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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
The Case of Mrs. Hart,

The case of Mrs. Ernest Hart of Phila-
delphia, who is charged by the New York
immigration officers with violating The alien
contract law in bringing to this corIt:y
four Irish weavers to work in ex-Postmas-
ter General Wanamaker's establishment
in Philadelphia, is attracting the attention
the examination held by Dr. Senner. :mni-
grafton commissioner of New York, have
reached the department. Mrs. Hart also
came over from Philadelphia and had sew
erai conferences with Superintendent Stump
of the immigration bureau and Assistant
Secretary Hamlin. Superintende nt stump
went over the record sent by Ir. Senner
very thoroughly, and after hearing Mrs
Harris story, he decided to send the case t.
Commissioner Rogers at Philadelphia TO-
further examination and report 1t will
therefore be several days before any inal
action is taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
A FATHERS CRUELTY,
A Case Which Led to n Police Omcer's
Dismissal.

A story of great cruelty to children in
which it is charged an officer of the police
force grossly neglected his duty by allow
ing the culprit to escape, has been brought
to the attention Of the Commissioners, and
the officer promptly removed.
1t Seems the attention of the police was
called to a case of cruelty to children by
a citizen at house l140 10th street. occupied
by Clarence Woodruff, wife and two chill
dren. Private McGrann was detailed to
look into the case, and although he found
the facts as stated. failed to arrest the
father, who acknowledged doing the beat
ing, and allowed him to escape.
Charges were preferred against McGrann,
and the trial board fined him S25, but Maj.
Moore recommended that he be removed
from the force, and the Commissioners
promptly acquiesced. A picture of one of
the children accompanies the papers, and
shows a sweet baby face horribly mangled.
This Is what Lieut.. Boyle reported of the
cruelty:
II visited the house, 11iO 10th street, and
saw the children. The oldest, a boy three
and a half years old, had both eyes black
and closed, and the left side of mis- face
below the eye had the appearance of being
scalded or burnt (the child said his father
put him on the stove). his legs and body
asked If his father kicked him said yes >
The other child. a boy of fourteen months
old, was bruised about the legs. body and
face. and on the right side of the face was
o place nearly as large as a half dollar
which had all the appearance of a bruise."
Woodruff Is still at large, although the
police are keeping a sharp lookout for him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
Important to PenstOncrs.

The pension agent in this city desires that
the attention of pensioners be called to
recent regulation of the Secretary of the
Interior, which requires that after the LIST
of March next the vouchers of pensioners
who sign by mark shall be witnessed by
the signature Of two witnesses in their own
handwriting, and. in every case, the sig
nature of the pensioner to each receipt at
tached to the voucher, whether written or
by mark. must be atteSted 10y at least one
witness in his or her proper handwriting
ii, however, being competent for the officer
before whom the voucher is executed to at
test the signature of the pensioner to the
receipt.
Neither the pension agent nor any clerk
employed by him can appear as a witness
in either the voucher or the receipts. Tn
der these regulations it will be necessary
for pensioners who are paid at the agency
in person, especially those who sign by
mark, to produce two witnesses who can
write thereby avoiding the confusion and
delay during payment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
IN THE SOCIAL WORLD
Mrs. Manning's Handsome Luncheon in
Honor of Mrs Cleveland.
Other ENTERTAINERS ts-Lenten Diver
siOns of an Informal
Nature.

Mrs. Manning gave a luncheon on Satur-
day In honor of Mrs Cleveland. which
was considered one of the handsomest &C.
casions at which the mistress Of the White
House has been entertained this winter
The table was laid in the middle parlor of
the Vermont avenue suite at the Airing
ton. 1t was simply heaped with Parma
violets and insertions of violet ribbons. The
corsage bouquets Of violets had streamer
ends of violet ribbons. To meet N~s Cleve-
land there were present about thIty ladies,
including Mrs. Gresham. Mrs. Carlisle and
others in the cabinet circle, Mrs Romero
and some others Of the diplomatic corps,
and several among the residents. Mrs.
Manning will remain at the Arlington till
the end of the present week. and. as usual,
her stay Is being made as delightful as
possible by her friends.
Mrs. John r. Mclean gave a luncheon
on Saturday. entertaining a dozen ladies'.
The table was superbly decorated with
American beauty roses.
The Brazilian minister and Mrs. de Men,
donca entertained at dinner on Saturday
the French ambassador. the German am
bassador, the Mexican minister and Nine.
Romero. the minister Of the Netherlands,
the Turkish minister, the Swiss minister
Mrs. Condit Smith, Mrs. Audenreid, Mrs
Mckay. Mrs. Reamey, Miss Sheriff., Miss
Biddle. the Misses de Mendonca. Mr.. Ben
Jamin Constant. Mr.. Oscar do Amaral, and
Mr. Mario de Mendonca
One of the features Of "Mustapha," the
comic opera to be given next Monday even
Ing by the Paint and Powder Club of Bal
timore. which the audience would probably
enjoy quite as well as the play itself, is
the dresser" that each young gentleman
actor has for the evening. This all import
ant person Is either his sister or his mother
and they alone are let into the secret of
the processes by which dazzling oriental
complexion or any other kind desired Is
secured, the last fascinating touch given
to the costumes, which are easy to put on,
and the young men saved from becoming
driveling idiots in adjusting all the furbe-
lows on some Of the more complicated get
ups. Those who have watched this part
OF the performance say II Is as funny as
the play itself The actors, and their
mothers and sisters. and all their admirers
will come over In special the early even
ing Of the performance.
Mrs. Yale is visiting her parents at 912
18th street, and will be with Mrs. McCulloch
on Wednesday from to o'clock.
Mrs. George Rollings. formerly Miss
pleased to her friends on Thursdays,
1145 21st street northwest.
DIR. and Mrs. E. Megrim McComas were
at home Informally on Thursday evening
and were assisted in welcoming the guests
by the Misses Frayner of Hagerstown, Md,
ent were: Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest McComas.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Boyde and Mrs. and
Miss Lee of Stanford, Conn.
Mrs. Henrietta L. King is lying i'll at the
residence of her son, Mr.. Harry King 1885
= street northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
SUSPICIOUS TRAMPs.
Two of Them Who Made n Demand on
an Old Gentleman.

In the Police Court this morning there
was the usual Monday morning array of
prisoners, who were charged with all sorts
OF minor offenses. There were in the pro-
cessicn the usual number of tramps and
persons who do not belong here. They
were chraged with being Migrants and dis
orderly persons. and there were as many
excuses as there We're prisoners
Philip Turner was the name given by one
young man, who said he came here from
Fall River. Mass. looking for work. But
he was not In search of employment Sat
urday night when he appeared en- Penn
sylvania avenue with a companion, and did
the best he could to get some funds from
citizens.
Mr.. Marquis Whiteside. an aged man, was
selected as their victim. and their conduct
made him think that they wanted to jostle
and rob him. The two men separated and
after walking against him Turner made a
request Tor money, and this he followed by
a demand. Mr. Whiteside, however, was
not TO be frightened SO easily, and, seeing
the holiness of the men, he told them tina
he would stay with them, intending to have
them arrested. From point to point he fol-
lowed them. until they separated, and
nnaliy Turner was grabbed by a number of
citizens, who turned him over to Policeman
McCort.
If 1 had pistol" said the prisoner 10
the of1lcer, Il would blow your brains out -
When the station house was reached the
prisoner showed fight, and had to be
knocked down before he could be searched
He had 50 cents in his pocket
The best thing you can do" said the
Judge to him. lis to go TO work. You were
not looking for a Job when YOU acted In
such manner on Pennsylvania avenue"
He was given ninety days on the farm
and ten days IN Jail
Another stranger, who gave a fictitious
VI Sed of h1fva
cause he had been found begging on the
street.
i was begging for a chew of tobacco. -
was the mans response. Il asked two men
who did not have any tobacco. and the
third one gave me a chew"
That's too thin" said the Judge. That's
an old excuse. and its about played out"
me prisoner was given ten days on the
farm and advised to leave the CITY WHEN
he gets out.
Several others We're tried and sent down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
THE MANASSAS CRIMINALS.
White, One of the Men. VIII Have n
New TRIAL

Advices from Manassas, Va, state that
Ben White. one Of the two young negroes
sentenced to death in the county court there
last week on charge Of crirninally assault
ing Mrs. Elliott. one of the two white wo-
men who were outraged by White and his
condemned companion, Jim Robinson, near
Manassas on the 18th of last month, will tie
granted a new trial. The day Whites case
was called his counsel moved for a trial in
the circuit court. but the motion was over
ruled on the ground that the law permitting
a defendant to elect between the county and
circuit court had been repealed. Since the
trial, 1t Is understood, 1t has been discovered
that the law was In force on that day, and
hence the condemned man will be given a
new trial, probably some time next month,
before the circuit court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
The Patent Office Arrears,

That the work of the patent office is less
In arrears than at any time in the past
seven or eight years is shown by a state
ment prepared by Assistant Commissioners
Fisher. 1t shows that while seven years
ago one division was between six and seven
months in arrears, now the greatest arrear-
age In any division Is four months. Then
there were more than 10000 applications fer
patents on hand. while the number pending
is now about $500. The work of the Office
relating to designs and trademarks, Of
which there are only sixty-threa OF the
former and forty-nine Of the latter pending
is less than a month in arrears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19

| To the Editor OF The Evening Star:
Your editorial in The Star of the 10th in
reference to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company's false pretenses, that it is
| the disagreement of the citizens that has
caused the delay in the change of their
| tracks, is exactly right and true
1t was astounding to hear their attorney
make such a statement. but no more so
than his quick adoption OF the suggestion
of the chairman of the committee that Con-
gress has no right to Iesislate on the SUBJ
ject.
This same claim was made by the gas
company some years ago, that while Con-
gress might charter another or competing
company. 1t could not regulate the existing
company or fix the price of gas but the gas
company abandoned that pretense at the
Investigation i'll lSSO, as 1 apprehend the
railroad company will ii the question can
ever be brought fairly before Congress or
the courts.
1t is. however. evident as shown by your
correspondent c. NJ. G. was the case in the
gas investigation, that there is little nope
of anything being done in the matter; that
every suggestion on the part OF the COM
pany and the committee so far squlnts at
delay on one excuse or another, the last be-
Ing on the part of the company the dis
agreement of the citizens to the I.lan.
and now for the first time raised by any
one. the absence of power Oh the part or
Congress to act at all in the matter In
deed, in answer to question suggestion
by a merlber of the committee that the
company stood on its vested rights in ac-
cordlnce with the doctrine laid down in the
old Dartmouth College decision, the attor-
ney for the company said that was IL ex-
actly,' and that they denied the right OF
Congress or any other power to interfere
l ven ture to predict now that at the close
of the session the matter will be no nearer
a settlement than it now is. unless the Sem
ate committee agrees to such plan as the
railroad company demands
In view OF the outcry of politicians when
addressing the dear people, on the stump
against the impositions and insolence of the
corporations, it is marvellous to see how
year after year, these railroad corporations
control the action or prevent action by Con-
greSS.
Even more astounding was the statement
of the attorney in reply to the showing as
to the number of persons killed and in ured
that 1t was the peoples fault and not that
OF the railroad company's.
1t Is astounding, In view OF the fact that
this matter has been so long before Con-
gress, and in view of the fact that the COM
pany admits the evil OF its present grade
crossings, and that at most it's present
vested rights" will terminate in 1910, that
instead Of a determined effort to remedy
the difficulties and settle the latter perma-
nently for the benefit of the company as
well as the citizens, there seem to be only
excuses for further delay, but so 1t looks at
the present time. CITIZEN.
February II, 1894.
Emperor William is to take sumner with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
The Cure

For such diseased condition
is found in Warmers Safe Cure,
which will restore the kidneys
to health and enable them to
properly perform their functions.
There Is no doubt about this.
The record of the past is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
FISHING IN THE POTOMAC.
The Season Opens with Promise, but
Protecting Laws Are Needed.

Protecting Laws Are Needed.
Persons interested in the Potomac fisher
les are anxious to see the House pass the
bill introduced for the protection of the
fish. The bill. as heretofore printed in The
Star, has passed the Senate and should il
pass the House and receive the Presidents
signature. the work of destroying the young
fish in the waters within the District limits
will have to be stopped. During recent
years the white and yellow perch have been
taken from the District waters. the spawn
ing grounds of the Potomac, and millions
of small fish have thus been destroyed,
while the black bass have been taken in
such numbers that Fish Commissioner Nc
Donald thinks it useless to stock any more
tributaries of the Potomac. Last year some
Of the creeks were stocked. but this spring
the nets are taken them from the waters
and at times they are as cheap as yellow
perch. 1t is stated that at one haul In the
waters of the District only few days ago,
one hundred and ninety-six small bass. were
caught and were sold at the rate of twenty
five cents bunch. Seldom a day passes
that some fine fish of this kind are not
landed at the river front Last week
twenty-nine bass, some weighing as much
as five pounds, were brought here on the
steamer Manchester. Most of them were
caught at the mouth of Pohick creek. Just
below Mount Vernon, where SO many bass
are caught in nets every spring. Most of
barrels with other fish, And" said In
spector Harris to a Star reporter this morn
ing, they would make one hungry to look
at them"
The Catch Falls OF.
Even the men who fish the lower Potomac
are anxious about the passage of the bill
In the House. for, by raking the spawning
grounds each year, the fish are materially
leSsened, and their work down the river Is
not so lucrative. Just now, white perch are
coming from Potomac creek, forty miles
Gown the river, and they are as fine as any
fish of this variety ever brought here. Vel
low perch are also being caught down the
river, and they, too, are of good quality.
several nets are now being operated in the
District, and yellow perch Of small size and
catfish are being caught in large numbers.
The shad and herring season is now open
ing in earnest. Local fishermen will soon
begin the operation of their nets. Last
week 1o,W0 herring We're caught and
brought to this city, in addition to those
shipped to Alexandria, but there We're but
few shad Herring were caught as early
as the first week in January, but they al
ways appear some weeks in advance of
shad
The oyster season is fast drawing to a
close. the fish season progresses This
larger than Ii has been for many years,
and Inspector Harris says that the bivalves
have been Of better quality. Soon the
demand for the oysters will begin to de-
crease, and then the oyster boats will go
In the fish business and later on they will
bring up fruit from the farms along the
river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
The Effect

OF this kidney-poisoned blood
Is far-reaching. Health and
strength are impossible while it
exists The system is being
continually weakened, leaving it
open to the ravages of colds,
chills, pneumonia and fevers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
During
February

Colds and chills are prevalent,
and unless the system is strong
enough to throw them off, serious
illness, often ending in pneu-
monia and death, result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19

Pure air and good digestion. Nothing does more
for health. The first is easily got; the second can
be had always. Use of the genuine JOHANN
lioFF's MALT EXTRACT gives it, II will make
food soluble and easy to digest. The diastase con-
tanned In the malt makes IL SO. One Dozen battles
Of the genuine JOHANN HoFF's MALT EN-
TRACT gives as much strength and nourishneat
Us eask OF ale or porter, without being intox-
icating. 1t is therefore highly recommended for
mothers while nursing for weak children and In
general debility.
See that JOHANN HoFF'S'' signature Is On
neck label Of bottle.
None other is genuine.
Eisner & Mendeison Co, Sole Agents, 152 and
l5i Franklin ST., New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
The Cause

OF colds, chills and attendant
dangers is found in the blood,
poisoned by uric acid, which
should be expelled by the kid
neys-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19

Emperor William is to take supper with
in Friedrichsruhe this evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
EXCITEMENT UNDATED,
Tumors Disappear Like Magic and
Paralyzed Limbs Take
On New Life.
ANOTHER LECTURE TO LADIES.

nuiiders. Exchange Hall was crowded last even
ing to sufocation with some Of the best people I'm
Washington. drawn there to witness the grandest
exhibition of healing the sick by vital magnetism
that ever took place People suffering with all
sorts OF diseases were taken upon the stage and
quickly relieved One lady. who had large goitre
with which she had suffered twenty years was
treated But before the doctor touched 1t he in
vited several ladies and gentlemen to examine It,
He then treated IT about four minutes. and all
that was left the loose flesh where the tumor
Had been An old colored woman had been lame
from paralysis and rheumatism for years She was
cured almost before she could -ealze 1t. When
she found she could her limbs again she run
Up and down the stage shouting Thank God. I
am cured" Some twenty were quickly
relieved Of their sueriRs by this God given power
as welded by Br. Damon and associate.
Every day the Doctors Offices at COS 18th
"reet are crowded by those VINO are able and
willing to pay to be cured On Wednesday. Feb
r1ary Il. DIR. Damon will give a special lecture at
the above hall to ladies' only. 2:30 O'Clock. This
lecture viii be illustrated by charts and viii be
particularly interesting to every woman in Wash
instOn. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19
Proof Positive.

CACTICN.-H o dealer offers w. l..
Douglas shoes - q reduced price, or saya
ne has them without name stamped on
hottOm, put him down az q fraud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19

Capt. Jack Adams of Boston, commander
n-chief Of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lic is at the WOrmley. He is on his annual
tour of inspection. Tonight he will be given
a very elaborate banquet at the hotel by
his Washington comrades. and some of the
most distinguished men in the city are ex-
pected to be present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-19

In that room of Chamberlin's which is
between the hotel office and the dining
room proper Buffalo Bil'' sat last night
at the head of long table. Something like
a dozen gentlemen, many of whose names
are known everywhere, were listening to
him. In the rich, racy and expressive dia-
true American language, he was telling
them strange tales of life upon the prairies
and the SCARED slopes of the Rockies-tales
Of midnight foray and the torture stake,
and hand-to-hand encounter and thirst, and
starvation and arctic weather and tropic
heat and blood licked up by the waterless
sands. 1t was strange to see the long-ha,
ed, long-limbed, keen-eyed scout discours-
ing to snug, well-groomed denizens of the
east, whose lives have been spent in the
great centers of trade. They heard him
with breathless interest, and the yellow
wine stood untasted in the glasses. Cody
is perccptibly older than when in Washing
ton last. To put 1t gently, he is not so
young as he used TO be. He has however,
the same appreciation Of a good time the
same cordial manners and the same reck-
less generosity. He has, too, the same fac
ulty for money-getting, as witness the Chi
cago fair, at the close of which he and
Nate salisbury divided $3.50 900 clear profit
between them. They are talking of run
ming him for governor of Nebraska, and II
politics does not break him he will go
BOUNDING down the ages quite the most
remarkable American of the latter part OF
the nineteenth century. He will remain in
washington some four or i've days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-26
CALLS FOR RED BLOOD
WILD SCENES IN THE CHAMBER OF
DEPUTIES YESTERDAY.
Events in the China-Japan Question
More Pacific-Gladstone's Eyesight
Seriously Affected.

PARIS. July 25.-There was a wild scene
to-day in the Chamber of Deputies during
the debate on the anti-Anarchist measures.
NJ Jaures. Socialist, moved to assimi
late as Anarchists Ministers, Senator's and
Deputies accepting brides. This led to
revival of the Panama incidents. Nj. Jour
dan attacked NJ. Rouvier, an ex-Minister
OF Finance. The latter declared that he
had come scathless through the Panama
scandal. and he holly informed Nj. Jour
dan that he would take up the gauntlet
with him elsewhere. NJ. Rouvier after
wards sent his seconds to NJ. Jourdan.
The Jaures amendment was eventually
rejected by a vote of 264 to DID, Suisse
quently the Chamber decided that the
violent passages in the speeches should be
erased from the minutes This action
having been taken 1T is deemed that a
duel between NJ. Rouvier and Jourdan is
needless
In the Chamber yesterday, during
the discussion of the clause in
the anti-Anarchist measure. providing
for a restriction being placed upon
the reports published of the trials of An
archists, one of the Deputies remarked
that the press should not be considered a
privileged trade. Thereupon the newspaper
disturbance that the President of the Cham
Der ordered the gallery to be cleared, and
suspended the sitting while this was being
invited TO return, but they declined TO do
so, their object being to record a protest
against the indignity to which the press
had been subjected. The Chamber soon adj
journed
LONDON, July 25.-The Times corre-
spondent at Paris says that after the news
paper men left the Chamber, they drew
Denoix, the Deputy whose remarks aroused
the ire of the press gallery.