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U. G. YOUNG NOMINATED
For the State Senate By the Tenth Distrie
ROpublicaus-An Euthustastis coaTSn

For the State Senate by the Tenth District
Ropublicaus-An Euthustastie ConVOn.
tion.
sp,rtai Dbpa:eh 70 he Iatsatssueer
WESTON, ". Va, August 0. Tho
Tenth senatorial district convention
met hero to-day and nominated o. G..
Young, Of Upshur county, for state
aenator. All the counties Of tho dis
trIct wero represented, and It was in
deed an enthusiastic gathering Of car
nest working Republicans. Harmony
reiSned supreme There was not jar.
@. F. Teter, OF Barbour county, Was
made temporary chairman and D. u.
Plckens. Of Randolph, and Hon. A. 3.
Clark, Of Upshur, wore made secre'
taries. This organization was made
permanent
Theusual committeGs wero appointed,
aud strong aud ringing resolutions wore
adopted condeming tho administration
Of tho Democracy for wanton neglect,
aud incompetoncy, and for completely
ignoring the wishes aud, d,demands OF the
people. After oil preliminary work, tho
chair announced the business Of tho
convention 10 bo tho nomination OF o
candidate for the etate senate and tho roll
OF committees was called. Hon. A. G.
Dayton responded for Barbour and
placed In nomination n. F. Hall. OF tho
Phiiippi Republican. Ho made bril-
liant effort and was frequently applaud.
cd during his address. r. A. D. Hall,
OF Lewis county, placed In nomination
U. G. Young, Of Upshur, aud there be-
ing no other candidates the ballot pro-
ceeded, but before 1t was finished Mr.:
Dayton withdrew Mr. Halls name and
moved to make the nomination Of
Young unanimous. Tho motion was
carried amid much applause.
Mr.. Young Ia young attorney Of
ability and great popularity. lo is o
native of Barbour county, but has been
in Upshur county engaged In practice
for some years. A number OF Demo
crata declared their intention today to
support him OF the polls. George Q.
Cole, OF Lewis county, md James II.
Hanson, OF Upshur county, were pros
pective candidates and Oach had the
eolid following OF his own county, but
before nominations were In order they
gracefully withdrew, and their names
wero not presented before tho conven-
ti0n
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uoBoEs IN CONVENTION.
Belmont PopnIists win lInrch 70 Their
County Convention.

Belmont PopuIists WIN aInrch TO Their
County Convention.
A Populist paper in the interior Of
Ohio announces that the delegates will
20 to their state convention noxt week.
like Coxey's army won't to Washington.
1t says the state has boon divided into
four districts, and that southeastern
Ohio will assemble at Lancaster on the
18th. On August 10 Belmont county
will march to Barnesville, then 10 Cam
bridge on the next day, and arriving In
GAINESVILLE on tho 18th. Monroe and
Noble counties will join tho procession
OF Cambridge, GAINESVILLE or Lancaster:
From Zanosvillo thu line Of march viii!
be to Lancaster over tho MNysville pike.
The Washington county delo9ation will
march to McConnelsvilie, then across
to Lancaster, gathering the Morgan and
Perry county forces." There will not be
more than two mon from Belmont
county at that convention, and neither
Of them will walk. They have passes.
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THREE BALLS OF FIRE

Strike tho Earth During M Electrical
Storm In Colorado.
CnEEDE, CoEo., AuEuat S.-During a
rain storm last night the sky became
very vivid with electrical flashes, aud
thundor rolledin q deafening way. With
three accom- paniments, what appeared
10 be three bulls OF firo, Oach as largo as
mans two fists, struck tho grounds ell
lnuItaneously, within a radius OF ltty
As soon rs they struck thCrc was a
shock, and then the balls burst. throw.
Ing out innumerablo sparks. Tho In
habitants experienced q great scare,
but no damapo was done.
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TUE BELL Telephone


Monopoly Said to lie Interested In the
Proposed PntCut Legislation.
WASHINGTON, August 9,-Rcproserta'
tive Chllds, Of Illinois. has presented II
memorial in tho house protesting
against proposed pasOnt legislation on
the ground that It ia Ia tho interest Of
tho American Bell Telephone Company.
Tho memorial is signed by Charles II.
Aldrich, who was solicitor general undor
the last administration, and asserts that
BY several bills introduced in Con.
gress an attempt has boon mGdo to
socure an amendment to tho
revised statutes go that domestic pat"
ent shalt not DO limited in its duration
by she expiration oil o foreign pat0nt,
unless the patent In tho foreign coun-
try has been granted prior to tho dnte
Of the 0ling OF tho application In this
country. He claims that the American
Bell Telephone Company is vitality In
terested in this proposed legislation
and great wrong would bo dono tho
American people should tho law be
changed.
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rEnRInLE ACCIDENT.

Father and Daughter Killed IN n Runa.
wny-fw0 Children Unhurt.
SoA4d' DtSpatch 10 he Inte''tgencsy.
CHARLESTON, ". Va. August 90. y.
Martin and daughter, Mrs. Murrell
Melton, and her two iniant childron
wcro driving near Evergreen, when Tho
horse became frightened and ran OF.
Martin was found 10 tho road dead
with hie head mashed. Mrs. Melton
was uucdnscious aud died at 10 o'clock
this morning. Whom found tho baby
was trying 10 sucklo tho mother and
tho two-and-a.halt-year old littlo girl
was wiping the blood from hcr mothers
face. Neither child WINS hurt.
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Tho popo to tho Hrooklyn Pilgrims.

LONDON, August l0.-A dispatch to
The Chronicle from Romc Gays: The
Brooklyn pilgrims attended mass in tho
private Chapel to-day. Most OF them
received communion Mt tho hands OF tho
Popo. As each Of them was presented
by Father Porcile, his holiness spoke
few words. Tho popo ia in excellent
houlth. Addressing tho pilgrims he re-
ferrcd foelngIy to tho devotion OF tho
American clergy aud laity. and said he
hoped to create several now diocosos in
the United States before his death.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

New York Democratic convention
will be hold at Saratoga on September
25.
Tho Denver A. r. U. has declared tho
Pullman boycott OF on the Union
Pacific.
Tho cash balance in tho treasury yes.
terday was Slls,200.S0o, Of which so2,'
257,50s was gold reserve.
The local officers OF the a. r. U. at
Brazil, Ind, have been arrested on q
United States warrant.
The Cleveland Window Shade Com
pauy Is in a receivers hand, Aasets
and liabilities not stated.
Twenty-Five people wero injured, five
seriously, by trolley cur collision a.
Hazleton, Pa, yesterday.
George Washington Farris was nom.
mated for Congress In the Sixth In.
diana district by the Republicans.
Governor Pattison has refused re-
spite to Noel HARRISON who Is TO be
hanged at Pittsburgh September Q.
It was 105 above zero at 81. Joseph,
No., yesterday, and as rain has not yet
fallen tho corn crop in the vicinity is
ruined.
Thirteen persons were killed and
twenty.nine wounded by the earth
quake shocks at Aci Reale, Sicily.
"Wednesday.
BY the fall OF scafoid on tho new
city hnll in Jorscy City Thomaa Dwyer
was killed aud six other worknen were
badly injured.
Governor o'Ferrall, OF Virginin, has
notified the 500 Coxcyites oncamped
opposite Washington 10 get out OF the
state by noon to-day.
Tho coal striko begun April 81 ut
Morris, ILL.,, aud has prevailed In Grand
county up to tho present time, was
officially declared off yesterday.
Yesterday over onc.third Of Dawson,
Mimi, was burned and tho hardest
kind Of work alone saved tho rest OF
tho town. Loss exceeds $4,000
George n. Hinckley, deputy auditor
OF Tatha county, Idaho, Is arrested
charged with forging county warrants,
ranging in amounts from $1,000 to Sl6'-
900.
Tho supreme court Of Alabama, has
ordored Judge Tullcy impoached for
completely in tho murder OF Robert q.
Ross, at Scottsborro, some montha
ngo.
Clifford, Ills, was almost swept away
BY ilro yesterday. Two grain elevators,
tho Illinois Central depot and tho on
tire business part ot tho town are III
ashes,
Judge Casowoll Bennett, chief justice
OF tho court OF appeals OF KOntucky,
diod suddonly yesterday morning at
uopkinsvillc. Ho was candidate tor
recollection in November
Two moro departments at Pullman
havo been started up and QUO mon arc
at work. Tho strikorn have issued an
appeal 10 the labor organizations OF the
country, saying they Aro starving.
Tho Wyoming Democratic state plat
form refuses TO endorse Clevoland's I'D.
mlnistratIon, declares for FREQ silver,
and pays tho Wilson bill only partially
Te,leems Democratic pledges. The con-
ycntion Is still wrangling over ticket
Mao Hastings killed hcrscIt at the
Great Northern hotel, Chicago, with
morphine. Miss Hastings was bcau'
tiipl young woman and 10 said to have
belonged 10 prominent Louisville fam
ily. x quarrel with hor tiance was tho
cause.
Tho Now York Republican committee
yegierIny adopted a resolution 20 tho
clIoct that tho pending tariff bill 10 q
blow at our manufacturing interests
and aims to strike down our wool In
dusLry, tho Republican senators are ro'
quested to usc all eGorta TO defeat 1t.
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BOU7ELLE'S BLAST.
BY Way Of Parting Shot at
Cleveland's Hawaiian Policy.
CREATES A LIVELY SCENE AGAIN,

In Speaking on u Qncstion of Person.
al Privilege aud conccrnine His
Resolution Recognizing the New
RcpubIlc-ordored by tho Speaker
to Take His Scat-Mr MoCreary
Shares a Similar Fate Whom He At.
tompts to Reply to tho Maine stRtes-
man.
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TROOPS ORDERED our.

LATER-After q conference lasting ton
hours. between the state, municipal and
county authorities and the packers. In
which tho situation was thoroughly
canvassed. tho packers refused to con.
tinue business tomorrow without the
presence OF the state troops, aud tho
governor i8suod the necessary orders.
A particularly exaSperGtinR feature OF
the disturbance 10 that laborers and
Others who have no connection with tho
packing houses are mistaken Tor pack
Ing house men and made 10 suffer from
violence.
Two hundred more deputy sheritlB
were added TO the numberS OF guards at
tho packing houses at O'clock. While
tho situation Is quite strained, It ap.
pears on tho surface TO be more quiet
than last night.
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A pEsTRuorivE CAvE.IN.
A Large Section of Scranton Sinks into
NIIue-Grcat Loss Of Property.

A Large Section of Scranton Sinks Into
MIne-Grcat Loss Of Property.
SCRANTON, Pa, August ga mino
underlying part Of tho western portion
Of this city caved In this afternoon for q
distance of .hreo blocks, affecting pro-
perty to the extent OF quarter Of a
million dollars and causing an excite
ment which almost verGed on panic
among tho residents Of the locality.
The cavc.iu was caused by robbtng
the pillars which supported tho roof OF
the mine. Tho property extending
from tho corner Of Fellows and Eighth
streets, sunk from ono inch to four feet.
TMenty.eight houses wero wrecked.
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Al Isrrr.

Those who have used Dr.. Kings New
Discovery know its va|uo, and ihoso
who havo not, havo now tho opporlu-
nity 10 try It FREQ, Gnii on tho advcr.
Iiscd druggist aud gcta trial bottlo FREQ.
Send your namo mud address 10 II. Il,
Bucklrn & Co., Chicago, and got u aam-
plc box OF Dr. Kings New EiIo Pilli
Tree, az well asa copy Of Gnido to Health
mud Household instructor, free. All of
which ia guaranteed 10 10 you good aud
cost you nothing. Logan Drug Co.'S
drug store )
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TIE oRlIaXrAL WAR.
Denied That IL Hung Chnm: lInS Bcen d.
vpsted of uiH Yellow Jacket.

Denied That IL Hung Chang lInS Bcen Di.
vosted of u,s Yellow Jacket.
LONDON, August 9.-Thc correspond
ent OF tho Times at Ticn Tsin declares
Il, at tho report that tho rank and file Of
tho viceroy Ii Hung Chang has been rs-
due cd by imperial commend is entirely
uniouuded.
The report that the Chinese general
Yien was killed in battle with Japan
CSC forces at Asau is also declared to be
untrue. \ further dcnial lH made oil
tho report that tho Chineso ateamer
Koawagui has boon aunk.
The English CoIonyin lien Tsin have
signed n petition to tho homo govern
mont requesting that British gunboNt0
be sent 10 that port TO proyont pnnics:
Tho Chinese government has ordered
al! tho authorities throughout tho em'
pirc TO protect foreigners aud mission
1riog
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WASHINGTON, D. @, Anguat 0.-Whon
tho committee on foreign affairs mot to.
dny Chairman McCrcary announced tho
intention OF tho President. This an.
n0unccmen. did not have the effect,
however, OF withdrawing Mr.. Bou.cllU's
resolution. Tho Republican momhers
OF tho committee maintained that tho
Prosidents action did not affect tho
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wilhdraws tho TroopA

DENVER, Col, August o.-General Nc.
Cook has Withdrawn all troops from
service along tho limo Of tho Southern
Pacific road In Arizona. In view Of tho
firing upon soldiers at Newcastle, II Ia
not likely that the Colorado or New
Mexico troops will be withdrawn soon.
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A GnEAr SUCCESS.

Loeb Linn heights Lot Sale opens up
We'll.
Special DtSpGhca 10 tie Easa1taeRcsn
Mr. LAKE PARK, Mp, August 9.-Loch
Linn Heights lot sale was q great suc.
cess. Over ton thousand dollars worth
OF lots woro sold. Tho sale will con.
tinHe Tomorrow.
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Nsw yonK, August s.-The Ropubli-
can faction in this city known as tho
Brook1eld- Bliss. or committee Of thirty
faction, was declared by tho state COM
mitteo to.day to bo the regular Republs'
con organization Of this city. It was
recommended that tho committee OF
thirty havo new enrolment go oil tho
Republicans in tho city might be taken
and that Consideration bo shown" to
tho other side--the Platt Mulholland
faction.
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End of the Coxey Army.

BAlrIMoRE, Mn,, August 9.-Marahat
Froy dispatched forty policemen by spe'
cial train to fayetteville at 8 o'clock this
morning and arrested the remainder OF
Coxey'a army. oiehty-6ve In number, on
the charge OF vagrancy, aud the
soldiers" are now captives in tho Mary.
land house OF correction.
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SOUTHAMPTON. August 9.-Ar'ived,
Normannia, from New York.
ROTTERDAM. August o. Arrived,
steamers Ohio, Baltimore 9Th; Mas
dam, Now York, for Bologna,
HAvRE, August 9.-ArrIved. steamer
Zaaudam, Now York. for Amsterdam.
LIVERPOOL, Ausust9,--Arrived, steam.
BrittauiC, Now York 9th.
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A cownrdiy Murder.

specfdi DtsDulch 10 the lrltOf1tnctF.
CHARLESTON, KANAwuA Co., W. Va,
August 0.-Dr. J. Will Davis, promi-
nent Montgomery physician, was shotut
three times from ambush to-day, while
returning from o patient on Morris
creek. Ono ball passed. through tho
stomach inficttng probably fatal
wound. There 10 no clue ..whatover to
Tho nasaesip.
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Dual GOVERNMENT
In AlubaIna Will Bo tho Result Of
tho Lato Election.
pOPULISTS CLAIM THE VICTORY

And Rcfusc 10 Accept tho Result-A
Revolutionary Address to tho Poo
pic Issucd Calling on Thorn to "AS-
scrt tho Power Before Which
Thrones TottCr. sccptros Fail aud
tho ousragcs Of TyFantS Ccase."
Kolb win Organize q Dual state
Government
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AMSTERDAM. August 0.-There wcro
Eve new cases Of cholCra reported in
this city to-day. There was also ono
death. AZ Maastricht there wero tbrce
now cases and at Barsingorhorn thcro
Wns ono death.
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WAsutxoroS. August 0.-Tho confer.
eos Of tho sundry civil bill will report a
disagreement tomorrow. Tho matn
points Of difference arc tho approptta.
ton for the purchase Of tho Malone
sIte for government printing Office and
certain appropriations Tor public build
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WINE GROWERS, TRUST
Orcauizcd In CaIItornin-Wino Merchants
FnIIiug In Line.

Falling In Line.
SAN Francisco, August 0.-At q
meeting of vino growers this after.
noon Il. E, Preston, president Of
the association recently formed to
organize trust embracing ali the
vino growing interests Of tho state.
reported that seven OF the leading wine
merchants had signed articles Of incor.
poration aud forwarded them TO tho
secretary OF state at Sacramento. Tho
company Is now prepared to treat with
tho committee OF seven vino growers
recently appointed to secure options on
tho grape crop OF the atato.
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MILWAUKEE. Wis, August 0.-1n a
riot tonight mt the intersection Of For
cat Home and Eighth avcnuc and
Mitchell street, resulting when tho po.
lice attempted to prevent macs moot.
ing called to protest against tho action
OF tho health nuthoritios, about thirty
men we're injured and cleven arrests
,nodn
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status Of tho resolution and 1t was still
in order mud desirable for Congress TO
extend It's greetings to the republic!
Speeches were made on both sides and
the committee adjourned without ac-
ton. This Is thought to end the mat
Ter, for no moro meetings OF the COM
mIttee arc expected this session.
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TEN people KILLED.

Terrible wrcCst of tho Oklahoma and Rock
Island Express.
0nAHA, Mn, August 9-Thc Okla
homa & Rock Island express eastbound
duo at Omaha at 7 n. IN. jumped over
a bridge on the Union Pacific, five miles
south Of Lincoln, at 10 o'clock tonight.
Ton passengers were killed and all the
tralnmen but tho engineer. All the
cars arc burning.
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PRACTICALLY OVER.
The Strike broken ut oinaha-Doputies
Prevent Further Trouble,

EEuNuh EuEtueE AFuuu1tS
OMAHA, ME-. August 9.-sheriE
Drexe! sent 100 deputies to South Omaha
at an early hour this morning. and as q
consequence there was no trouble when
the new men went to work in tho pack.
ing house. Tho deputies broke up tho
picket limos Of the strikcrs and escorted
tho workmen to the houses in squads
Tho strikers stood around at distance
and hootod and jeered, but they did not
otter 10 do anything violent. A mum.
Der Of old men returned to work under
the protection OF the officers. All Of
the houses began killing in spite oil the
threat Of tho managers that they would
do no work until the militia had been
called out. Its the general belief that
the atrito 10 now practically broken.
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Do you have headache. dizziness,
drowsiness, loas ot appetite aud other
symptoms Of biliousncssH Hoods Snr.
saparilla will euro you. 10
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ST, PrrERsDuRG, August 0.-Twcnty.
two now cascs Of cholera and fourteen
deaths from that disease have boon re.
ported hcrc to-day.
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RtcnMoNp, VA, August 0.-The Dem
ocrats Of tho Ninth district, AZ BRISTOL
to.day, nominated Judge II. s K. Nor
rison 70 succeed "oyclone' Jim Mar
shah In Congress.
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LONDON, August "a dispatch to n
ncws agency from lion Tsin statcs that
tho emperor has directed that II levy DO
made upon tho various viceroys for a
wnf tribute,
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RoMv, August 0.--Tho official journal
announces that the government will
maintain neutral position in tho war
between japan aud China.
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In tho morning hour, Mr.. Meyer
(Dcm. La.) from tho committee on mil
lila again called up tho bill to promote
tho eilicioncy Of the militia, which waa
under consideration for a short timE
yesterday. The bill placed every able.
bodicd Citizon OF tho United States, be.
tween the Az OF IS and 10 In tho mill.
tin, the organized forces to bo known rs
tho National Guard" tho unorgan.
iznd rs "rcservo militia" "
Mr.. Fithian Dom. Ill., took occasion
to donouncc tho action Of tho federal
government on tho occasion OF tho re-
cont strIko at Chicago in sending tho
federal troops into Illinois.
Mr. Cannon tRep. His. J. described The
situation at Chicago at tho tino tho
federal troops werO ordered there. Tho
Ptesidont hNd done hisduty. The coun.
try said "God bless him; what courage
no has! !" and tho Republicans, viewing
tho fearless performance OF hts duty,
had cried "Amenw Upon this issue
he should stand by tho Democratic OK.
ccu.ive. [RepubIicau applause.
Aftor q session lasting only littlO
more than m hour aud q half, during
which no business Of any Importance
was transacted, tho senate adjourned
to.daY
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BruLlsuroN. Iowa, August S.-Tho
rolay riders reached Fairfield, Iowa, at
Il 40 .. III.
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For wcs, vIrvlnia. fair; cooler; southwest
winds, becoming northwest
For Western Penn ylvHuiu and OHIO, tllr;
cooler: northeast winds.
TIM TEMPERArCHE YESTERDAY
az frrntsfted bye seHNErF. druggist cotaos
NI..rn1 nt,I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-01
ANACOSTLA.

Or. l. B. Wilson. the successor OF Rev.
Or. Naylor as presiding elder OF the WASH
ington district. will make his first official
visitation to the Anacostia NJ. E. Church
on Sunday evening next On the follow
ing Tuesday he, together with the official
board Of the church. will be entertained at
dinner by the pastor. Rev. James McLaren.
The matrons OF Anacostia will convene at
the residence OF Mrs. d. Shanks, No. 4S
jackson street, for the regular weekly de-
votional exercises tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock.
instead of the hour Of p. m, as heretofore.
The recently organized base ball club, COM
posed OF members Of the Anacostia Baptist
Sunday school, is engaged at severe practice
for the coming struggle for the championship
of Anacostia- The following players compose
the nine: Pitcher, r. Harlan catcher, j. W.
Willmuth; first base. s. Harlan; second
base, w. Nally; shortstop G. Kellum; third
base. T. Harlan: center field. Oscar Raba;
left field. r. Griffith; right field, B. Frazier;
substitutes. ]. Crawford and T. Robey.
Mr. Geo H Stephenson, who came to
Anacostia to pay visit to his son, Rev.
Hugh T. Stephenson. pastor OF the Ana
costa Baptist Church, and incidentally to
attend the late exercises of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows in commemoration of
its seventy-fifth anniversary. left today for
his home at Schashticoke, n. Y.