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Evening journal., 1894-04-30
rhe EvnIuiion

OF medicinal agents is gradually rolegat-
ing the old time herbs, pills, draughts
and vegetable extracts TO the rear and
bringing into general use the pleasant
aud effective liquid laxative, Syrup of
Figs. To get the true remedy see thst
IL is manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co only. For sale by all leading
druuufcfe
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
purilist charged win burglary.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April 80-James
Scully, the Woonsocket pugilist, was ar
rested here on the charge Of breaking and
entering
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shnt Ii - Arnhdnlln-

VIENNA, April 80-The express train in
which Archduke Joseph was travelling
from Buda-Pesth to Gratz was shot at, the
bullet entering the compartment next the
one occupied by the archduke. Nobody
was injured.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
The widow nacI, al WINDSOR.

LONDON, April S0.-The queen arrived
from the continent and has taken up her
residence in Windsor castle.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

Strictly One-price, and if dis
satisfied with your purchase we
viii return your money.
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are Your E,es Perract2 ?

II your eyes need attention DO not de-
lay but call upon DR. II Hoegelsberger.
oocuiist. No. SIG Market street. Salts
faction guaranteed Examination free
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When You Move

Send Your carpets TO Electric Carpet
Cleaning Works 400 Orange street
Telephone 72i Conway q Reinhart. Mgs
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Corn on the Eariit

Ii. 4. Sergeant has Just received two
cars OF Delaware corn on the cob Also
coal, wood, hay, cats. Phone 545.
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A STRANGE CASE.
How an Enemy was Foiled.

Tho following graphic statement will be
read with intense Interest; II cannot describe
the numb, creepy sensation that existed in my
arms hands and legs. had 10 rub and beat
those parts until they we've sOic, 10 overcome
in a measure the dead feeling HAT he'd taken
possession 90 them. In addition. 1 had
strange weakness In NY back gi.a around my
waist together With an lNlacrih1Dle zone
feeling I'm my stomach. lhyslCilus said 10
was creeping paralysis, from which, accord
Ing TO their universal conclusion, there ls no
rehct Once 10 fastcns upon person. they
say, it continues its insidi0us progress until
it reaches a vital point and the sufferer dies.
Such was my prospect. had been Cocicr'ng
year and a half steadily, but with so ror-
tlcular benefit when / saw an 0dscriisomcnt
Of nr Miles Restorative NcrNinC, procured a
bottle and began using 10. Marvellous ts IL
may seem, but few days had passed. before
every hi. OF that creepy feeling had left mc,
and there has not been even the SLIGHTEST
indication OF its rcturn i now feel as
well as I ever did and have gained ten
pounds in weight, though ] had ran down
from Toto ia. Fonr Others have used Dr
Miles Restorative Nervine on my rccomen-
datiOn, and 10 has been as satisfactory in their
cases as in mine. james Kane. ia kue, @.
Or. Miles Restorative Ncrvinc Is sold by all
druggists on q positive guarantee, or sent
direct by the DIR. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart
lnds on receipt OF price 81 per bottle, six
bottles for $, express prepaid, IL IS lrel lIOn
opiates or dangerous drugs,
Sold by Druggists everywhara
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smnllnnr III nrldccnort.

BRIDGEP0RT, Conn, April s0.-Smallpox
Is epidemic here. Eight persons are at the
pesthouse.
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incidents oftho Day.

Rsv. J. p Du Hamel preached TO q
large delegation Of c. A. O. men, at
Emmanuel Church, last night.
The week night and Sunday evening
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GOOD ART

and badly painted picture or
one that strikes a false note
cannot deceive them. They
aie delighted with
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
The Mestlng ON Ascension Day.

The Meeting on Ascension Day.
Preparations have already begun for
the quarterly meeting OF the Womans
Auxiliary TO the Board Of Missions Of the
diocese Of Delaware, Protestant Episcopal
Church, to be held here next Thursday
ascension Day afternoon at o'clock.
Rev George r. Hall, rector OF st John
Church, Wilmington. will preach the ser
mon and the interesting exercises will be
largely attended
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

profCs Or-"We have several special courses
and the one you are 10 choose must depend on
the trade or profession You desire to follow"
To- a bridge builder. bat / should Ike to be a
dramHtist." Professor VERY well; take the
course OF mechanical engineering. That will
nt you for both street & smiths Good
News.
The blood s. the source Of health. Keep it
pure by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. whi h IS
peculiar 10 itself. and superior in strength,
economy. and medicinal merit.
Hoods Pills ARE purely vegetable. carefully
prepared from the best ingredients. - cents.
"l want TO complain about gsrg OF boys
who play baseball on "a lot next TO my house."
anid the householder to the police officer.
do yOu want them arrestenY" asked The
policeman. "Nf; ! want the game stopped -
aid the householder. Then" ssid the police
man. you must see the gane constable. IL
isn't my place to arrest games. 80 Iarper's
Ba2ar.
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WE WANT
YOU TO LOOK.

Stop and look-get off the
car and look at our windowful
of beautiful Suits, madeldoubly
beautiful by their low prices
Elegant tailoring and style,
elegant quality-everything
you could wish in the way of
goodness for much less than
such goodness costs at any
other store. The prices have
come down, nothing else has.
You're just at the threshold of
the days you want such Suits.
Look at the window, pick
out the incest, finest clothes
anybody need want to wear,
and save your money. Mems,
Big and Little Boys.
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BASEBALL.
NArIoNAL LnAauE aAMEs.

r. II. T.
Louisville. .....OiOO7 1000 O-8u 2
Chioago...... o o 90 o. 3 9
A. n. u.
81. Louis...... ! o o o o. 3
The National league standing is as fol-
lows;
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A Negro Acts the wnd Beast.

Douglas Hamilton. Middletown
negro, now occupies a cell in the county
Jail here, where he was placed this
morning, charged with one Of
the most brutal crimes on record
this year According TO the reports re-.
ceiyed here It is an aggravated case
mayhem. The negro, In struggle with
Officer William Diokenson Of Middle.
town, got the latter down and
When friends rescued the officer, Hamil
ton had chewed his face like wild
beast. Dekenson, It is said, is disfgured
for life.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
amOuS
Paintings
Of the
World"

The circulation of these
wonderful portfolios, filled
with the best examples of the
modern art of all nations, is
counted by the million.
WOMEN KNOW
when a picture of life and
character is true to nature;
their hearts are touched by the
mastery treatment of sympa-
thetic topics; they discern the
vital interest of correct repre-
sentations of social life in
every cline and in every class;
they have quick appreciation
of
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
wIlmIneton RIen IN Faroe oomedy.

AZ the minstrel show ia the Opera
House last Saturday night there were
several interesting specialties introduced
by the Wilmington performers. Burt
Buzlne made a hit Ia his ventriloquist
spacialtles The following was the cast
OF characters for Irish Justice, an ex-
cellent farce comedy in one act
Evening journal., 1894-04-30
Rockford Wins is Tirst Game.

Eek light Weight champion o
America
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

This is a seasoT
Of popular price
as our order booRI
conclusivelyshC I
and they alsoshd
that we are NEE
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ARRESTING vlOLATORS.
Police-boats Patrolled the
River Last Night
AFTER SUNDAY sHAD FISHERMEN

Brutal Case Of Mayhem, In Middietown.
wheL Omoer Dickenson Attempted 60
Arrest Douglas Hamilton, Colored-An
Election Row at the Polls Results in
Black Eyes aud Cut Faoes-No Base
ball Game.
Special Correspondence EvenlneJournal.
NEW CASTLE, April 30. For several
Sundays, In fact ever since the opening
Of the shad fishing season-bu buoy-lights,
indicating the positions OF shad nets In
the river, have been visible every Sunday
evening. Especially was this true on
Sunday Of last week, as stated In the
EVENING JOURNAL Of Monday. This
WAS IN open violation Of the Sunday law
which makes IL a misdemeanor for a man
10 have OF cause TO be put into the water
for entrapping fish any gillnet or seine
between the hours OF midnight on Satur-
day and midnight on Monday. The
penalty provided Is that the violator's
net aud boat be coniiscated aud the fisher
man himself be subjected to heavy fine.
Yesterday Fish Commissioner Null
gan. of Delaware City. concluded TO
swoop down on some Of these open vi0-
lators and, with William Neh and Cap
tain George Cleaver as his as.
sistantss and detectives, and the
tug Ash as his flagship, started out
from Delaware City TO patrol the river
and swoop down on these reckless vio-
lators. The commissioners came here first
and It was fortunate thing that no New
Castle fishermen had put out, for the
men looked mad and there would have
been trouble In town
After laying here all the evening, the
detectives started down the river after
fellow who had started laying of in the
cove Hardly had the commissioner started
down the river than two New Jersey
outfits appeared coming down the river,
scooping IN the shad. Both were In the
western channel, for New Jersey Com
missioner White, on a tug-boet patrollod
the eastern channel like a watch dog.
Eyes Blacked In an Election Row.
A general row broke out just as the
polls closed on Saturday evening at the
mayors Office where the Republican
primaries were beiug held. A colorsd
life prisoner from the jail became mixed
up IN an argument and 10 a moment fists
were flying high in the air and negroes
were kicking and pushing the faces OF
their white brethren as though Il were a
regular race war. AS q result, half
dozen prominent men were obliged 20 ie-
main At home yesterday nursing highly
colored optics while several colored men
appeared on the streets with enlarged
cheek. bones aud bs.plastered faces
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

Hoods Pills cure an Liver Ills. Biliousness,
Ianndicc. l@llzeston. Sick Headache. sc.
Evening journal., 1894-04-30

Sold BY DrnFglsis everywhffA
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Mr.. Henry o. Havemeyer president of the
American Sugar Refining Company, an
nounced yesterday that the closing Of the
sugar refineries would be only partial and
not complete, as he stated on Wednesday.
The schooner Rosa Lee. which went
ashore Thursday night about four miles
southwest of Smiths Island, Va. has been
gotten off by the life-saving crew at the
island. The crew were saved.
A train on the South Carolina and Geor-
gia railroad was deraiied by train wreck
Thursday night. The cars took fire and the
whole train was destroyed. The loss is
$S5O00. Nobody was hurt.
A number of Illicit distileries have been
seized ard six moonshiners arrested in the
Raleigh, N c., internal revenue district
The deaths are announced of Sir Charles
Newton and Viscount Monck in England,
and Cardinal Gonzalez in Spain.
The sixth annual convention of the AS
ISOLATION OF Colleges ana Preparatory
Schools in the Middle States and Maryland
began yesterday in Baltimore.
1t is rumored that Col. Fellows is to be
removed from the office of district attor-
ney of New York and Charles F. MacLean
appointed.
The Trans Mississippi Congress at St.
Louis has adjourned to meet again in Oma-
ha, Neb.
A fashionable audience attended a vaude-
vile show given by amateurs at Baltimore
for charity.
The Lexow committee will reconvene on
Monday in New York.
Additional particulars of outrages upon
the Armenians have been received in Lon
don.
In attempting to burn their way out of
jail three negro men were burned to death
in Polkton, N c., yesterday morning.
I, of "A x-f
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As to Foot ball Reform.

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Every one must agree with The Star in
deploring the physical injuries that seem
inseparable from the game of foot ball as
played by the school and college teams.
but all will not admit that 1t has reached
the level of pugilism, where 1t Is the de-
liberate aim of the participants to injure
one another. In foot ball in a large ma
jority of cases the injuries are incidental
Take the ard-Pcnpsylvania game of
Thursday. Six of the Harvard players
were removed from the field, and yet the
leading newspapers of the east, in com
menting on the game, declare that IT was
good, clean foot ball. and delightfully."-
free from smuggling, blood or ill-feeling"-
as the New York Sun puts ii. The World
says that it was fair manly contest"
The New York Times says: The Har-
ward men, players and substitutes, unite in
saying they never took part in a contest
in which less unnecessary roughness was
displayed" The Tribune says that it was
beautiful to watch" fairly and gentle
manly played. And other papers bear sim
liar evidence. Yet over half the Harvard
team was disabled IL these injuries are
thus incidental to the game played in a
manly and gentlemanly way 1t Is evident
that only by radical change can they be
eliminated. The remedy is found in what
is known as the Association game" In
this game "taclxling" Cplayers holding one
another) is not permitted and the ball is
advanced only with the foot. The exhibit
ton given early in the fall by the Balti-
more professional team, which included six
crack players from England, showed the
possibilities of the game. Every one who
saw the remarkable cieVerness with which
players passed the ball from one to an
other with a turn of the foot acknowledged
that here was an advance on the art of
"bucking the center" To deny the brain
work in a game of foot ball between crack
teams is an error of the ignorant, but I'M
TO- ta1x tac hrai In
the association quickness, dizziness, accu-
racy have the call over avoirdupois. C.
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ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.
Many Local and General Notes of In
terest.

Many Local and General Notes of In
terest.
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Powell.
whose death occurred last Wednesday, as
mentioned in The Star. took place from
ST. Mary's Church yesterday The serv-
ices were conducted by Rev. Father j. H.
Cutler pastor of st. Mary's Church. The
church was crowded by a large throng of
the friends of the deceased lady. The in
terment was in the family lot in st. Mdry's
cemetery.
Special Commissioner Z. B. Taylor has
filed his report in the corporation court in
the suit of Ryan agt. Ryan, and an order
was entered for the sale of a portion of
the real estate of the late Timothy Ryan.
Jack Wood, the sixteen -year-old son of
Mr.. George Wood, died very suddenly at
his fathers residence yesterday afternoon.
The deceased was taken sick the night
before with what resembled Group. but in
the morning being apparently better left
the house and Joined a crowd Of his COM
panions and they all went TO Jones' Point
to play "banty." When the game was
over he complained of being very tired, and
that he did not feel we'll. and that he
thought he had better go home. When he
was a short distance from his home he
was taken suddenly Ill and fell. He was
summoned, but by the time the doctor
reached the house he was expiring from
congestion of the lungs. Young Wood was
an inveterate cigarette smoker, and ii is
thought that the inhaling of the smoke
which is so common to the younger gen.
GRAFTON, produced the pulmonary trouble
" hich ended in his death.
Tho roof of the house of Capt. Frank
Dixon caught on fire last night, caused by
sparks from the chimney. Capt. Dixon
went upon the roof, and, with the help of
his neighbors, eXtinguished the fire before
much damage had been done, and IL was
not necessary to call out the department
AT a meeting of the Christ Church Chap
ter of st. Andrews Brotherhood the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Jno. NJ. Bar
rett director; G.. l.. Boothe vice director;
Jno. w. Herndon, secretary and AleXan-
der Suter. treasurer.
At the regular meeting of Lodge No. 3,
knights of Pythias, held at their hall, on
North Pitt street, the office of X. of r. and
S was declared vacant, and Deputy Grand
Chancel T.. r. Boyer was elected and in
stalled to fill the vacancy.
All of the rails have been laid on the en-
tension of the electric railway on King
street, and what remains to be done now
before the cars will begin running is to ar
range for crossing the tracks of the Wash
ington and Southern railroad.
Messrs. NJ. B. Harlow & Co. have sold
for Mr.. F. Swartz, to Mr.. VIM. Wolf, the
house and lot at the southeastern intersec-
ton Of King and Fayette streets. for 1880.
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NOTED WOMEN.
The Large Numbers of Them That
Have Been Fat.

The Large Numbers of Them That
Have Been Fat.
From the Picayune.
A great many ladies labor under the i'm
preston that flesh is inimical to beauty,
and not a few of them put themselves to
great trouble-sometimes they seriously in
jure their health-trying to get rid of what
they consider their superfiuous flesh. The
attention of such is called to the con-
illusions of a recent writer In a society
magazine, who, from a historical review of
the prominent women of ancient, medieval
and modern times, concludes the most OF
the female beauties and celebrities OF the
past and present were. or are, distinguish
ed for their portliness
Thus Agrippina, Nero's mother, was fat.
Cleopatra, the serpent of the Nile, was
small and stout. Laura, Petrarch's muse.
was fat, fair, with blonde hair. The Marie
Fiammetta, whom Boccaccio loved, was a
brunette and stout. Elizabeth, the virgin
queen, was tall and plumpish, with thick
red hair. Marguerite of Navarro was rat
All Rubens women, except his wlfe,were
fat. All Titan's women, except the Madon-
ma were portly. Catharine OF Russia, al
ter her portraits, was tall and Fat. LOUISA
Strezzi for whom Alessandro ID Medici
died was given to embonpoint. Josephine
Beauharnais, the indolent creole, afterward
empress of the French, was fat and per-
fumed. Marie Antolnette was tall of stat
ure, majestic and rather inclined TO De
stoutiSh.
Nine De Stael was small, dark and fat,
with small head. George Sand had
beautiful head, but was fat and small.
Hene said of her: THE build of her body
has the appearance of being little too
fat or at least, a little too short; the head
alone bears the cachet of the ideal" Queen
Isabella Of Spain is fat; Queen Victoria the
same; Queen Margherita of Italy is Ger.
tainly going on the same way. and most
of the great singers have always been
noted for their embonpoint.
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ttsspeE RIM cylinder aPd must bs able 70 h6ld

tspering cylinder; apd must be able 70 hold
the bell, -Tne Penalty for fouls-instead
of scoring one for every foul which the
opposition makes. free throw for goal is
given. This does away with the objection
which has sometimes been made that one
side could win through the poor playing
of the other side. The free throw from
goal must be made from a 2)-fcOt line
The ball shall not he less than thirty or
more than thrty-two inches I'm circum-
ference. Physical directors cannot play
match games. There shall he a secretary,
who shall keep account of all goals. fouls,
who make the fouls, names of team, etc.
None but the captains shall address .he
officers. Violation of this rule constitutes a
foul
Those interested in forming the local
basket ball league are to meet in Carroll
Institute at o'clock next Monday even
ing. Royce Hough will represent the c.
A. c., Harry Lee the w. I. -, Wengell
the Young Mems Catholic Club and IN
strlctor Joyce the institute. At his meet
ing it is hoped preparations will be gotten
well under way for at least four-clu,
league
January II has been fixed upon as the
date for the next public exhibition AS far
as has yet been arranged the exercises
will consist Of exhibition on the parallel
bars, flying rings, class drills with Indian
clubs, wands and dumb bells, a brother act
by Messrs. Moran and Joyce, wrestling and
Some sparring bouts. Moran will also do
some tumbling and Downey. Davly, Harry
Hcky and Becker will be seen on the
parallel bars. Eckart was formerly the
champion middle-weight boxer of the Buff
falo Athletic Club and will De seen in
enc of the bouts at the exhibition.
Instructor Joyce is also arranging ar
exhibition for the ladies' class, to which
only ladies will he invited. yhe ladies
really take more interest in gymDastic
athletics than the men, and they are usual
ly better gymnasts. So much talk about
foot ball has been going around recently
that Instructor joyce intends to have an
Ll. an he. priI tran nlxyt md 70
that end will secure field as soon as one
is found suitable.
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T"etu"Ay nt INC JUNCTION..
The usual surprises of getaway day" did
not occur at the ST. Asaph track yesterday,
but one outsider. Lady Richmond. at to
1. winning. The racing was excellent the
race between Apprentice and Fannie b. be-
ing as fine contest one would wish TO
see Running a dead heat for the first race
they ran in the run-of one horse for
nearly every foot of the way, the filly win
ming in the last jump by short head. Be
fore the race the odds were to /. Fannie
B.. and to l Apprentice, and in the run
off, to 10 and even money, respectively.
The second race went to Thurston. the
even money favorite, and i'm the third
Weinberg, at l to 9, merely galloped the
entire route. The third choice, Bess Mac
Duff, at to !, easily took the fourth event,
Lady Richmond having little difficulty in
capturing the fifth Equity. at l to =, was
landed winner in the sixth by Sims. who
thereby put the first and last race of the
meeting to his credit. The extra race be-
tween Prince George, Galilee and Ed Kear-
ney was declared off.
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Good Track on the Island.

The unfavorable weather had little effect
upon the attendance at the Alexander Is
land track yesterday, and the crowd wit
messed the success of two favorites and
three outsiders. The track was in excel
lent shape, the fields large and speculation
unusually brisk The winners were: Judge
Post, to 1: May E.. > to l.: Coulter. IL to
): Frank r. HART, IL to 10, and Camden,
to l.
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The Alexandria Hebrew Club gave
very pleasant dance at the Braddock
House, which was very largely attended,
there being present many from Baltimore
and Washington.
Mr.. r. T. Cook, in stepping off a car at
the local depot the other evening. made a
misstep, fell and sprained his knee and Is
now confined to his home.
Miss Mittie Klipstein has returned from
a pleasant trip through the north and west.
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Ken,luIIs Win nj New York.

The Kendall Green team went to New
York yesterday and defeated the Fanwood
Institution eleven by score of 20 to on
the Polo grounds. Price, Kendall's full
back, was injured, but the attending ply
sicians say his condition is not serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-01

A big event next week at Moses'.-Advt.
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c. s. Argo, a Sioux City Qowa) attorney,
has confessed to brbing members OF the
board of supervisors to pass his measures
Trainmen on the Utah and Northern art
heavily armed on account of the presence
of suspicious gangs of tough-looking men
along the Idaho route.
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DIR. G. M. JORDAN,

A graduate OF the medical department of the
University of the City Of New York.
l42l st. NV
observation-disclosures Of the Nose Throat, Lungs
and Ear.
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At the Carroll Institute.

Tie defeat of the basket ball team at
the Carroll Institute has had the effect
of making the men practice great deal
harder, and they WILL in all probability.
give the Baltimore Y. NJ. C. A. team a
closer rub when thn return game comes
Off this evening m rhe gymnasium of the
institute. The linefun will be as follows
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CONSULTATION FREE.

Office hours-9 TO IL am, to 4 pm, to 8
pm. Sundays, to IL N. di&4