaign without capital,
1t knows perfectly we'll that there
is no ground whatever for any
criticism of the ADMINISTRATION
management of the finances of
the city. Yet as party organ it
feels Obliged to grind out some sort
of campaign music to keep the indiffer
ent Democratic boys from going to sleep.
so it has begun to play the old hack
neyed air of economy and reform. 1t is
very much to be doubted, however, if
the boys can be kept awake by that
music. Indeed there is some reason to
believe that that kind of music will only
make them slumber more soundly.
Most of the boys" are not signing for
economy and reform, but for fat jobs,
and if the Argus should succeed in
making them believe that the Democrats
intended to diminish the number and
profit of those jobs, not one of them
would go to the polls.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-02-27
CLEvELAND,s WILD TEAM.

President Cleveland has gone off duck
shooting to recuperate after his three
months encounter with his wild team,
and to gather new stock of energy for
another tussle. His deliverances as he
was about to..set foot upon the Dolphin s
deck show that he is pretty thoroughly
discouraged at the failure of his efforts
to keep his team in the straight and
narrow path he had marked out for it.
occasionally they administer a vigorous
kick at the driver. The worst of it is
that the team instead of showing i'm
provement under CleveIand's training
have apparently gone from bad to worse,
During the special session of Congress
the Democrats of the House performed
fairly we'll. They sputtered a good deal
about the orders from the White House,
but the most of them obeyed. The
Senate required more coaxing and brad
ding, but it did finely obey.
though with very poor grace. But since
Congress met in regular session the con-
troll of the master has dwindled, until
both Houses are in open rebellion. The
Senate perversely delays the tariff bill,
though it is well known that it's early
passage is demanded by the President
and two nominees for the Supreme Court
in whom the President had not only a
political, but also a personal, interest
were defiantly rejected by it. Bland has
gathered the majority of the Democrats
of the House to the support of a propo-
sition hateful TO the President, and in
spite of the latter's public and private
opposition would enact it into a law
were it not for Republican opposition.
Patronage has been used to its fullest
extent to whip the Democrats into the line
marked out by the President, but with
out. laval. Outside of Congress the signs
OF rebellion against the attempt of the
President to run the legislative as we'll
as the executive departments of the gov
eminent are equally pronounced. A
considerable part of the Democratic
press are openly criticizing him, while
many more are giving him a very cold
and lifeless support. Democratic strong
holds which never wavered before have
given Republican majorities, and the
great State of Pennsylvania has over
whelmed his policy with 1S0,00 majority.
Never in SO short time has an admins
tration called down upon itself such
severe and universal condemnation. Not
single feature of its policy is receiving
the support today of anything more than
fraction Of his party. No wonder then
yond the reach of mails and Uelegraphs,
which bring him daily reports of new
ouarrels, and new division in the ranks
of his party.