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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-01-18
VOL. XVIII.
Gov. MCKINLEY of Ohio was sworn
m for a second term on the sth.

The American painter Charles
sprague Pesrce. and DR.. Gustav Mou.
raille. Of New York. have been made
~chevaiiers of the French Legion Of
Honor.
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MRS ". ". STORY. wife of the well
known American sculptor and mother
of Mr.. Julian Story. the distinguished
painter. died in Rome on the eth. Mr..
Julian story is the husband Of Emma
Eames. the distinguished opera singer.
who Is At present in the United StateA
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FIVE MASKED MEN,.

Hold u the -Eii-- on the Hanrth.i . -
Joseph Railroad. and &c, There 10
Vereat shsp~-rh~y Robbed the Express
sud Mail Cars. Bat How Much Booty
They secured ts Not Kaown-Unlted
state. Nsti Violated.
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DOWN WITH THE BRIDGE.

sixty rer.oas Throwa from = Collapsed
Drsv Into the Water. of Newton Greek
90 IoaE tst.nd-s Terrible struggle for
Life Amoag the Broken Ttmh~r.-Ftv~
N-n Ni-.isx and Supposed to be Lost
To the Re.ra~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-13

met on Monday night at the residence Of
Miss Grace Favorite. An interesting pro-
81 am was rendered, after which pleasant
evening was spent In games. music. &c.
Among those present were the Misses Es-
Their and Daisy Danforth. BERTHE and
Edythe Page. Grace Favorite and Eta
Jones, with Messrs. c. G. Lamond, W. j.
Tucker, Ward Favorite. Frank Skinner and
Mr.. Jones. II was decided to hold the next
social at the residence of Misses Page on
the I'D instant
The meetings begun on Monday night in
Presbyterian Church. to continue during the
meeting of Wednesday night, led by Rev
Arthur Little. owing to the non-arrival of
Rev Geo. A. Bitter of Leesburg. Va. who
was to have conducted the meetings.
The series of meetings unde- auspices of
Y. P. S. G. F.. were well attended
and productive of good results. A junior
society, an outgrowth of This organization,
hold weekly meetings and embrace large
majority of the Juvenile element of Tako-
ma.
The high winds of the past forty-elght
hours have been playing havoc and menac-
ing life and limb with the huge sheets of
1t is to be hoped that something will soon
be done toward removing these unsiShtly
and dangerous reminders.
The meeting of the committee appointed
at the mass meeting. consisting of Messrs.
S. S. Shedd. c. VI. Heaton. jr.. and Judge
Miller, to prepare a petition to Congress for
a chemical en- CINE was held for that purpose
last night at Judge Aiiller's.
Mr.. Hugh Cameron of Scotland. a recent
guest of his uncle. Mr.. Angus Lamond. has
left for Philadelphia. where he is medical
student in the Homeopathic Medical Col
lege.
Mrs. Freil and her daughter Marcia of
Chicago, recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Brainerd. have returned to their home,
having been the recipients of several pleas
ant entertainments from Washington
friends during their stay.
At special business meeting of Takoma
Chorus. held last night before rehearsal. il
was decided to give concert on Friday, the
I'd proXimo.
M. De Knight of Kansas n brother of
Mrs. Bennett Cushman, is a guest of Mr..
and Mrs Cushman at their home on Mag
nolia avenue.
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Little are negotiat-
ing for the lease of the Woods cottage on
Oak avenue.
The Whist Club held their last meeting at
the residence of NJ. S. S. Shedd. Members
were out in force, and most enjoyable
evening was spent.
Mrs. o. ID. Sunny has recovered from =
recent severe attack of illness, and will.
with Wednesday. the 18th instant. resume
he afternoons at home. Wednesdays until
April
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FREDERICK.

Frederick county's famous road case,
which mas been in course of litigation here
for the past twelve years, has finally been
decided, a jury in the circuit court, where
the case has been on trial fer the past week.
bringing in verdict on Thursday night in
favor of the petitioners for the road and
assessing dana ges for the land through
which the proposed road is to run at 81 800
The case has been variously known as the
HOffman-Secrist road case. the Goldsbor-
ough and Hoffman road case and the Woods
boro road case. and the contention has been
over the opening of a short piece of road
through the lands of Secrist, Albaugh and
others in Woodsboro district 1t has been
back and forth in the courts, once was talk
en- to the court of appeals. but regularly
every year it has put in its appearance. un-
I'll finally the costs of the litigation to the
county have aggregated several thousand
dollars. Unless an appeal is taken on ex-
ception to rulings of the court, the case is
now believed to be definitely settled and the
road is 10 be opened.
Much speculation has been INDUCED in
here as to the nature of a strange cloud
phenomenon that was observed. in the north
ern heavens on Tuesday morning, between
1890 and II O'Clock. 1t was long cigar
shaped cloud. extending straight across the
Sky from northwest to northeast midway
between the Zeaith and the horizon, and was,
travelling rapidly eastward, in which direc-
ton 1t disappeared. The greatest width of
the cloud, apparently, was in the center
where it appeared to be about foot across
while at the ends the width was not great err
than two inches. II was in full view fulIy.
twenty minutes, and it moved what
were taken for snow crystals appeared to
fly from it. Old residents who viewed the
phenomenon recalled that similar cloud.
only red in color. was observed here during
the progress of the civil war.
At the meeting of the board OF directors
of the Citizens National Bank of Frederick
on Tuesday the Office of vice president was
created and Mr.. W. Irving Parsons, for
merly president of the Frederick County
Bank. and formerly clerk of the circuit
court. was invited to fill the Office and ac-
cepted- He will become an active officer of
, the bank, the offices of which are to be en-
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BROOkLAND.

The Queenstown Mite and Literary So
eiety at its last meeting enjoyed the follow
ing program: Instrumental solo, Miss Lii
lie Schwier; reading, Miss Jessie Thompson;
recitation, Miss Nettie Etz; reading and
recitation, Mr.. Reuben VI. Wright: reading
Dir. Lewis Ettinger. The next meeting OF
the society will be two weeks hence AT the
residence of Mrs. Rachel Means
Violet Horner. who has just recovered
from severe Illness, had several OF her
little friends TO help her spend her birth
day al "Cherrydale," on the Sargent road
Thursday, and the young folks had an en-
jOyable time. Those present were Miss
Mamie and Earl E;rdman. Dora and Mamie
Dreyer, Ruby Schwier. George Dreyer and
Richard and Milton Daniels.
Tne Misses and Masters Hamilton If
University Heights recently entertained Il
party Of their young friends with a num-
Der of pretty tableduX.
The first Assembly dance OF ,he young
men Of BroolSiand and their friends was
considered very successful. and the may
numbers were heightened out into early
morning. Refreshments We're served by
Mrs &. L. McCdus!in and Mrs Further
Among those present We're the Misses Min
NE and May Hawke, the Misses Balm
BROOKE. Steven. Watts. Young. Mcdowell
Erdman. Noyes. Julien. Page. Parxi1s
Fletcher. Blakely. Patton, Susie and I.1:t.e
Fillmore. Or. and Mrs. ]. H. Brooks. Mr.
and Mrs H. E Brooks. J. d. Brooks Dr.
Fred Began, Lex Began and AIessrs Lewis
Camp. Willis. Julien. Manning, Parkins
Burr. OLIVER. Minnetree and Frank Howe
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ANACOSTIA.

II is feared by Mrs Benjamin Mundels
physician that the severe cold from which
she has been suffering for several weeks
past has terminated in an attack OF pneu-
monia.
The chicSenpox has invaded the family
OF MIR. Charles e. johnson on Jackson
street.
Mrs. T. j. Putnam, residing OF Frank
lin street, Anacostia Heights, is ill Of the
grip.
Mr.. Olaf Guerdrum is utilizing u valuable
spring upon his place to supply u pond.
which he intends to stock with valuable
nsh from the fish commission.
John A Logan Corps. W. +. G., will hold
a memorial service at Masonic Hall OIL
Monday evening next, in honor of Mrs.
Dean. a late member Of the corps.
Jefferson street. ION the HILL" now pre-
sents new face. the Improvement Of
grading, graveiing ana paving being almost
completed The work of replacing the de
cayed wooden toOtway on Harrison street
with a substantial brick pavement is being
vigorously pushed by Supervisor =. r. Wal
AOn.
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LAUREL.

At the election of the Citizens National
Bank of Laurel, held here on Tuesday,
the following directors were chosen: e. Ii.
Stanley. A. q. Thomas, Barnes Compton,
c. F. Shaffer, W. H. German, Judson 4.
Gull, G.. W. Waters, Francis Thomas. Ed
ward Phelps, l. 5. Wilson and Lloyd T..
Dorsey. Mr.. T. L. Fairall declined re-elec-
ton on account of business engagements.
and Mr.. Dorsey was chosen in his place.
this being the only change in the board.
The bank is in a very prosperous condition,
and after paying the usual dividend. u
balance was carried to the surplus fund.
The robbery of Bailey's store a night or
two ago was attended with a mystery hard
for the police authorities to unravel. a
wagon was necessary to carry off the plum
der, most of ii being large packages of flour
and other heavy goods. yet no trace of the
thieves has been discovered, nor could the
track of the wheels be followed.
An unknown white man was discovered
lying dead along the Baltimore, and Ohio
tracks north of Laurel Thursday. with a
terrible cash in his head and with both legs
cut off. He was apparently of decent ap-
pearance. but with no papers or any article
upon his person by which he could be iden-
tined.
The arrest and conviction of the Rev"
G. +. 3. Howard, alias John Lord Moore,
the international swindler. at Jackson
Tenn. was mainly the work of Inspector
+. T.. Little. 81 resident of Laurel. Major
Little has been upon the trail of this man
for many months, but was only recently
successful.
Mrs. W. It. Steiger Miss Margie and MIR.
Riley Steiger Of Laurel have gone to Flori-
da for the winter.
Many of our people went over to Balti-
more to attend the wedding of Mr.. Richard
Estep and Miss Gordon Sudler, formerly of
Laurel, which was solemnized at the chapel
of Church Home. By Rev. Or. Harding.
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TAkOMA PARK.

The late fire having destroyed the build
ing In which TakOma Lodge, No. a. I. o.
o. F.. had their headquarters, il was resoly-
ell to accept the Initiation Of Metropolis
Lodge. No 10, to meet with them at their
headquarters. corner 9th and ID northwest.
on Friday night. The night happening to
be regular installation night Of both lodges.
double installation was held. The newly
Installed officers of Takoma Lodge are E
c. Gilbert. y. c.; J. b. Einnear, r. S "
c.; c. NJ. Heaton. l.. 5. y. c.: F. ]. Long
ley. warden: f. Blodgett conductor; J. H.
Van Houten. V. c.; W. W. Cox. r s. v
c.; H S. Petty. l.. 5. V. c.: w f. Yerkes
r. s. s.; Isaac immersion, l.. S. $: G. NJ
Davis, recording secretary: w. ]. Tucker
permanent secretary; Il. F. Willis, treas
urer. j. l.. Ainsworth, L. c., and William
kahlert, o. G. Officers Were installed by
officers of Grand Lodge. Metropolis Lodge
kindly rendered TaEoma Lodge the use of
their hall until other arrangements can be
perfected. which offer was gladly accepted
A project is already under way looking 10
the erection OF a permanent and substan-
tial structure in the immediate future for
the use Of this and other Org2niza tons
Takonla Park Dramatic and Literary Club
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HNATTSVILI.i!.

The call for the citizens meeting which
was held at Wells Hall last Thursday night.
for the purpose Of considering certain pro
posed amendments TO the town charter, was
issued by the citizens committee. and not
the board of town commissioners. as stated
in The Star Of yesterday. Mr.. +. II. Smith
acted as chairman OF the citizens commit
tee. and not as president of the board of
town commissioners.
At recent meeting of the county COM
nissioners The following business was
transacted: Ordered, that the report OF
James H. Shreeyes. James F. Walters and
THOMAS q. " hite. for opening private road
for William Brown, in Surratts district, De
passed; that the Insurance on the aims
u. TOwnshend. county treasurer. for lSs,3,
as OF January ]. 1894, be adopted; that the
county treasurer for 1872 refund 10 Geo
n Boswell the sum OF $40 for taxes erron-
eously paid; that James il. Berry be allowed
the sum OF $50 10 be expended on the public
road between Walkers mil and the Mari
boro' pike. Exceptions were filed to the
report OF Geo. W. DUvaH and others. COM
missioners To lay out a private road for
John II. Schwier.
The quarterly distribution of the public
school tax has been made By the state con-
troller. Price Georges county will receive
in this distribution s.. SEED for white, and
xl,:l9ts9 Tor colored schools.
S2rs- Mary a. Thomas. widow of the late
James f. Thomas, recently died at her
home in Cheltenhan. in the seventy-frrh
year Of her age.
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Of the parishes with which they are con-
nected. but the members are interested in
the general welfare of the denomination
1t is proposed to hold a meeting of all the
local chapters and chapters from Alexan-
dria, Va; Olney. Rockville and Laurel, Nd.
at the Church of the Epiphany. on the even
Ing fthe 26th instant. The clergy of all
the Protestant Episcopal churches in the
city will be present, also Bishops Talbot
of Wyoming, and Barker of Montana.
The organization was started some five
years ago and there are now over GU chap
tiers in the United States and a member
ship of over 1900.
The Rev Frank Sewall continues his
course of lectures on Truths Pilgrimage"
or the history of religions. at the Church
of the Holy City, Dupont circle. the sub
Ject tomorrow evening being "Zoroaster
and Brahm''
The mission given this week for the
women at ST. Augustine's Church by the
Rev. Fathers Mckenna, Daily and Herman
OF The Order OF st. Dominic has been sue
ceSSful. Crowds have attended the services
morning and evening TO listen to the SER
mons. which have been eloquent and eff
rective. The exercises for the women Will
close tomorrow with sermon by Father
DAILY. In the evening Rev Father Herman
will open the weeks mission for men. The
whole mission will close on January Il
with the papal benediction by Mgr. Satolli.
On the following Sunday. Cardinal Glib
bons will administer confirmation in st.
Augustna'S Church.
special work in the Episcopal denomi-
nation is looking after church enterprises
which have fallen into neglect. An eN-
pressive phrase is used in regard To such
churches, as they are known as the silent
churches. There is an organization for
attending to this branch of effort. which
IS known as the Guild of Silent Churches.
Tomorrow afternoon a meeting viii he held
under the auspices of this guild ct Epiph-
any Church. when addresses win be made
by Bishop Coleman, Bishop Paret and Rev.
Mr.. Barr
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SUBURB AN NEWS.
ALEXANDRIA COUNTY.


The board Of supervisors of the county
has requested a meeting of the citizens and
property owners Of the county to assemble
In mass meeting at the county court house
in Alexandra city. on Tuesday next, at 1
O'Clock p. m, to discuss the propriaty and
feasibility of asking the state legislature to
pass bill allowing the county to issue from
$4,000 to $4,000 worth of bonds to be used
in grading and macadamizing the public
roads. A warm debate is anticipated.
1t is understood that the court in the near
future will be asked TO order a resucvey of
the different magesterial districts of the
county. disputes having arisen among some
of the citizens as to the correct boundaries
of the same.
IL is generally conceded that IL the Nor
folk and Western Railroad Company should
purchase the ". o. and W. r. r. from
Round Hill. Loudoun county. to Falls
Church, and then desire to extend its road
across Alexandria county to Georgetown,
that all the people in the county over whose
land it may pass viii! cheerfully give the
right of way
4 tract of land near Arlington Heights
has been leased by some gentleman of
Washington city, and golf club organ
ized thereon.
Several parties, strangers have been pro-
speeding around through the county during
the past week, looking for tract of level
land suitable for a race course.
Judge H. a. Whallan has been elected
superintendent Of the Presbyterian Sunday
school at Bal!ston. TO succeed Mr.. A. Z.
Douglas. MIR. Douglas. who had served TO-
four consecutive years. and who had made
a most excellent officer, declined a re-elec-
ton Judge Whallan is much beloved by all
the teachers ana scholars. and ii is prophe-
sled that his administration will be one of
great value TO the school,
The new school house, with large town
hall. at Ballston, is being finished and trim
med out. and the members of Mt. Olivet
Church. in the county, are negotiating for
the hire Of the hall. in which to give a
grand concert sometime in the early future.
The Washington, Falls Church and
Great Falls Electric Railroad Company has
succeeded in getting enough money sub
scribed to insure the building Of the line as
far as Falls Church, and work on this
branch OF the road will be commenced in
early spring.
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The Issuing of the License to COrbett
and Mitchell of No ConseGuence.

Gov. Mitchell's contention has been that
prize fights are violative of the laws of
Florida. If this contention be true, the is
suance Of the licenses for the matches yes
terday amounts to nothing, for the ordi-
nance under which the permits were issued
is null and void, as the city council has no
right to pass laws which are in antagonism
to the statutes of the state, but the courts
have not yet passed on the governors con-
tention that prize fights are illegal in the
state, and the club hopes that the match be-
tween the negroes will bring the contro-
yersy to an issue.
The promoters OF the contest have all
along claimed that they were not afraid of
a court decision, but they seemed to want
a decision from an inferior court as it is
well known that members of the supreme
court have informed the governor and at
torney general that prize fights are pro-
hibited by the Florida law
If the negroes should be arrested Monday
night and released by the Jacksonville
courts the club people think that they will
have plain sailing for the Corbett- Mitchell
match. as the state cannot appeal to the
supreme court. the right of appeal in GRIM
inal cases lying only with the defendant
The governor, however, has repea tedlv
announced that he will regard no decision
in the matter save one from the supreme
court, and even if affairs go as the club peo-
pie hope in the case of the negroes, the ac-
tion of Gov. Mitchell in regard to the Cor
bett-Alitchell mill will still be problematic
Manager Bowden and the rest of the club
members yesterday spoke with utter uncon-
Germ regarding the visit of the state guard
officers to the city, and one of the prominent
promoters of the contest said: I'VE dom
care in the least what conferences are he'd
between the governor and the militia atl-
thorities; we will have this contest and the
militia will not interfere"
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larged for the accommodation Of its In

larged for the accommodation Of its In.
creasing business
The Frederick county delegation in the
Maryland legislature have already begun to
make themselves known. Senator Newman
has presented a petition to have the age
limitation set aside in the case of the Hon.
John A. Lynch associate judge Of the sixth
judicial circuit, which includes Frederick
and Montgomery counties. Judge Lynch
will be seventy years old the limit. in 1S..5.
but as his term of fifteen years, to which he
was elected in 1882, does not expire until
1897, 1t is desired to have the limit extended
in order that he may serve out his term.
The petition mas been signed by every MEM
Der of the bar in both counties of the cir
cult, and 1t Is thought that similar action
Will be taken in the case Of Judge Vinson of
Rockville. Mr.. ]. Rodger McSherry of Fred
erick, the new secretary of the senate, has
devised a method to prevent the losing of
bills. In the balloting for state treasurer
which took place Thursday, Mr.. VIM. H.
Kinks of Frederick, who was proposed by
the republican delegates from this county
received twenty-five votes. In the senate
Mr. Newman has presented bill designed
10 change the law relating to the terms Of
county commissioners of Frederick county
calling for the election of three commission
erS in 1S99-one for two. one for four and
one for six years--and for the election Of
one every two years thereafter. This will
do away, II is thought, to the objections to
the present system, by which the full board
of five commissioners were elected for six
years.
Until the coming Of cold wave on Thurs
day night the peach growers of the county
felt some alarm lest the mild weather would
force the fruit buds to maturity premature
ly. and in the event of a freeze up following
the fruit crop would be jeopardzed In
many instances buds were already seen 20
be putting out. and in unprotected yards
lilacs and pansles were in bloom.
fire OF accidental origin destroyed a
barn and wagon shed on the farm of D.
Columbus Kemp. near this city, on Wednes-
day evening. The farm is tenanted by VIM
keyser, who had been packing hay, when a
spark from the engine ignited the fodder
stack and the flames leaped to the barn
The buildings were destroyed. but their con-
tents. with the exception of some hay, corn
and harness. We're saved The loss IS s., 800
partly covered by Insurance.