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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01

The Commissioners took final action yes
terday afternoon to compel the firm OF
Columbus Thomas & Son to complete the
erection of the new engine house OH Mary
land avenue between 18th and 14th streets
northeast.
The contractors have informed the Com
msioners that they will proceed with the
work under protest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
A KNOWN QUANTITY.

1t Is the practice Of The Star to
print on Saturday a sworn statement
Of its circulation day by day for the
preceding week. 1t would seem self
evident that the advertiser is entitled
to this protection. Below will be
found the statement for the week just
past.
The average circulation exhibited
is believed to be much more than the
combined circulation Of the other
times that Of its afternoon contem-
porary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
JAPAN's NEW CRUISER.

Chile Sold the Esmeralda to Her
Through Ecuador.
NEW YORK, December Japan has
augmented her navy by the purchase of
the crack Chilean cruiser Esmeralda. The
deal was consummated here within the last
few days, and was managed with great
adroitness. Chile first selling the ship to
Ecuador. and the latter country transfer
ring her to Japan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
THE COURTS.
Equity Court No l-J,lde-e

Equity Court No. Judge Cox.
In re Jno. V. Flynn, Eveline Lanham,
August Janman. Lewis Garrett, Ellen Lyme,
VIM. F. Zantzinger and Betty Lowenstein,
alleged lunatics; inquisition in lunacy con-
firmed. Ryan agt. District of Columbia; re-
straining order discharged Cooper agt.
Cooper; defendant required to pay IS per
month alimony. Ashburn agt. Dunn; rule
on V. w. Power, returnable December 3,
granted.
Equity Court No. Judge Hagner.
Dawson agt Dawson; decree of November
10 modified. In re Julia Briggs, Geo. w.
Wadsworth, Joseph Goldsbee. Marcellus
Acton, VIM. Brooks, James p. Hodges, Geo.
Rice. alleged lunatics; order confirming in
questions. Jackson agt. Jackson; divorce
a vim. mat. granted. Ergood agt. Ergood
divorce a vim. mat. granted. Donaldson agt.
Wright; demurrer sustained and bill dis
missed with costs; appeal in open court.
Black agt. Ross ct al; pro confesso agt.
certain defendants. Bohlayer agt. Bohlayer;
order recommitting children to Francis and
Roberta Kness and postponing hearing of
motion till December 3.
Circuit Court No. Judge Bradley.
Keyworth agt. Wood: judgment by de-
fault. Cohen Adler Shoe Company: do.
Thomas agt. b. and p. r. X. Company:
judgment On verdict for defendant. Smith
agt Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company; do. Robinson. Parker G. Co. agt.
Parker judgment by default.
Circuit Court No 2-Chef Justice Bingham.
Dix Island Granite Co. agt. Walter 1.-TWO
Keller & Bro agt. Clark Bros; Judgment
for amount due on first and third causes
of action, less amount admitted; second
cause to stand for trial; fourth cause,
judgment less amount of setoffs and re-
equipment claimed In defendants affidavit.
Lindsey agt. Lockwood; deposit of $50 Sc
curity for cost in twenty days ordered.
Cotton agt. Washington and Georgetown
Railroad Company; demurrer submitted.
Criminal Court No. 2-Judge Cole.
of inryy ra-
cognizance $500 taken, with James Stewart
surety. United States agt. Ada Cross; lar
States agt. VIM. Fitzhugh: housebreaking;
defendant arraigned; plea not guilty.
United States agt. Joseph Rupert: do.
United States against W. Z. Clark; charged
with forgery; Spencer Barnes, witness,
discharged from Jail.
Probate Court.-Judge Hagner.
Estate of Mary B. Scudder; final notice
issued appointing Saturday, December 20
for settlement of estate. Lea w. Funk
appointed guardian to his minor children
bond, $4,000. In re Sarah S. Condit-Smith;
guardian; corrected petition filed. Estate
of Rebecca V. Hobbs; will partially proved.
Estate of Henry Weaver; final notice is
sued appointing Friday, December 2S Es-
tate of Francis A. Baker; receipts of lega-
tees filed. Estate of Leon Peppers; ad-
ministratrix bonded and qualified. In re
Mary G. Patterson. guardian; guardian
bonded. Estate of VIM. c. Robinson; will
filed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01

A PhiIudeIphinn Gives hail for Him
Mt Pittsburg.

PITTSBURG, December ANDREW Wall.
vice president of the Fidelity Building and
Loan Association. today appeared in GRIM
inal court and gave bail in the sum of
$4,000 I'm the nineteen cases against him
The bondsman is Samuel b. Husselman of
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Wall. who was lodged In Jail yes
terday, was released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
Scheutzcn Park Directors Protest.

The board Of directors Of the Schuetzen
Park Land and Building Association, which
association owns the land formerly known
as the Scheutzen Park has filed a protest
with the Commissioners against the build
ing Of a contagious hospital on the site
recently purchased by the Commissioners
for that purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

he following are the opening, the high
est and the lowest and the closing prices
of the New York stock market today, as re-
ported by Corson a. Mccartney, members
New York stock exchange Correspondents
Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 50 Broadway:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
Marriage Licenses.

the following: William Ernest Lewis and
Isis Footc Mcneil; Bryan F. Warner and
Addie A. Holiday; Henry Pony and An
ME Williams; Jesse Rucker and Della
Fahey. .-,-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
Range of the Thermometcr.

The following were the readings OF the
thermometer at the weather bureau today:
am, So; 2 pm, 45; maximum. 40; mimi
mum, SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01
Chicago Grain and Provision Markets
Reported by silsby & Co, Bankers and Brokers
New York Cotton.
baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, December Flour dull. unchang-
ed-receipts II, 705 barrels; shipments II O96 bar
rels; sales, $50 barrels. Wheat strong-spot, SOFA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01

A big event next week at Moses. -Advt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01

consists of Mr.. J. w. Whelpley, president OF
the school board; Mr.. w. b. Powell, SUPER
intendent of schools; Mr.. r. Ross Perry,
the organizer of the old children's Christ
mas clubs: Mr.. A. L. Stuart, supervising
principal of the third division of public
schools; Mr.. L. S. Emery, general secretary
of the associated charities. and Messrs.
Rudolph Kaufman and Frank b. Noyes
of ha IS1enlns,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01

little later followed two more Yale blue
coaches. and finally another Princeton
tower on wheels.
They all lined up at the rear of the fifty
special private boxes on the north side of
the field. These private boxes, which oc-
cuped the choicest position for the view
ing of the game, beni, within fifteen feet
of the gridiron, were entirely uncovered
and without protection from the storm.
At one end of the field, and almost under
the elevated railroad station, grand stand
A. divided in five sections of reserved
seats. was without shelter. The same was
true of the vis-a-vis stand at the west
end of the field. Skirttng the southeast cor
ner of the field, and sweeping along the
stands, with solid orchestra chairs and
good solid roofs.
Those who held tickets to these stands
were the ones who smiled, despite the
weather. and the only ones who could. A
heavy fringe of men, four and five deep,
hung upon the fence that inclosed the
gridiron and the press and coachers'
Around the west end of the grounds
swept the rocks of Carmensville Heights,
and on these rocks seats had been placed
as might be for rental at 80 cents each.
These were not early occupied and at no
time fully so.
Police in Force.
Around the gridiron and just within it's
boundary fence policemen under command
of Inspector Conlin were stationed at every
ten feet of space. They early became drag
gled and before the game began were fairly
soaked with the rain.
The first-comers upon the grounds saw
yellow blotcheS Of Sawdust at the soft
spots in the field. When the storm began
attendants started procession Of racks
filled with sawdust and they were rapidly
scattered over the sections where the for
wards and backs would stand at the lineup
In center field.
Soon after / o'clock three more coaches
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
DEATH IN THE DESERT.
Frlghtful Experiences in the Death Valley
Region.


During march of seventy-fve miles
on one desert in the southwestern eSr-
ner of our country, party of govern
ment surveyors counted three hundred
and fifty graves along the trail of the
victims of thirst. At one point fam
lily of eight was buried. These foolish
people carried their water supply in
large demijohns. The bottles were
broken. The precious fluid was swal-
lowed by the sand. Mother. father and
children lay down beneath mesquite
bush and died the most horrible of
deaths. The bodies, broken water bot
ties and dead horses were found Just as
they fell. 1t is the custom on the des-
ert to bury all bodies, and mark the
graves with crosses of stone imbedded
in the sand The air on the desert.
being intensely dry, causes rapid evap-
Grafton from the body Observation
proved that nine quarts of water daily
was needed by one man to prevent the
blood from thickening and becoming
feverish. Each mule required twenty
gallons daily One survivor was with
out water for several hours. He be-
came feverish and light-headed. Lack
of water for few hours longer would
have killed him. This was in a shade
temperature of one hundred and TWEEN
ty degrees, where the air was almost
absolutely dry-so dry that fresh meat,
! instead of putrefying, simply dries up.
At one place the surveyors found the
bodies of three prospectors within
hundred feet of a natural water tank
formed in the rocks. To get to this
water the poor fellows had to climb
upward twenty feet or so. Their
strength was exhausted. They had
been too long without water. And
here, with the life-giving fluid just
few feet beyond them, they died.
Thirst on the desert is horrible. The
victim first feels pain between the Shout
ders. The tongue thicllens and feels.
filled with needle-points. The eyes be-
come painful, and, finally, any move
ment of the body causes excruciating
| pain. As the blood thicl1ens the brain
gives away, and the victim is raving
| maniac. Death soon ends the suffer-
ing.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

~ don't know that these here scien-
tifc inventions do so much for the
happiness Of man as they air cracked
up to-" said the farmer-looking man,
setting down his soda water glass
with sigh.
mo, ventured the drug clerk.
mo. F'rinstance, we used to pass
the time away in the grocery every
winter arguin' which was the mother
of the chicken, the hen that laid the
egg or the hen that Matched it. Nip
an tuck right along, sometimes oue
side gett'n' the best of it an some
times the other. Then Sam Hyer, he
gifts one of them incubators and that
busted the debatin' society. No man
could argue fer a machine bein' a
chickens mother, of course, an now
we amt got nothin to argue on no
more. "-Irdianapolis Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
HE LOST ALL CHARM FOR HER,
And Flight o7 stairs Caused All the
Trouble Between Them.

And "A Flight Or stairs Caused All the
Trouble Between Them.
She was the most popular girl in the
summer hotel, and when two of the
others came into her room and found
her dissolved in tears they proffered
sympathy at once.
''Has your father sent for you?" cried
the girl with her hair looped over her
ear.
Charley has gone off on the train!"
cried the girl with the penciled brows
in a tragic tone.
''No-no-much worse!'
you surely never lost that lovely
hat overheard while you were boat
ing?"
'Or let Jennie get the strange young
man seated next her at table,"
20, girls, it's much worse than any
thing; | think I'll go into convent
everybody will be talking about it.
Promise never to breathe it and I'll tell
you all about it."
I'VE never will"
'Well, you know that lovely new
young man"
No, but | mean to-"
80, it's about him. Name and have
been just crazy to know him. His room
is just under ours, and we hear him
singing in a lovely baritone"
'Well, Fred knows him and he'll in
troduce-"
Never! 1t was this way: I was ask
ing Fred about him and he told me that
he wanted to know me; that he said
those little baby curls about my fore
head were lovely, SO natural. Then we
saw him coming and Fred offered to
present him at once"
"Of course you agreed"
'If | only had. But told fred that
must speak to one of the iris first;
then flew up stairs. When got there
| saw at once that Name had had one
of her tidying fits for | couldn't find
what | wanted. You see, NY hair was
little out of curl"
''Of course"
Just then | heard Name coming and
l said, GROSSLY: 4 wish you'd tell me
where on earth you've put my curling
IRON There was no reply, SO | re-
peated my query in still crosser
tone"
"Mame is so provoking"
Listen: II think there must be
some mistake, said a rather faint, mas
culine voice. And, girls, theie he was
standing just inside the door,
MY goodness
81 just stamped my foot. There is
mistake | cried. You're in the wrong
room and III thank you to get out, and
| advanced brush in hand. He fled,
and | locked and double-locked the
door; then sank on the floor in heap
and cried. | couldn't forgive him for
making such a silly mistake. Suddenly
something struck me as strange"
You surely hadn't"
81 just had. In my haste | had
missed a flight of stairs and I had
driven the man out Of his own room.
o, I'll never get over it if live to be a
undred"-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

The sea otter, when grown, measures
from three and a half to four feet from
the tip of its short tail to the end of it's
nose. The general contour OF the body
is much like that of the beaver. with
the skin lying in loose folds, so that
when taken hold of in lifting it from
the water it draws up like the hide on
the nape of a puppy dogs neck This
skin is covered with the richest of all
fine fur, jet black, with silver-tipped
hairs scattered here and there, and is
highly priced by our ladies of fashion.
The sea otter mother sleeps in the
water on her back with her Offspring
clasped between her tiny forepaws.
Frequent attempts have been made to
rear and tame the young sea offers, as
they are often captured alive, but, like
some other specimens of wild animals.
they seem to be SO deeply imbued with
the fear of man that they invariably
perish by self-imposed starvation. St.
Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

haud-Your fance called on me last
night.
Mabel-Indeed?
Maud-Yes. Guess what he said to
me!
Mabel haven't the least notion.
Maud-He said: Il wish that dared
to kiss you"
Mabel (confdently)-But he didn't
do it.
Maud-fIow do you know?
Mabel (sweetly)-There are limits
even to heroism.-Broollyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Bank Clerk-This check, madame, Is
not filled in.
Madame-Isn't what?
Bank Clcrk-It is signed by your hus-
band all right, but doesn't state how
much money you want.
Madame-O, is that all? Well, I'll
take all there is.-Pearsons.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Cause for Suspicion

Uppers-Can you tell counterfeit
money when you see it?
Harder-Yes.
Uppers-Just look at this bill.
Harder-Do you think there is any
thing wrong with it?
Uppers-I don't know; 1 just Dor
rowed it from Screwsboie, and he let
me have it the first time I asked him.
Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Mrs. Slimdict-TAc boarders are all
at the table Where's the milk?
Cook-EIere, mum; but it due look
awful blue.
Mrs. Slim6iet-Then hurry into the
dining-room and pull down the yellow
sunshades.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Friend-Tou said you didn't love
him.
Smart Girl don't.
You respect him, perhaps?"
Not particularly"
"And yet you intend to marry him?'
II do. He told me that his mother
always got her biscuits at the bakers"
N. Y. Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
No Trouble at All.

Jinks - Hello, Blinks! Heard you
had some trouble with your landlord.
Blinks-O, no; he only said that he'd
never let me leave his house until l
paid my rent. l told him that if he'd
only put it down in writing I'd never
leaYe.-ToWn Topics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Smith-It seems TO me that Brown is
an awfully pompous man, that is, he is
so stiff in his treatment Of strangers.
Jones-Why, don't you know the
reason is due to his business? He is a
starch maker. -BroolAyn Eagle,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Very Seldom.

Little Boy-Mamma, what is her
NIT?
Mammal pan who goes way off
and lives by himself.
Doesn't he ever have anyone to talk
to-"
No"
Il guess womans is never hermits, is
they?"-Good News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
A Case OF Dye.

Mr.. Oldbeau-My hair is certainly
turning gray.
Miss Travers (amiably)-Oh, no, Mr..
Oldbeau. On the contrary, since I've
known you I'm quite sure it's been
turning black. Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Eaual to All Occasions.

Goodfello-Wasn'tt that Nicefello who
just asked for you?
Sweet Girl-Yes; l told the maid to
tell him | was not at home.
Suppose he finds out that you are?
I'll tell him l thought it was YOU"
N Y Weclllv.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Wife-Td just like to know where
these contemplate jokers get their
ideas of mothers-in-law.
Husband-Um-I don't know. Per-
haps they used to be divorce-court re-
porters.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
A Fellow Feeling.

"Poor little thing~ exclaimed the
passionate editor to the mouse thai
was nosing about in the waste basket.
If you find anything there you can
use you're harder up than m."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

''Boston men have an air of superior
intelligence about them always"
That's Il matter of living rather
than real knowledge. 1t isn't hard for
a Boston man to know beans. -
Harper'S Bazaar.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Words of Wisdom.

Mother, does a girl mean to encour-
age or discourage Il man when She"
My son, there is no need to go in to de-
tails When girl means either to en-
courage or discourage a man, the man
never has any doubt about what she
means. "-Answers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Her Bicycle Boomers.

She looked quite neat
Sailing down the street,
But there are malicious rumors
(Over which she grievcs)
That she used her old sleeves
In making her bicycle boomers.
Indianapolis Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Parke-Tt must be a peculiar sensa-
ton to be hypnotizel
Clarlle-I understand that you feel
about the same as you do when your
wife makes up her mind.-Prck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Her Best Chance.

Hojacll-T don't think l ever heard
anyone talk so much as Mrs Glib did
at the opera last night.
Tomdick--O, that's nothing at all.
You ought to hear her at a whist party.
Town TONES.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Husband-That fence wants painting
badly. think III do it myself.
Wife-Yes; do it yourself if you
think it wants to be done badly.-Eam-
many Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

Friend-Riding a bicycle instead of .
horse is a great saving, isn't it?
Wheelman-Well,I don't know.
"A bicycle doesn't eat"
mo, but | eat enough to make up"
food News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

The sweetest music is that we never
hear; the pret:ie&t women are those
we never see; the bSst things in the
world are those we never get
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
Not tho Right Man,

Radbourn-I hear that Olcott haa
been discharged from the police force.
Do you know what for?
Chcsney-Ycs. Refusing to accept q
bride Brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18
CAUGHT WHAT SHE WAS AFTER.

Odd you have any luck fishing,
dear?"
Did 1? Just look at that sparkle"
Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-18

"Why, Laura, what are you doing
with an umbrella?"
We'll, it looked SO much like rain,
and you know what dreadful cold I
have."-Demorest's Magazine.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-30
THE PORTLAND INDUsTRIALs.
United States Is Feeding the Tramps,
and They Are Hapnx.

PORTLAND. April 29-The Portland con-
tingent of Coxey's army. who seized a
Union Pacific train at Troutdale yesterday
and were arrested by United States troops
Arlington, were brought back 10 this
city early this morning. Gen. Shelter,
Qaartermaster Gen. Breckridge aud fifty
Others were taken to jail. and
the remainder were placed under guard
of the regular troops. The lndustrials
number 507 in all. They are being fed AZ
the expense of the United States. and ex-
press no desire 20 escape. The leaders
will be arraigned in the Federal court to-
morrow on the charge of contempt. The
main body Is side tracked on the cas-, eide
of the river, and they have been the object
of general curiosity ali day. Some ex-
element was caused when the leaders
were marched off to lail under guard Of
policemen. bnt no attempt TO interfere
WAS made.
When the officers and their prisoners
reached the county jail meeting OF Com
monweal sympathizers was being hela on
the plaza opposite When tie prisoners
were observed the crowd deserted the
speaker and rushed around :he prisoners,
cheering them and following them to the
iau entrance. The result of the meeting
on the plaza was the organization OF
home reserve aud II - claimed that
$50 signatures have already been
obtained. The troops from Waiia Waila.
with the exception OF = guard OF twenty
Eve. returned home tonight.
A Union Pacific steamer Is in readiness
here to convey troops from Vancouver 10
Kalama st a moments notice ira the event
OF any trouble a; Puyaliup With the Taco
ma and Seattle consingeats.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-30

Come early and secure bargains at the
AhFanalns Grocery Company.