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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
Death of n Former WashingtOnian.

Private dispatches received today an
nounce the death of Col. Alexander Lynch
formerly q resident of this city, at his
home near San Antonio, Fla. Col. Lynch
has been a sufferer for several years from
a complication of kidney and liver troubles
and his death, though by no means unex-
pected, was a great shock to his many
friends in this city. He was well and IA
vorably known here in knights of Pythias
and legal circles, and during the Harrison
administration occupied the position of
register of the United States land Office at
Gainesville, Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11

apeake end Potomac, 4s bid, 52a asked. Amsri-
can GraphoPh9ns, A bid 9 asked. Pneumatic Gun
Miscellaneous Stocks-Washington Market I41S
bid Is asked, Great Falls Ice, 100 bid, las asked
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, 90 bid Lin
coin Hall, IS bid, loo asked. Inter-Ocean building
90 asked. Mergenthaler Linotype, 1875 bid i45
asked. -. --.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
Health officers I'm Conference.

At the Ebbitt House tomorrow morning
the national conference of state boards OF
health will commence for the tenth an
nj al time. Numerous distinguished men
in medical life VIII take part in the dis
cussions, and II rs expected that much
future practical benefit to the health OF
cities will result from the interchange Of
views.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
Fatal Discharge of u Gun.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
CUMBERLAND, Nd December 11.-This
morning two children of Enos Bennett, liv-
ing on the Baltimore pike, near this city,
were playing with gun, when it was
discharged, killing a sixteen-year-old
daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
Free Fight on a Theater STAGE.

OMAHA. Neb., December 11.-As a result
of a general fight among the members of
the Katie Emmett Dramatic Company on
the stage of the Empire Theater, COM
paint has been filed in police court charx-
Ing Catharine Williams, alias Katie EN-
nett, and Hubert Sacket with assault.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
Shit for Divorce.

Olga Palmer Bagaley today filed a suit
for divorce against Waterman Palmer
Be galey. The grounds for the divorce
were withheld from the public, the papers
in the case being locked up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11

A fireboard falling against an Oil stove
in the house of Mrs. Kerhuel, No. l2l3 l
street, about o'clock last evening caused
a small blaze. Mrs. Kerhuel, In extinguish-
ing the flames, sustained slight burns to
her hands. <--r4. $. .i1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening, the high
est and the lowest and the closing prices
of the New York stock market today as re-
ported by Corson & Mccartney, members
New York stock exchange. Correspondents
Messrs. Moore & Schley. No. 50 Broadway:
Stocks. Open. High. Low Close
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
Range of the Therm

The following were the readings Of the
thermometer at the weather bureau today:
s am, ~; 2 pm, A; maximum. AZ mimi
mum, AZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11
Pension AOurOyeI

The President has approved the act
granting a pension to Mary Martin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-11

Reported by Silsby & Co., Bankers and Brokers.
CHICAGO, December IL, 1894.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
MIsCELLANEOUs.

A MEDAL of honor has been awarded
in the name of congress to David Il.
Day, private Co. d, Fifty-seventh Ohio
volunteers, for distinguished bravery
in an assault on the enemys wofks
at Viclssburg, May %, 1863. This skas
by direction of the president.
A SCHEME to make a general diskri-
button of government maps amosig
schools throughout the country is ro-
vided for in recommendation fDr-
warded by Director Walcott, of She
geological survey, to Secretary Smith,
and by him transmitted to congress
The Portuguese government has ae-
cided TO construct navy, and with
this object in view the sum of G12o 900
yearly will be provided for tweYty
years. Bids will be invited from slsip
builders in the United States and otter
countries.
The statement of the assoc -.Al
banks eff New York city for the week
ended the 22d showed the following
changes: Reserve, increase, $500, $50;
loans, decrease, Ss.605, 100; specie, in
crease, S6,551, 100; legal tenders, de-
crease, $500, 500; deposits, decrease,
$40, a94, 200; circulation, decrease, $780,
200.
OK the 22d the associated banks Of
New York city held S33. 300. 675 in ex-
cess of the requirements OF the 25-per-
cent. rule.
BREMEN state authorities have issued
an order prohibiting importation of
cattle and pigs from England and Ire
land. The authorities of Hamburg
have issued similar prohibitory or.
der.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Ok the 2ist Count Botho Gutenberg
was the guest of the emperor at the
royal hunt at Neutrality-suspicious.
Other guests surmised that Count
Botho, who was once president of the
Prussian council of ministers, would
before long succeed Prince Hohenlohe
as chancellor of the empire.
MAMMALIAN SCHMuTTBERGER captain
of police, in command of the Tender
loin" district, made confession before
the Lexow committee, on the 21st, to
the effect that the entire police system
of New York city, with the exception
of Supt Byrnes and few others, was
rotten to the core; that blackmail and
bribery, extortion and corruption were
common crimes in the department, and
that mercenary methods alone actuated
his fellow-officers.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN, on the 2lst,
authorized his private secretary, Rev.
FL. L. Newey, to state, in regard to the
interdiction of the odd fellows, the
Knights of Pythias and the Sons of
Temperance by the pope, that 1t does
not imply that Catholics who continue
to be members of these orders will be
excommunicated or compelled to under
go penance.
IT was decided, on the evening of
the 21st, by the attorneys for Debs and
the other officials of the American
Railway union to take an appeal from
the decision of Judge Woods The case
will be carried to the United States
supreme court.
On the 22d the remains of Sir John
Thompson were placed on board III. NJ.
S. Blenheim, at Plymouth, to be con-
veyed home to Canada for interment.
All due honor was paid to the dead
premier, a wreath from the queen being
among the floral tokens diplayed upon
the coffin. The vessel sailed on the
93d.
On the 2od Col. .J. g. Bachelor,
United States government Gettysburg
historian, died at his home in Boston,
of pneumonia. He had been i'll but a
short time.
HENRY MULLEN, president of the
Miners district organization at Mas
sillon, O., has issued statement to the
effect that the miners accepted the
award of the board of arbitration .un-
der protest, rcserving the right to ask
for new settlement when opportunity
offers.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
FIERCE FIGHTING.

4 Chinese Force Makes a Determined
Stand, Fighting Bravely for Five Hours,
But Finally Flee In the Direction of Wing
Kow, Before the Superior Organization
and yaloT of the Pursuing Japanese-The
Casualties.
LONDON, Dec. 24.-The Antony CORE
spondent of the Central News says
that Gen. Yamagata's division of the
second division of the japanese army
has advanced norNward steadily for 4
month, and on December IS, occupied
Kai Ping. No defense was made.
On December 10 scouts reported to
Lieut.. Gen. Katsura, then near Lao
Yang, that a large force of Chinese
could be seen moving in the direction
of Lao Chang. This force proved to be
the defeated garrison of Hal Chang
under the command of Gen. Sung.
The Chinese had fled with all posi-
bic speed ever since the 18th, when
their position was captured by the
enemy. They were then in a rather de-
moralized condition and were making
for Moukden.
Katsura decided to intercept them.
He left camp on the night of the 18th
with his whole force, and the next
morning overlook the Chinese at the
village of Kung Wasai, where they
made an obstinate stand. Although in
poor condition they were nearly 10000
strong, and forced some fierce fighting
upon the Japanese. In the midst Of
the battle Oshima's brigade from Hal
Cheng came up and gave Katsura ac-
tive support.
The Chinese held out with surprising
bravery. They faced the well-directed
fire from five japanese batteries and
fought desperately, although without
effective organization. The japanese
infantry charged twice through the
scattered lines, but the enemy rallied.
Three bayonet charges eventually
won the day for Katsura after five
hours of the hottest fighting yet ex-
perienced by the second army. The
Chinese faltered as the third advance
began, and then fed in disorder to-
wards Wing Kow The losses are not
known, but the Chinese are reported
to have left 500 men on the field.
Fukushima, who gained notoriety
some time ago by riding from Berlin
to Corea, has been appointed chief
civil administrator of Antony.
A 1;s7ut1iI frUin tic central News
correspondent in Toxic says that Corea
has agreed to open the new ports OF
Mokpo, province of Chollado, and Chi
unampo, on the Taitung river
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
THE RECREANT SON
OF a Worthy Father Sent to the Ohio PEN
itentiary- in JAIL

CoLUaBUs, o., Dec. 24.-James N.
Bray, reputcd son OF an English army
officer of high rank, arrived at the
Ohio penitentiary Saturday night.
He came to this country few months
ago and located in Cleveland, where
he purchased costly furniture on the
installment plan, sold it and, without
paying for it, skipped to Houston,
Tex, where he was arrested.
The arrest interferred with his mar
rage there to Miss Grace Hugo, but
She followed to Cleveland and the we'd
ding took place In the jail.
The young mans father sent him
$500 to square matters, and while the
firm he had beaten was willing to set
tic the prosecutor would not allow IT,
Then several wealthy and influential
citizens, who satisfied themselves OF
the rank Of the young mans father,
tried to save the accused, but their ef-
forts failed. They will now make an
effort to secure a pardon for him from
Gor. Mckinley
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,

JOHN Cox attempted to kill his wife
1T Gray's, KY, on the 18th. Cox was
drunk, and fred two shots at his wife.
but missed her. Selling an AK, he
threw it at her head, but missed her.
The woman picked up the AK and at
tackled her husband, almost chopping
his head from his body.
JOHN ScHUsTER, farmer of Macomb b
founty, Mich, was burned to death, on
the night of the 18th, while trying to
rescue cattle from a burning barn. He
was first overcome by the smoke.
Oh the 21st Edward 2. harrington.
aged 55, of Brewer, Ne. treasurer of the
Brewer savings bank, committed sui
eide by shooting through the temple.
He had been prominent merchant and
business man for many years. There
was no shortage in his accounts.
On the 2lst Jacob Clark, q we'll
known civil engineer and a surveyor
Of Elizabeth, n. j.. was struck and
fatally injured By locomotive whils
at work surveying the tracks Of the
Central Railroad o{ New JsrseF.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

The German lodges Of Knights OF
Pythias of Albany, N. T., have decided
to withdraw from the orderand organiz.
themselves into new order to be
known as the Improved Order Of tie
Knights of Pythias."
FRANK JAMES, the ex-train robber, is
to become an actor. He is to star in q
melodrama depicting life in the far
West
JeHN e. BITTELL and his wife are
under arrest at st. Joseph Mo-, charged
with flooding Oklahoma with counterfeit
ore, two and five dollar notes.
JUSTICE WALL, in the case OF the
People VS.. Ryan, at Leadville, COL, for
arson, has rendered decision dismiss
ing Ryan and holding that there is no
law in Colorado prohibiting man from
burning his own house.
INTERESTING developments are ex-
pected at an early day as result Of the
strained relations between the United
States and Spain over the tariff.
Mrs CARRIE Moon, Of Newman's
Grove, Del, went out to milk fractions
COW. As she did not return as soon as
usual, her children went out and found
her lying under the COW, dead, the COW
having kicked and stamped her to death.
One white man and seven negroes
were killed near Quitman, Ga, on the
Esd. The whites and blacks to the
number of 400 are armed and race war
is feared.
THIRTEEN Federal prisoners arrived
at the Ohio penitentiary on the 23d from
Georgia, nine of whom were whitecaps.
three counterfeiters and one embezzler.
AT Terre Haute, Ind, on the 2sd, Mrs.
Julia A. Harrigan fell out Of bed in
such way as to break her neck.
THE citizens of Newmarket, Ind, to
the number of twenty-five, marched to
the Newmarket saloon on the 21st and
applied the incendiary torch. The
building and contents were burned to
the ground. This is the second time in
two years the place has been burned out
THE Supreme Court of Alabama has
annulled the charter of the Capital City
Waterworl1s Company, because it haa
violated it's contract in having furnished
the city of Montgomery instead of un-
adulterated artesian water an admixture
of artesian and river water.
ABE SYcocK, a farmer living near
Pocahontas, Ark, was assassinared on
the cath while sitting by his freside
with his wife. Tae shot was fred
through . window, There ia no clsw,
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
fSecond Session

second Session.
In the senate on the 10th. the debate on tho
Nicaragua canal bill was continued. occupying
over four hours of the sitting. Mr.. Turpie
Qnd.) resv ned and finished his speech against
the bin, concluding by offering substitute pro-
y.ding for board OF three civil engineers to
make SURVEY and estimate, which he declared
was as far as the senate should go az this ses-
sion. Spe Hches In favor OF the bill were made
by Mr.. Cullum Gll) and Mr.. Perkins (Cai) ....-
In the house the debate on the currency bill
occupied the hours Mr.. Warner IN. W adj
yocated and Messrs. johns on und.) and Ellis
(ky.) opposed the bill. Mr.. Bland (Mo.) gave
notice that he would move to amend by sub
stitutng for the bill his observation-disclosures
and-coin-note scheme.
IN the senate, on the goth, the entire time OF
the session was devoted to the exercises in
connection with the acceptance and placing in
Statuary hall of the capitol of the marble
statues OF Gen John Stark and Daniel Web
ster presented to the nation by the state OF
New Hampshire The eulogies consisted OF
four speeches upon Stark and ten upon Web
ster .....I In the house the Carlisle currency
ana banking bill was under discussion for
three hours. An urgency deficiency bill was
passed appropriating S3a00o0 to carry on the
work of closing up the eleventh census, and
100000 TO pay Jurors and witnesses in United
States courts Senate bill granting pension
OF 500 per month to the widow OF Gen. Banks
was passed. Jlle remainder oil the session was
devoted to the ceremonies connected with the
reception OF the gift OF the state of New HaTnp-
shire Of statues Of Gen. Stark and Daniel Web
ster,
The senate was not in session on the 2ist,.
In the house Mr.. Springer presented and read
for information the substitute for the Carlisle
currency and banking bill. of which he had
given previous notice. The discussion of the
measure occupied most Of the afternoon. Bills
were passed admitting contract laborers and
articles for exhibition 1T the Atlanta GA and
Portland (Ore.l expositons duty free. con-
current resolution was agreed to providing for
the holiday recess Of congress extending from
the 2?d to January 3.
IN the senate, on the I'D, the concurrent res
olution for the Christmas holidays was
Cured in. A resolution instructing the secre-
tary of the navy to report why United States
ship-of-war has not been stationed and retained
at Honolulu, offered by Mr.. Lodge (Mass.), went
over without action the senate adjourned
until January &c. In the house one speech
was made In favor OF the currency and banking
bill and three were made in opposition to it.
Previous to the taking up of the currency bill,
several private bills were passed by unanimous
consent. AT $50 o'clock the house adjourned
for the holiday recess.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
HUNTSVILLE. ALA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 1894.

On the 2ist James Bullock, secre-
tary of the Montreal Hunt club, shot
and killed himself in his Office in
Montreal, Can.
ROBERT PosTEN, formerly con-
fidential employe of the packing firm
of Underwood Sc Mccoy, of Chicago,
and who, on his Disappearance about
one year ago, was charged with the
embezzlement of over S3o,O0O from the
firm, was arrested in Chicago on the
night of the 21st
Miss FANNY Markell. a highlv-re-
spected young lady of Clinton, Ia,
jumped from the Clinton and Illinois
high bridge into the Mississippi river
on the 21st. She was dead when the
body was recovered. No cause is
known for her act.
JAMES BRUGH and John Brugh. eous-
ins, aged 10 and IA. respectively, Nere
returning home from school at Letters,
Ind, when they became involved j n a
fight, when John stabbed James, Who
fell dead at his feet. The boys had
always been the best of friends and
companions.
AT Vancouver. B. c.. Geo. f. ash
wood, a Canadian Pacific railroad la
borer, while crazed with drink, Nhot
his wife and two children while they
were asleep in bed. The woman Ind
one child were instantly killed and The
other child fatally injured. The r.ur-
derer then made a weak attempa at
suicide.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
lNDlScRIMINATE MURDER.
The People of Brooks County, Ga, Are
"Aroused," and Innocent and
Guilty Alike Suffer.

QUITMAN, Ca, Dec. 24.-The posse in
pursuit of Waverly Pike, the murderer
of Joe Isom, Saturday fight and early
yesterday morning killed three ne
groes, and reliable information is that
the total number of victims is seven.
The negroes known to have been
killed are: Sam Taylor, Eli Frazer
and Harry Sherrard. Taylor was Pixies
step-father, and the other two negroes
his close pals, all of whom were sup
posed to know of Pixies whereabouts.
If these negroes knew, they refused
to tell, and the penalty OF not tell
ing was death. Pixies wife was
seen to slip into the house at
o'clock yesterday morning. She
was supposed to have known where
the murderer was, and every effort was
made to make her divulge. The mob
still has her securely held and may
succeed in making her tell. The ne
groes killed were all shot down on this
side of the Ocopilco creek, about ten
miles above Quitman.
The report is that second posse,
WuiCn WdS SCOuIlHH luC WOOdS uOl vi "
the Ocopilo creek, have killed four
other negroes.
This wholesale killing is terrible,
but the people Of that community claim
to have had terrible provocation
Hardly three weeks ago Tip Mauldin,
respectable white man, was mur-
dered on the public road in the same
neighborhood by two negroes, and the
murderers are now in Jail. When Isom,
the best citizen in the community, was
cowardly murdered by one of the same
gang, the pent-up flood of rage and
vengeance was turned loose.
The record Of last night and to-day
remains to be seen. Brooks county is
aroused. The wholesale killing of ne
groes not directly connected with
Isom's murder is severely condemned.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
A SYSTEMATIC sWINDLE.
A Trusted Cashier Robs His Unsuspecting
Employers of $4,000.

New YORK, Dec. 24.- Harold G. Butt,
26 years Of age, who for more than two
years past has been the cashier for
Sam'l Hammeslough, clothier, at 69s
Broadway, was prisoner in the
Toombs' court yesterday. charged with
embezzling $4,000 of that firms money.
Butt has never been suspected OF
wrongdoing, and has been implicitly
trusted by the firm.
In the early part of this month the
firm began to take stock and generally
investigate their affairs. The books
showed that they had $4,000 in cash
in various banks, and the investigation
revealed that there was only $4,000 to
their credit 1t was then found that
Butt has been Systematically altering
the books for some time past.
Butt confessed his crime, saying that
he had spent all of the money on
horses and in bucket shops. Butts
family and friends have expressed a
desire to make restitution. 1t was
said that Mr. Hammerslough had no
disposition to press q charge against
Butt, and that in all probability 2
settlement would be effected,
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29

IHE Railway Age, in its computa-
uon Of the railway construction of 1894,
says; The new mileage Of 1894 is less
than in any other one of the last twen-
~ Years, and it is the least in the last
'hlrty wears, with the exception of 1865
and 500. The totalmileage construct
ea during the year was ,919.13. Ari-
zona heads the list, on four roads, with
: i95; Illinois is second with 14s on eight
Hnes and Oregon brings up the rear
with tritie less than two miles OF new
rails. Vermont, Rhode Island, Con-
uecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Ken
I,uchy. Iowa, Nebraska, both Dakotas,
Washington, Nevada and Idaho built
no road at all.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29

1T is said that the sharp-pointed
Shoes at present in vogue recall the era
y Richard H., when they were first
worn, and of Henry ILL.,, during whose
reign such footgear was penalty pro-
hlblted TO all persons beneath the rank
p lord or squire. and the shoemakers
VINO furnished such points to their Gus
toners of lower degree were heavily
nned. Those old pointed shoes, there
lore constituted mark of nobility,
out they didn't have the potency in
'hem when it came to kick that those
y The present day possess.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29
COMPLETELY WRECKED.
An Immense Engine Broken Up by the VI
olence cf Its Own Motion.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 24.-The i'm
nense engine furnishing the hot blast
for furnacet FL and I Of the Carnegie
plant at Braddoci1, was completely
wrecked yesterday afternoon. The
loss is about $4,000, and the furnaces
will be closed down for an indefinite
period. throwing 800 men out OF en-
pioyment. The output Of the furnaces
was from 200 to 250 tons per day. a
heavy ball twenty feet above the floor
became detached and fell on one OF
the pipes. The engine ran away and
was broken up By the yiclsAae os its
aWu aQflen,
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29

TIE Chinese officials of Port Arthnr
report that the Japanese have made
stringent regulations for the protec-
ton of the inhabitants Of that place,
who are now said to be returning.
Many of them are receiving food from
the Japanese. When not reused to the
boiling point by scer IS OF carnage, the
Japs are models of forbearance and
mercy, even to their enemies.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29

BUFFALO hada society spelling mattel
The other day and a number Of inter
rstlng conclusions were gained from
me results. The first was that women
are better spoilers than men. The sec.
ond was that not hard words like ida.
guerreotype" but easy ones like ''nui-
sance' made the contestants take their
seats. Spelling bees have been intro
dnced extensively in the east this win
'er' and they are pronounced an i'm
nroyement over the various progressive
lhanlties that have been in progress
during past winters.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29

CANADA's debt has increased SCI, ,OOO,-
900 during the year, and reaches an
aggregate now of S3l1, 600, 900. The
Dominion debt has increased eighty
three per cent. since 1879, while that of
the United States decreased fifty-four
per cent. in the same time. At this
rate our neighbors across the border
will find themselves in shoal water be-
fore many wears.
Huntsville gazette., 1894-12-29

ONE of the most hopeful signs of the
closing years of the century is the de-
cisive vote by which the Germanreichs-
tag has rebuked the kaiser, who was
proposing to punish the socialist men-
oers who recently refused to cheer him
when the president of the reichstag
proposed that cheers be ugiven. The
reichstsg, by vote of 16S to 5s, re-
1use0 to order the prosecution.