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The Washington times., 1894-04-25

While Sophy Glare stood. pale and para
lyzed. with one hand clinging to the laurel
branches and her chesnut-brown hair blowing
about her frightened face, she knew Hal
Tucker very well-a good-natured shiftless
ne'er-do-well. who lived on the proceeds of
any odd jobs he could get In the neighbor-
hood and had no more ide providing for
the future than If he had bt the grasshop-
per in Lafontaine's fable. d the voice OF
the other man was also famt r to her as that
of one Jeremiah Slocum, vi bore no enyi-
able reputation among the simple settlers of
those wild western regions. And, with
thrill of the heart, she remembered that Jerry
Slocum had been sitting by the night before
when Miller Harkins, who was one OF the
school trustees, had paid her her months
salary in clinklng silver dollars.
.'It's / they meani" cried Sophy, out aloud.
"They mean to murder me, and all for the
sake of that wretched paltry silver! 'One
stroke of q sharp knife, and the things done
and can't be undonen o merciful heaven!
Can it be that there are such brutes in the
world? 'Harkins's folks goin to singing
school tonight, and the coast will be clearr
Oh, the peril should have been in If had
not been fortunate enough to overhear these
horrible wordsi / must hasten hcme at once
and tell Mr.. Harkins. But, oh, il I should
chance to meet these ruff1ans ON the road
again.
She stood still and listened, but no sound
greeted her ears other than the rush Of the
wind in the tree tops overhead and the mur-
muir of the river below and the wild beating
OF her own heart.
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"Mr Harkins." cried she, "you are a con-
stable, are you not?'
"Wal, / guess / be-" answered the miller,
staring with all his might out Of a pair Of
pale-blue eyes.
SIN that case." said Sophy, 81 call upon
you to arrest that villian-that murderer
And she pointed straight at Hal Tucker.
"Eh?" said the miller, his eyes more like
over-ripe gooseberries than ever.
"'Eh!" echoed Mr.. Tucker himself. coming
upright, all in heap, like iointed doll.
II heard him plotting in the woods this
night" she gasped out, with his confeder-
ate, slocum! Let him deny it If he daresr'
81 swan to gracious, was therel" said
Hal scratching his head. me and Jerryr'
'Let him deny" went on sophy, with an
unconsciously tragic effect, s'that he was
plotting murder-with sharp knife-when
all the Harkinses were at singing school to-
night! oh, Mr.. Harkins. arrest him! For
Heavens sake, save my life! It was that
was to have been the victim!
The miller stared harder than before, Hal
Tucker seized his head In both hands, as II
apprehensive that 1t might split II not safely
guarded.
"Hold or, Miss Glare, hold ong' said he.
you're clean wrong, as it happens2 IT wasn't
you at all as We was going to murder! Good
Lord above forbid! It was little Polly's pet
lamb, there! And the missus wanted to turn
1t in. toward the butchers account, and she
wanted it took away on the sly, because Of
the children. And me and Jerry we thought
1t would be good chance tonight, whom they
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NO NEWS FROM BLuEFIELps.
Press Dispatches,are as Yet uneonfirmed
bv Official Reports.


Press Dispatches,are as Yet uneonfirmed
by Official Reports.
The State Department has had no recent
advices from Bluehelds, SO It is not possible
for the officials to affirm or deny the report
published yesterday morning that the Mica
raguan Government has seized and sold the
property Of the Nicaraguan Canal Company,
captured vessel bearing the American flag,
landed troops at Bluehelds, and done other
sensational things.
But as Greytown is within easy reach Of the
cable and the canal company naturally might
be supposed to cherish an interest In its own
property, it Is believed that the officers In this
country would have informed themselves Of
the seizure Of their works and notified the
State Department II such things had actually
happened.
The State Department officials do not
believe that there has been any illegal seizure
OF an American vessel while Capt. Watson,
with the San Francisco, was at Blue6elds, and
regardless OF the movement of the Nicaraguan
troops American interests at Bluefelds are
believed to be secure.
Word was received at the Navy Department
yesterday that the United States steamship
San Francisco had sailed from Port Limon for
Blueflelds. The vessel had run down from
Bluefelds to Port Limon to cable the Navy
Department touching the state Of affairs at
Bluefeids. A yoluminous report from Mr..
Braida, late United States consul to Grey
town, has been received by Secretary Gresham.
The Department has not yet gathered suffi-
cient information to make a satisfactory
response to the Senate resolution calling for
an account OF the late troubles and the exist
INK conditions at Bluefelds.
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every drop in her veins were standing still.
1t was two men crouching by fallen log
which lay in the pine copse, mantled over
with gold-green moss, and half hidden with
tall weeds. Evidently, they were quite un-
aware Of the approach of any one and, as
Sophy shrank back into the shadows of q
black-green laurel bush, she could hear their
muttered words quite plainly
"But to kill herI'' said one sand she's
such a little beauty. too"
"'Pshawr' growled the other "Dont be a
fool, Hal Tucker. 1t only costs one stroke
Of sharp knife and the things done. and
can't be undone."
.sBut it seems so cruelr'
"Stuff and nonsense! Amt Is done every
days"
"But what will the children say?"
"Theyll miss her, suppose, just at first,
but they'll soon get accustomed to another
onc."
would you do IT at night?'' said the man
called Hal Tucker.
Tonight will be the best time" said the
other. 'Harkins' folks are all going out to
singing school tonight, and the coast will be
clear. You have the wagon at the door to
carry it away, and I'll undertake to make a
clean job of it with my new knife before she
has time to cry out"
~ never hated to do a thing so in my life, -
said Hal Tucker.
1.-THE more fool your grufay retorted the
other. And the sound of their voices, re-
ceding through the dense underground OF the
forest, grew indistinct, and finally died into
silence.
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was all of to singin' school. But the cats
out Of the bag now, l reckonr'
Sophy Glare sat down on the old patch
work-covered lounge, with burst of relieved
laughter that was almost hysterical. The
miller clapped his hands on his thigh with
force that surrounded him with an aureole
Of flour dust. Mrs. Harkins smiled grimly
under the shadow of the sunbonnet, and the
children, one and all, set up a howl of de-
precation over the fate Of their beloved,
woolly lamb!
'.Mr. Tucker" said Sopby Glare as soon as
she was able to regain command over her
voice. ''don't take poor little Snowflake
away! I will pay her value to these good
people for the sake OF the relief now feel
And the children shall not lose their pet''
"Its only lambr' said Miller Harkins,
who did not know what sentiment was
"But it's the children's darling" pleaded
Sophy.
And so Snowfake's life was saved and
Sophy Clare's fright all went for nothing.
But she could never pass jeremiah Slocum
afterward without shudder. And the very
sound Of Hal fuckers voice speaking in the
twilight was enough to blanch her cheek.
For she had been terribly frightened-poor
little Sophy Clare.-Amy Randolph in New
York Ledger.
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Warren Shoe House
GEO. w. RICH,
9l9 F STREET..
SOphu Glar0's T0rrOr

A schcolma'am in the far West, hard
worked, scantily paid little drudge, who
"boarded round" at the various farmhouses,
log cabins, and one-storied shanties within
an area OF ten miles, and, consequently en-
loyed panoramic view Of human nature in a
pleasing variety of aspects, this was the sort
OF career that Sophy Clare had looked forward
to when she graduated with SO much ecIat
: from the Massachusetts State Normal School
and carried off her blue-ribboned diplomat
Bat she hadscome out West lured by glittering
prospects and fair promises, which had turned
into mere wil-o'-the wisps on a nearer view,
and now it was either work or starve with our
courageous little Yankee.
So she had taken the West Athens district
school at S12 month and board.
after ALL said Sophy, valiantly: ssit,s
rather fun to teach here in the wilderness
Zone sees all sorts of characters boarding
''round.' And I'm sure. IL were a novelist.
l could make my fortune by pen-and-ink
sketches OF their strong points, To be sure.
it's long walk TO tie school house-and
rather lonely one-bdt the forest path is SO
lovely, now that it is all carpeted with the
gold and crimson of fallen leaves, and the
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DIED.

BALDWIN-In Seattle, Wash. Mrs LENA SHAY
BALDWIN. wife of DR.. Aaron Baldwin, of Mount
Pleasant, this city, on April 49, 1894, at $40 a.
m, after protracted illness Of great suffering
since the beginning of the year.
BARRON-On Monday, April %, 1894, at $40 a.
m, DANIEL BARRON in the s0th year Of his
age.
Funeral will take place from NJ E. church,
Hyattsville, Md, Wednesday, April 25, at g. 30
p. IN. Relatives and friends invited
BEDFORD-On the ed of April, 1894, O'Clock
p. m, at 1O14 Fifteenth street, THEODORE w.
BEDFORD.
imore papers please copy.)
BRANZELL-At Garfield Hospital, at II a m,
Monday, April %, 1894, Mr.. ROBERT H. BRAN
zELL, beloved and only brother of the late Mrs.
Eleanor Doyle
Funeral from the chapel of J. VIM Lee, Penn
half streets northwest, Wednesday, 25th, at 2 p
m. Friends invited (Richmond and Charlottes-
yflle Va, papers please copy.
DYER-At Rawlins Wyo, on April 10, 1894 JOHN
CAssIN DYER, in the 49th year of his age.
Formerly of Washington, d. c.
Funeral from the residence of his brother-in-
law, H. p Howard, 929 Rhode Island avenue, at
10 a. m, Wednesday, April p. Relatives and
friends invited Interment private.
FRANK-On Monday, April %, 1894, at II 50 a m,
MARY CATHERINE, beloved wife Of Jacob B.
Frank, jr. in the 37th year of her age
Funeral from her late residence, 231S street
northwest, Wednesday, April %, at a. m,
thence to St Stephens Church, where requiem
mass will be said by Rev. Father Gloyd Friends
and relatives invited to attend
LOWRY-On April %, 1894, at $50 a. m MoNCuRE
D. LOWRY, fomerly of Stafford county, Va
Funeral will take place from his late residence,
215 Second street northwest, Wednesday, April
25, at p. NJ
TUCKERMAN-In New York, on April IS, 1894
WALTER CARY TucKERMAN, son Of the late Luz
cius Tuckerman.
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Testimony in Pension Cases,

The House Committee on invalid pensions
has decided to report favorably bill provid-
ing that in the establishment OF claims for
pensions the oath of a private or non-com-
missioned officer shall not have any less
weight than If such witnesses had served as
u commissioned officer. The present practice
OF the department accords to the testimony of
a commissioned officer the same weight as to
that of two privates.
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For Town Officers.

At a well-attended meeting of the Takoma
Park Welfare Association on Monday even
ing, the following gentlemen were placed in
nomination for town officers to be voted for
at the election to be held on Monday, May 4
S. S. Shedd, for mayor; J. II. Clark, ". W.
Dyar, G. l.. Spencer, W. E. Skinner, G. Gorge
A. Warren and J. A. Finch, for councilmen.
The association has called public meeting
for Monday, April 80. to enable the citizens
of the park. not members Of the association,
to act on the nominations. The asso citation
adopted platform advocating certain
municipal reforms upon which its nominees
agree to stand.
The Washington times., 1894-04-25
The 1ndiana,s Trial Postponed.

Secretary Herbert has declined to permit
the battleship Indiana to go on her accept
ance trial on the S0th instant as the builders
requested. Mr.. Cramp had another interview
with the Secretary yesterday on the subject.
and after Mr.. Jaques, the representative Of
the Bethlehem Steel Company, had made q
statement relative to the progress of the work
on the armor, it was decided that the trial
should be postponed until the ship is fitted
with her side armor, a matter Of six weeks or
two months
The Washington times., 1894-04-25
SPECIAL NOTICE.

DROPOsAIls FOR SUPPLIES FOR THE POST
Ofice Department and Postal Service.-Post
ONCE Department. Washington, D. c., April 2,
1S94.-Sealed proposals will be received at this
department until MONDAY, May z, 1894, at
o'clock p. IN, for furnishing Wrapping Paper,
Wrapping Paper for facing slips. Twine, Letter
Scales, ,Postmarking and Rating Stamps, Rubber
Stamps, Canceling Ink, Pads. Paper, Envelopes,
Rubber Goods, Pens, Pen Holders, Pencils, Inks
Mucilage, Glass Goods, Rulers, Folders Articles
Of Steel, Rubber Erasers, Books, Typewriter Sup
plies, and Miscellaneous Stationery, in such
quantities of the different articles respectively,
and at such times, and from time to time, as
they may be ordered, during the fiscal year be-
ginning July /. 1894. and ending June 30, 1895,
for the use Of any branch Of the departmental
or postal service Blanks for proposals, with
specifications giving detailed statement of the
requirements 10 be met in respect to each ar.
ticle, and also the estimated quantities probably
TO be required of each, and giving full fnstruc-
tions as TO the manner of bidding and conditions
to be observed by bidders, will be furnished on
application to the Superintendent of the Divi-
sion of Post Office Supplies, Post ONCE Depart
ment, Washington, d. G. The Postmaster Gen.
eral reserves the right to reject any all bids,
to waive technical defects, and TO accept any
part of any bid and reject the other part WILL
son s. BISSELL, Postmaster General
api,u i, 2, ,&ma2
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- . -
Presidential Nominations.

Presidential NOminatiOns.
The President yesterday sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
JUsTICE-To be Attorneys of the United States:
e C. Stringer, Of Minnesota, for the district oi
Minnesota; Caleb X. Brooks, of Oklahoma, for
the territory Of Oklahoma.
WAR-First Lieutenant: William p. Goodwin,
Fourteenth infantry to be captain; Second Lieu
tenant Carol Hoops, Thirteenth infantry to be
first lieutenant Second Lieutenant George
lieutenant Second Lieutenant Harry D. Hum
phreys, Twentieth infantry to be first lieu
tenant; Harry Z. Wilkins, Second infantry TO be
first lieutenant Second Lieutenant Charles H.
Martin, Fourteenth infantry to be first lieute-
nant
NAvY-Pay Director Edwin Stewart to be chief
Of the bureau OF supplies and accounts and pay
master general in the department of the navy
with the rank of commodore
The Washington times., 1894-04-25
Mrs. childs Coming Here.

Mrs. George W. Childs, the widow of the
late Philadelphia publisher, has decided to
make her permanent home in this CITY. and
has purchased lot on street, in the fash
ionable part OF town on which she will erect
a residence.
The Washington times., 1894-04-25
For Another Cabinet Officer.

Representative Goodnight, of Kentucky
yesterday introduced bill creating Depart
ment of Health, presided over by a physician
serving as member Of the Cabinet with the
title of Secretary of Public Health.
The Washington times., 1894-04-25
Can Live on Credit.

Visiting Friend-'sIt must cost good deal
Of money to be student" Student-"It
takes some money at first, but afterwards you
can live on credit."-Texas Siftings.
The Washington times., 1894-04-25
New York Stock Exchange.

Furnished by Silsby s. Co. bankers and
brokers, Metropolitan Bank Building, Fifteenth
street, opposite Treasury, Washington, d. c.
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Look Out /!
We hreL Loaded.

This is the way we will
shoot them off, viz:
Ladies' So Patent Tip Button
Shoes for $3.50.
Ladies S. High Russia
Bluchers for SI.o5.
Ladies 81. so Russia Blucher
Oxfords for $50.
Ladies So Oxfords for S1.35.
Ladies Sz.75 Oxfords for
$I.S5.
Ladies $3.50 Oxfords for
$3.50.
All fresh Spring Goods.
All colors and styles to select
from.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

HONEST PARTIES CAN GET SMALL LOANS
IL at once National Loan and Investment
Company. 615 St n. W. A c. CLANCY, Sec.
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FOR sA1E-HousEs.

E,OR SALE-BY AUGUST DONATH, Gil 7TH ST
Il have 5-room cottage for sale on Rosedale
St, Just north of Hygienic Ice Company, that is q
cosy home for any man. 1t has water, gas, and
sewer, slate mantes, latrobe, etc; lot "a by 10;
stable in rear; price for all this only g $50 see
n hn.Y
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MISCELLANEOUS sUPPIEs-PosT OFFICE

MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES.-POST OFFICE
WI Department, Washington, d. c., March 13.
Is94.-Sealed proposals will be received at this
Department until MONDAY, the seventh day of
May, 1894, at o'clock p m, at which time and
place they will be opened in the presence of bid
ders or their authorized agents or attorneys, for
doing the necessary painting in the Department.;
and for furnishing such COAL wood, ice, carpets,
chairs, cotton cloth flor map-mounting,, soap,
closet paper, busters, corn brooms, and forage,
as may be ordered during the fiscal year Begin
ming July !, 1894. and ending June 30, 1895. Bids
are also invited for the purchase CT the waste
paper from the Department and for washing
towels. Blanks for proposals. with specifications
giving detailed statement Of the requirements
to be met in respect to each article and also the
estimated quantities probably to be required of
each, and giving full instructions as to the man
ner of bidding and conditions to be observed by
bidders, will be furnished on application to the
DisDursing Clerk and Superintendent, Post Of
fce Department, Washington, d. c. The Post
master General reserves the right to eject any
or all bids, to waive technical defects, and to
ce pit any part of any bid and reject the other
part. W. S. BISSELL, Postmaster General
ID. II Ig m
The Washington times., 1894-04-25

Chicago Board of Trade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
TRAVELLING MEN ORGANIZE.
Effort to Get the National T. P. A. to
Meet in This City.

Post B, OF the Travellers Protective AS
night at the Denlson Hotel. Post will be
subordinate to the Indiana Division Of the
association, which is in many towns Of
the State now fiourishng. The Indianapolis
branch was organized about four years
ago. but was allowed to go out of existence.
The association Is composed entirely of
commercial travlers, and is valuable to
members of the order because Of the ben
efts and accident insurance attached to
5000, and to members injured in an ac-
cdent the association pays s25 per week.
At a cost of so year the members are
entitled to benefits on death or accident. The
meeting was presided over last night by
Clark NJ. Taylor, of Logansport, president
of the Indiana Division, and T. NJ Quigley,
also of Logansport. The following officers
were last night elected by Post b: Charles
NJ. Shattuck, president; Edward A. Plum,
tary and treasurer. The board of directors
was chosen as follows: James w. Mueir.
". F. Quigley. j. c kinsely. D H
Prather, Isaac NJ. Porter and G. McPher-
son.
The annual meeting of the Indiana Di-
vision will be held at Lafayette on May
19. The national body will convene in Mil
waukee on June 10, and it is expected that
on this occasion sufficient Indiana infiu-
citation to secure the next convention for
this city. The cities of Fort Wayne, Lafay-
cite, Logansport, Terre Haute, Vincennes
and Kendallville each maintain lively posts.
urday night, when all travelling men will
be welcome.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
ASKS FOR A TRANSFER
Citizens st. r. r. Company Wants
City'S Suit in Federal Court.
Street-Car History and Litigation Re-
hashed in the Petition Filed Yester-
day for the Removal.

The attorneys for the Citizens Street.
railroad Company which is defendant in
suit brought by the city for forfeiture Of
rights and franchise yesterday filed pc
tition asking for the removal of the case
from the Circuit Court to the United States
court The action of the company is based
on the act of 1887, which provides that in
civil case. where more than two thousand
dollars is involved and where cases arise
under the Constitution of the United States,
shall be tried in the federal court. The pc
tition alleges that the matters in dispute
in this action exceed 5000, and that the
defendant Is a corporation, organized un-
der the general laws of Indiana.
1t is shown that the company organized
prior to Jan. Is. 1864. is still a corpora
ton, and under the statutes of the State
was, prior to that date, possessed of fran
chise from the State to operate a system
of street railways in Indianapolis, subject
Only TO the requirements that 1t should
first obtain the consent of the Common
Council Of the city of Indianapolis to the
location. survey and construction of it's
lines across the streets of the city. Then
it is averred that. being so incorporated
and qualified as such street railway cor
poratlon to operate its system in the city
o
the city did, on Jan. Is, 1864, give its con-
sent to the company. and it proceeded at
once to the construction of it's various lines
of railway.
The petition charges that in contracting
with the City Railway Company, the city
attempted to deprive the Citizens COM
pany of its lawful rights and the endowment
of it's franchise by placing the City COM
pa-ny in possession of the streets. 1t is fur
Their alleged that this action on the part
of the city was induced by agreement
with the City Railway Company that il
should pay to the city a large sum of
money for the rights secured In conclud-
ing it's petition the Citizens company AYERS
that all of said actions and doing on the
part of the said authorities 10 wit: the
Legislature of the State of Indiana in en-
acting said city charter with it's large
grants Of said powers to said city authori-
ties, and especially to said Board of Public
Works, and of said city authorities to witt
said Common Council and Board of Public
Works, in so far as said charter authorizes
or seems or purports to authorize the at
tempt, under color of said grants. to annuI
seid petitioners contracts with said CITY
and State, and abridge the contract rights
of this petitioner are in violation of this
petitioners rights under Section 10 Article
j. of the Constitution of the United States
and under the fourteenth amendment TO
sa id Constitution
Judge Brown heard the petition read and
announced that he would defer his decision
until the return of attorney John NJ Butler
from Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-25
Average April Weather.

The chief OF the weather bureau directs
the publication of the following data. COM
piled from the record of observations for
the month of April. taken at this station
for period Of twenty-three years:
Temperature-Msa or normal tempera-
ture. 50 dec. The warmest April was that
OF 1873 with an average OF 50 deg; the
coolest, that Of 1874. with 10 deg: the
highest temperature during any April was
50 deg. on the 18th in 1888 and 18th in 1887;
lowest was 10 deg. on the 18th in 1870;
average date on which last killing frost
occurred lin spring. April 10
Precipitation (ra=n and melted snow
Average for the month, 3.S3 inches: aver
age number of days with .0l OF an inch
or more, Is; greatest monthly precipita-
ton. $50 inches in 1898; least, 1.29 inches
in 1873. The greatest amount of precipita-
ton recorded in any twenty-four consecu-
tive hours was 2.62 inches on the 9th and
10th in 1888. The greatest amount OF snow
fall recorded in twenty-four consecutive
hours (record extending 10 winter OF 1SSi-S5
only was 3.5 inches on the 9Th in 1886.
Clouds and W eather-Average number Of
cloudless days, Z; partly cloudy, Il; cloudy
II.
Wnd-The prevailing winds have been
from the northwest. The highest velocity
OF the wind during any April was So miles
in date not KNOWN 1913 and 1877.
G.. L. II. WAPPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official. Weather Bureau.