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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
IN THE HOUSE TODAY
Only One Branch of the National Legis.
lature in Session.
The Time Principally Occupied In
Pension Appropriation Bill.

AT the opening Of the session Mr.. Everett
Mass). rising to a question of privilege,
created some amusement by correcting q
sentence in the Congressional Record. He
objected, he said, to be made to talk bad
grammar.
Two private bills We're passed by unani-
nous consent. one on motion of Mr.. Rich
ardson CTenn.) to pension Fannie NJ. Nor
man, and the other on motion of Mr.. Cur
tbs (kansD to pension Andrew Franklin, a
private in Capt. Armstrong; Ohio militia
In the war of 1872.
Mr.. Bryan of Nebraska asked unanimous
consent for the consideration of a bill an
propriating $4,000 to reimburse the state OF
Nebraska for expenses incurred in repelling
threatened invasion and raid by the Sioux
Indians in 1890 and 1891, on the occasion of
the Messiah craze, which culmina ted in
the Wounded Knee fight. Mr.. Sayers OBJ
jected
Mr.. Haugen of Wisconsin asked unani-
nous consent for the conside ration of a bill
authorizing the Duluth and Superior Bridge
company to construct a bridge across the
st. Louis river between Wisconsin and Min
nesota. Objection was made
The Pension Appropriation Bill.
The House then went into committee Of
the whole for the further consideration of
the pension bill
Mr.. Picker Is. d. took the floor and
made vigorous speech in behalf of a lib
eral pension policy
The old soldier, his widow, his children
and his grandchildren should have justice
Gen. Black on the Pension once.
Gen. Black of Illinois. Reconnaissance
of pensions. followed Mr. Pickler, whose
kindly speech. he said, might almost be
adopted as a declaration of principle by the
House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
.HIS CAREER A FAlLlRE."
Gen. LOnRstrect Has No Praise fol
Early as a Soldier.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va. March 3.-When Gen.
James Longstreet was appraised of Gen.
Eary's death at his home. Gainesville.
Ga. last night. and pressed for an estimate
of the dead confederate soldier. he made
the following startling reply:
"Of Early's career as a soldier. i candid
" regard il as a dismal failure. He was
gifted with neither genius of war nor de-
velopment of strategy.
In this opinion / will be borne JUt by
the records The fact that I thought so
during the war led to an enhancement. in
which Gen. Early pursued me with a bitt ar
ness that knew no reason. What | say re-
fers to official acts ard official characte-.
sneak not of private life.
The command which under Stonevall
Jackson knew not defeat. under Early
never knew victory. This was not the
fault of the rlen under Early. who were as
brave as thnv we're under Jackson. but
was owing solely to the inefficicncy of the
general in command.
1T is hard for me to express these con-
victions in the presence Of death. yet his
tory must not be falsified. because Of res
poet and reverence due to the dead
1t will be recalled that during the I'M
yelling Of the statue of Gen. r. f. Lee in
this city few years ago. Longstreet' and
Early met for the first time since the war.
Longstreet promptly extended his hand,
exclaiming. How you. general"
Early turned his back upon Lon sstreet
with the expression that he was not in the
habit of shaking hands with traitors, re-
ferring to the political course Of Long
street since the war.
Early's action was severely criticised bv
the many commanding officers of the late
confederacy who were present
Both houses of the general assembly today
adopted resolutions OF respect to the mem-
orv of Gen. Jubal "A. Early. and many beau
tiful and touching tributes were paid to the
memory Of the old commander by the mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
CHLOROFORM IN EARLY DAYS.
4 Students Experience With the New,
Compound I'm 1881.

Your notice Of the discovery of chlo-o-
form in lS4T recalls curious experience In
my Cambridge undergraduate life, says a
writer in the London News. one evening
in January. 1851. I went into a chemists
shop and ordered some Photographic chcmi-
Gals to be sent to my rooms hard by | was
lodging on the parade. Seeing an ounce
bottle of chloroform on the counter,
bought II out of curiosity and took ii away
With me- leaving the chemicals to follow. In
my own rooms. seated IL an armchair, | put
four drops on my handkerchief. and, care
fully placing the bottle On the table at some
distance from me, l shifted the handk er-
chief. pleasant sensation and a singing
in my ears was the only result. So, shortly
afterward, | counted out eight drops al u
acted as before.
the next thing l remember is finding my
self on the floor on my back, my dress IN
done, my face, etc. dripping with cold
water and hearing voice. Hes coming
to, l do believe" Yes, it was So. l came
to after having been unconscious for two
hours and a half. Next day my DOCTOR
when out with the foXhounds. was greeted
with: .'Hulloa. doctor; SO you raised a man
from the dead last night" You may well
say that" was the reply, for had gwen
up all hopes" 1 was very puzzled on ac-
count OF the effect of my carefully measured
dose. All l could gather from the servant
was that she had brought me up Il parcel
from the chemist, and, seeing me asleep,
tried to wake me; then, finding l was
dead ran down into the shop, calling out
Mr.. NJ. is dead" Two Trinity men were in
the shop. One went on 20 the pm. chapel,
telling every one of my sudden death; the
other, after a glance at me, kindly called
in DIR. c.
Some time after the mystery was cleared
up. The "slavey" gave warning, and the
day she left she made the following confess
sion: You remember that night you were
nearly dead sir. Well. you know, SIR
thought you had tainted, and l see the
bottle on the table and thought 1t was salts,
so took out the stopper and held it to your
a lot Of it out into my hand and rubb ID
IT all over your nose and mouth" ] told
the doctor the story. He replied: well.
my dear fellow. all L can say is this: If
ever you have to undergo an operation. you
can tell your family doctor that you can
take chloroform." Thank God, that neces-
SitN has never arisen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
A TITLED BIBLIONANIAC,
Wearing Pnuper's Clothes, but
Spending II Fortune for Rare Books.

With the Comte de Lignerolles, the sale
of whose library was mentioned in our
columns Saturday. says the London Daily
News. the love of rare books was an all
absorbing mania. Our Paris correspondent
observes: He could not think of anything
else but his library, how to increase it and
how to keep thieves from getting into it,
All his fortune went In picking up treasures
at book sales. He lived if he was a poor
man. in order to crafty his passion. Any
one who did not know who he was might
have taken him for an old pauper. He went
in patched and threadbare Clothes and
bought secondhand shoes and boots to
wear, new ones costing too much. In wet
weather one might see him for hours in the
omnibus station near the Sale Sylvestre
where book auctions are mostly held wait
ing for the rain to cease that he could
go home on the top of an omnibus, and thus
save three half-pence.
During his lifetime Count de Lignerolles
library was guarded with jealous care, and
only acQuaintances of whose honesty he
was sure were allowed to see part Of it,
Nobody but himself ever saw II ALL The
different rooms in which he had his books
had double safety locks. and the bookcases
could not easily be broken into.
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New York Cotton.
TAXING ELECTRIC ROADS.
Lively Discussion fn the Marv,.ra
Legislature.

There was lively discussion In the
Maryland house yesterday on Mr.. Yellott's
bill, which provides for the taxing n, alsc-
trio railroads 9 per cent on their gross re-
ceipts, In the counties as wen as in the
city. 1t came up on fits second reading
when Mr.. Taylor. calling attention 70 the
importance Of the measure, moved its ref
erence to the judiciary committee He con-
tended that. though the corporation COM
mittee had taken action. IL was only Just
to the corporations affected that as ouch
a radical tax was to be levied, an oppor-
tunity be given those most interested 70 be
heard. Said he: Il do not wish to press
the gentleman from Baltimore county very
hard. but some of the members OF the cor
poration committee have tod me they voted
for this bill inadvertently and would IKE
further consideration
Mr. yellott-"And, now am being press
ed 30 hard, will press some other people
in the lobby for the avowed purpose OF de-
feating the bill. 1 say II IL time this house
put a stop to such actions and will say
to the lobby, you have got to come early
any honest bill before this house I ask
to have the motion to recommit defeated"
Mr.. Lamar spoke Of the street railway
into Montgomery county from Washing
member of the legislature. o. H. p Clark
OF Sligo. Nd. in opposition to the bill. Mr.
Lamar stated that while not opposed 70 the
bill, ne had desired q fair hearing for his
constituents. He had been thrown on his
guard because the bill came up suddenly
when he had been told by Mr.. Yellott q
short time ago that the bill would not be
pressed.
Mr.. Yellott-"Didn't state that did not
favor the bill in its present shape, but was
willing to accept a lower taxi"
Mr.. Lamar-''The gentleman did MOE %
state, think"
Mr.. Yellott-'T am sure I did"
Mr.. Atkinson interrupted that he was q
member % the corporation committee and
had never known of a favorable report on
the bill. and moved TO recommit TO the cor
poration committee. which was lost. A mo-
ton TO adjourn at this point cut on further
debate for the time being. so that the bill
still remains on the second reading file.
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THE BEGGAR COUNT.
Once High I'm Politics and Society, H,
Died Drunk and Ragged I'm the Street


Died Drunk and Ragged I'm the Street.
From the New York Sun.
A member of one of the Oldest and rich.
est families In Austria-Hungary was re-
Gently found dead in his rags on the Prater
Quay in Budapest While drunk he had
fallen where he was found and had frozen
to death. In the pocket Of his tattered
coat there were only a few coppers and a
letter addressed to his only friend, his
landlady
The outcast was Count Ivan Samssich.
He had begun life as the typical child of
luck. When nineteen years old he became,
by his fathers death. head Of his family
ard the possessor Of enormous estates.
After getting his doctors degree he trav-
eled in Europe America, Egypt and Asia
Minor for five years. then returned home
to enter politics. He held many local Of.
noes OF Importance and in 1871 was elected
to the Hungarian reichstag. He was but
thirty one years old. He was q ready
speaker and quickly showed education and
experience well beyond his years. re-
was prophesied for him. During his first
year In the reichstag. however. he married
q Hght-headed young baroness, who had
been divorced from her first husband, and
began at once to lose his hold on the bet
ter side Of life In the next parliament ary
election he was defeated because in his do
mestic trouble he had neglected his public
duties
Until 1880 he lived in an atmosphere Of
drunkenness and Righteousness. Then he
ran away with the wife Of a rich country
gentleman and began living with her in
one Of his castles. His wife had left him
and his companions husband got q divorce
from her. For several years the unmarried
couple lived together in a debauch of lux
ury and eccentric extravaganza.
After the counts wealth and honor had
melted away he tried to borrow money
from his brother. He failed to obtain the
enormous sum needed to pay his debts
deserted his mistress and two children and
entered first a Trappist and then a Fran
ciscan monastery. His repentance was as
short lived as his love. and before 1890 he
was in Vienna, borrowing and begging what
he could in order to buy whisky. His
brother had granted him an income Of q
few dollars a week, and this sufficed to pay
for his tiny room and enough liquor to
keep him drunk when he was not asleep
He sank completely from the sight of the
gay world into which he was born. Nobody
knew that he had left Vienna until his dead
body was found in Budapest. Since his
name had been entered in the police books
his former friends have recalled that 1t once
was in the parliamentary directory. and
was expected to appear high in the list Of
the diplomatic corps.
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LATE NEWS BY WIRE.
Striking Miners Burn a Railroad
Bridge.
EXCITEMENT IN WEST VIRGINIA
Wires Cut to Prevent Communica-
ton.
I ROOPS SENT FOR WARD

CHARLESTON. w. Va. March 3.-Sher-
iT Silman and deputies left for Cabin
creek in response to telegram from Divi-
sion Superintendent Gill of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio stating that a mob of
strikers had burned a bridge on the short
line hear the mouth of the creek about
midnight. About thirty men were in the
party, all masked and armed.
On his arrival he found everything quiet
the mob having dispersed. 1t was feared
that they had gone to Acme. but a tele-
phone message from there this morning
states that they were not seen. The sheriff
is still on the ground.
The inquest on the bodies of Adkins
commences this morning. Col. Wyantt
and the prosecuting attorney of Fayette
county are at Fayetteville issuing papers
for the arrest of the rioters.
CINCINNATI Ohio. March "a special
to the Times-Star from Charleston. W.
Va. says: Since the burning of the Cabin
creek bridge on the 4. and y. between
Coalburg and Acme the wires have been
cut at different points so that the governor
cannot communicate with the military at
Eagle or Povellton.
The railroad officials are cooperating
with the governor and carrying messengers
by rail as far as Cabin creek, from which
point they go ON horseback and will report
the situation to the governor soon as
possible.
While the strikers moving around
Powellton, it is expected that work will be
suspended there till Monday, but no tenn
porary movement can prevent violence at
Eagle. where the worst is feared.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, March 3.-Com-
pany l. in response to the governors or
ders left for Eagle at o'clock this morning
on special train provided by the c. and
U. people.
No Further Outbreak.
CHARLESTON. W. Va, March 3.-Noth-
ing of a startling nature had been received
by the governor from Cabin Creek and
Eagle at 12:3U. The latest official telegram
received from there says everything is
apparently quiet in all quarters.
The governor has two military companies
ready TO march TO the scene of the trouble
at moments notice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
Washington stock Exchange.

sales-reguiar call-12 O'Clock nj. = A.. reg.
s: sSoaIi2s; Washington Gas Bonds, siooaiIs. u.s.
ilis. asked u $. As coup. ia bid. Iiia. asked
District OF Columbia Bouds-ao-yc.r fund Is
l06ls bid So,year fund. Us. III bid. Water stocl
currency as 1901. 10 bid. Water stock currency
Reg: 2-los Sl2s. 100 bid. ''1
Miscellaneous Bonds. Washington and Georpe-
Washington and Georgetown railroad COW e. -
70 bid, $50 asked. Metropolitan railroad COW. a..
asked lexington railroad Gs 100 asked. Mas
ington Gas Company. ser. A. 6s Il6 bid I25 ASKED
asked Washington Gas Company COW. g., IS;
bid. United States Electric Light conv IS lcifs
phone rs. IoS asked. American security and T,ns,
Ss. lsos; :: 4. loo bid American security
Market company imp Is Tss I'D WWa asSin
Masonic Hall Association S: ioa lid. @ash nskra
IAghl lnianty LIST Is; lol bid. Washington Light
National Eank stocks.-B Bank of Washington. sp
siI $40 a.x.d Bank Of sPuelis go hid ..s
Farmers. and Mechanrs 10 sid sc3sI G i
bid. li3 asked Citizens. 1870 bid. I4o asked. 10
bid. 1854. asked. Traders LOO h,T Tes' Lnd ioi.
bid. Ohio. So asked. '-'''"' -
safe Deposit and Trust Companies.
asked. Washington Loan and Trust ia bid. isc
asked Washington Safe Deposit, lo. asked.
Rairoad Stocks. Washington and Georgetoxn.
10 bid $40 asked. Metropolitan. So bid. * asked
Columbia, 10 bid. GS asked. Belt. is bid ErIny-
ton IS bid Georgetown and Tens lily town 10 hid.
.sas and Electric Stocks.- Washington Gas. Az,
Did. ~ asked. Georgetown Gas, AZ bid United
States Electric Light 12Iis bid 12cIs asked.
Insurance Stocks.-Firemen's. ~ bid. 80 asked
franklin. - bid. Metropolitan. Is bid Corcoran.
% MD Potomac. bid. Arlington. 100 hid.
German American. 80 bid National Union. II
bid 10 asked. Columbia. IL bid. 10 asked Riggs
Z bid, ~ asked. Peoples, bid. 5Ls asked
Lincoln, n. bid, "a. asked. Commercial. : bid, q
asked.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Reai Estate Title. l12
hid 10 asked Columbia Title. 6s. bid, "a. asked
Washington Title. a. asked.
Telephone Slocks- esapeake and Potoma, "a
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Mrs Nanet,e OF St. Paul has brought
AN action in that city TO compel Mrs. Char
lott, Van Auken to produce Mrs. Manette's
daughter. who is also Mrs. Van Auken's
daurbter-in-law Mrs. Manette saws her
daughter is unduly deprived Of her liberty
Mrs Nanette is poor and Mrs. Van AulSen
rich The marriage OF their children was
"A runaway match.
Coachman l.uSbig. who eloped with the
daughter of his employer. DIR. Tefft. al New
Rochelle y. Y. tried To murder Dr. Tent
Thursday night and failing to do SO blew
out his own brains.
Michael :. Fay. Inspector in the second
assembly dIstric; Of New York, convicted
of making "A false canvass Of the votes
cast at thu. last election. has been sentenced
to five years I'm state prison.
Tiffany a Co. New York. mourning
the loss of one or their most beautiful AMI
valuable creations. In some mysterious
manner last Monday night a gold cup stud
dei with gems. worth when finished s3Ooaa
was stolen from their factory.
Prominent Catholics % ST. Louis propose
10 organize a league to oppose the Ameri-
can Protective Association.
Richard Croker and party were banquetai
at Houston, Tex. After visiting San An
tonic they pursued their journey 10 Call
fornia.
The Philadelphia police have captured
a gang Of counterfeiters among whom ara
Andrew Squibbs and Thomas Van Fosseu.
rwo notorious feloas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.
All hut One Workman Escape With
Their Lives.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, March San eX-
plosion occurred in the barrel works of the
Moosic powder mills at Moosic. Pa. shortly
after o'clock this morning. One man was
killed. The report of the explosion was
heard at Wilkesbarre. sixteen miles away.
Archie Diamond and De Witt Stanton were
seriously injured.
The force of the explosion was terrific.
Nearly every pane of glass in the windows
of the houses in Moosic was broken. The
entire end of the building was blown to
pieces. and there is danger of the structure
collapsing. The loss will reach between
$4,000 and $l5WO.
Many houses near the powder mill We're
unroofed. and the damage to property will
run up into thousands of dollars. A Mrs
Shelly. who lived close TO the mill. was
thrown out of bed by the force Of the con-
cussion. At least score of families will
have to seek shelter elsewhere tonight. as
their houses arc so badly wrecked as to be
uninhabitable. The barrel mill is COM
plete wreck The only wonder is that more
people were not killed. THE same mill blew
up two years ago. killing two employees.
Just what caused the explosion is as yet
a mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03

Taking Steps to Crush the Brasillas
Revolt.

On all sides at Rio Janeiro people are
congratulating themselves that the election
passed off quietly, but the action taken by
President Peixoto yesterday would seem to
denote that further trouble is brewing, ard
that the end OF the wearisome revolution
is not so near at hand as It was at first
believed
President Peixoto issued two important
DEGREES. The first OF these announcements
calls for an increase in the strength OF tie
regular army, and will. therefore. impose
additional burdens upon the people and
increase the already heavy taxation to q
great degree. This increase of the strength
OF the regular army is said to be the FIRST
step in a movement to crush out the re-
bellion in the neighborhood and In the
south, and should this object be attained.
II may be said that the additional burden
which the people will be called upon TO bear
will, after all, be a blessing In disguise.
The second decree provides that persons
accused of treason shall be tried by MILL
tary law. which would seem 10 indicate that
additional repressive measures were nee
essary.
At the same time Il is announced that
martial law will not be proclaimed 90 long
as the situation remains as tranquil as IL 10
now.
yellow fever continues to spread at Rio.
Thursday there were ninety-one deaths
from that disease in the city. and. In hddi-
ton. twenty deaths from other fevers wsrs
recorded.
To the average Brazilian this spread OF
Yellow Jack does not mean anything alarm
ing, for along the coast especially people
are familiar with fevers OF many descr1p-
tions and are not, TO any great extent.
alarmed. even when the death rate rises
considerably higher. But to the foreign
population the spread of fever. while not
distinctly alarming. is severe enough 70
cause everybody to wish that the thousapds
OF soldiers about the capital were employed
in cleaning the streets and in disinfecting
foul places instead of burning 50 much
powder with little definite result.
The insurgents in the vicinity now say
frankly that they are nghting Tor their
lives. and IL is believed that II the Peixoto
fleet was to make a bold swoop down from
Bahia and engage the insurgent heet the
result would be a prompt and thorough
victory for the government squadron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
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
alone in this custom as far as Wash
tngton is concerned. Below will be
found the statement for the week just
past.
The average circulation exhibited
is believed to be nearly. if not quite.
double the combined circulation Of
the other Washington dailies. and
fully five times that of its afternoon
contemporary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03
BrookIand's Citizens. Association.

At the annual meeting Of the Brookland
Citizens Association last night the old OFF,
GERS We're reelected as follows: President,
e. j. Lynch; vice president. W. p. Arm
strong; secretary. John Massey. and treas
urer, j. l.. Sherwood. DR.. Frank r. Howe
made a report OF the result of the confer
ence OF special committee of the associa-
Ton with the District officials respecting
improvements ne eded at BroOkland Mr.
W. r Armstrong read a communication in
regard TO the right of way for the proposed
water main. and the matter of secaring
sncn right OF way was intrusted to a COM
mittee consisting of Messrs w p Arm
strong. J. ). Hollidge and Charles MCGEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-03

Two thousand Berlin students met last
night to protest against the fact that So
cialism had developed anti-semte char
acter. Resolutions were passed at the
meeting requesting the university authori-
ties to allow to the students free express
sion of opinion.
Gov. West OF Utah has sent to the legis-
lature a special message drawing the at
tention to the distress among the work
ing classes. He urges the issuance
of bonds for the erection of state CAPT.
toll as a means of furnishing employment
10 the needy.
Charles Philip Baker a weii-known and
esteemed citizen of San Antonio. Tex, went
to Milan Park yesterday morning, took a
seat on Il bench, and shot himself through
the brain, living only two hours. Tie cause
is thought to be trouble with a woman.
Erastus Wiman made an engagement ear
ly in the winter to deliver his lecture on
The Great Northland" Thursday evening.
in Madison Hall. y. Y. About 900 people
gathered, but Mr.. Wiman did not appear
The reichstag committee to which the
Russo-German treaty Of commerce was re-
ferred consists of fourteen supporters and
eleven opponents of the treaty, with three
members in addition who are doubtful