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The Washington times., 1895-05-18
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 1s, 1885,
RESCUED WITHA BOAT HOOK
John L Furman's Unsuccessful At
tempt to Commit Suicide.
Outlaw Track Sharpers Had Done
Him Out of All His Money and
He Had No Work.

John L. Furman, twenty eight years old
eide, about A o'clock yesterday afternoon,
by jumping into the river from the deck
of the ferry steamer Columbia, off the mouth
OF the Eastern branch. He was rescued
after considerable difficulty, by the crew
of the steamer, with boat hook.
Fuunan came to washington one week
ago, from New York, to try and get work
at his trade of externinating insects in
hotels He had something over SO when
be reached the city, and after spending
a couple of days in vainly searching for
something to do he visited the Alexander
Island race track, in hopes of increasing
his pile with the horses.
1t took the track people very little while
to clean him out, and finding himself out
of funds and unable to get work in the city,
be made an effort to enlist in the Army. A
defect in his left eye prevented him from
passing inspection, SO yesterday morning
be went to Alexandria TO try and get some
thing to do there. He failed again, and
on his return trip made up his mind to end
his life.
As soon as the boat reached the wharf
the patrol wagon at No. 4 station house
was telephoned for, and the half-frozen
man was placed inside and driven to the
station. There his outer clothing was re-
moved, and after getting a liberal dose of
whisky he was placed near the stove and was
sooncomfortable. After he was thoroughly
dry he was locked up and his brother, s. K.
Furman, OF No. 8, Third avenue, New
York city, was telegraphed for.
Furmau's clothing contained SLIGO in
money, pair of pocket scissors, a pair OF
link cuff buttons, and a pocketbook con-
tanning the following letter, evidently
written on the boat:
ITO whom it may concern:
81 this day commit suicide because /
am not fit TO live upon this good earth. l
am stranded here and have no friends,
and l am great distance from home. l
ask forgiveness from ali mankind and from
Him above"
The letter was signed Unknown" but
this was scratched out and ON the back his
full name and address were given.
Besides his brother in New York city,
Furman says that his only other living
relative is an uncle, Capt. Charles Jen-
nings, who runs a schooner in the neighbor-
hood of Norfolk, Va.
Furman is rather goodlooking young
IellOW, OF meulum nelSnt, leaVy Dullu,
with blonde hair and moustache He de-
Clared that his attempt was made in all
seriousness, and had it not been for the
prompt action OF the crew of the boat
he would undoubtedly have been drowned.
The police expect to hear from his brother
today. In the meantime Furman will be
held at the station-house.
Abou 1880 last night the detective head
quarters received dispatch in reply to the
O..
The dispatch read: DO rs you think
best: have nothing to say in the NATTER
When the answer was communicated TO
Furman he said that he expected that
kind of a reply, as he and his brother have
not spoken for two years. BE said, how
ever, that he could get assistance from his
uncle, near Nurfolkk
The Washington times., 1895-05-18
PLEADED NOT GUILTY.


Men and Women Charged With
Various Crimes Before Judge Cole.
The folio wing were arraigned before
Judge Cole yesterday aud pleaded not
guilty:
Henry Smith, Albert Bowman and Robert
Williams, separate cases, assault to kill;
William Johnson, assault to rape; James
Bernard and Arthur Simmons, larceny
from person; Frederick Brown, larceny;
Joseph Thomas, S. w. Waters, embezzle-
meut: Martha s Adams, sending obscene
letter. George Johnson admitted bis
guilt on a charge of larceny aud was re-
manded for sentence.
Joseph A Beam, under sentence to hang
for murder OF Annie Leahy, Thomas j.
Taylor to hang for murder of his wife,
aud George lie Cointe, sentenced to Albany
for larceny, Were given till May 81 to
file bills OF exception.
The Washington times., 1895-05-18
Mems Clothing.

Extra value in $40, Sl2 and
Sis suits. Neat Plaids, Checks
and solid colors in Tweeds,
Cassimeres, Cheviots and
Worsteds and Blue, Black
and Gray Serges, lined, half
lined and skeleton; correct in
fashion and perfect in fit.
The Washington times., 1895-05-18
Furnishings.
Soxs


Are an important feature of
every mans wardrobe. Most
everybody wears BLACK
ones now. OURS is the
largest and best selected stock
of hosiery in town. Over
so different styles of
BLACKS ALONE, and all
FAST COLORS- Special
values at 25G- -35G per pair.
See the living pictures in our
furnishings window, repro
ducing in life our fast black
trademark.
The Washington times., 1895-05-18

The Times has just receivedanoth
immense consignment of the stand
ard premium books any one of w hich
is offered, with The Times for one
month, at Thirty-five cents.
Those who have sent In subscrip-
tions a md have not received their
books Will now be served as soon as
the agents can cover the ground.
BE sure and have the money ready
w hen your door bell rings
The Washington times., 1895-05-18
ChiIdren's S
Clothing.

Special for today are those
$3.50 two-piece suits. Better
grades and neater patterns
than ever. New styles, too,
in the $3.75 combination
suits, the So suits and all
other grades. Choice of any
unlaundered shirt waist FREE
with every suit.
Hats.
ONE-THIRD OFF the
price of every Derby and
Soft Hat in the store to-day
only.
The Washington times., 1895-05-18
Don't Speak as They Pass BY.

Sisson for divorce. They were married at
Providence, r. l., on September 1S, 1889,
: by Father P. H. Brennan, of st. Josephs
Church. They lived together at Westerly,
r. l., and in Washington, butsince the latter
part OF 1891, he has failed to support her
and on August 80, 1892, he deserted her.
He refused to recognize her when he met
her on the streets here. She asks to be
allowed To resume her maiden name, Ash
ford. They have no children.
The Washington times., 1895-05-18
Raw Ridpe Season of 1se5.

This popular resort on the Chesapeake
Bay is being enlarged and beautified and
the rate for this season reduced TO 70
cents, with liberal inducements to Sunday
schools, lodges, and societies For dates
and detailed Information apply to s. b.
Hege, ID. p. a, b. & O. R. R, New
York avenue and Fifteenth street.
my l7.2t
The Washington times., 1895-05-18
Shoes.

Complete stock now In.
Patent Leather, Russia Calf,
Sealskin, Kangaroo, Calf
skin, in Button, Lace, and
Congress-all styles of toes.
Prices Mems, $2.4o to So;
Boys, $I.4o to $2.5o-and
ALL fully guaranteed.
The Washington times., 1895-05-18
YOU WILL

Want something HERE to-day. All FIVE COMPLETE
filled overfowng with the richest and
products which prices
hundred cents value for dollar of
the COS
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
Columbian Half Dollars.

Columbian centennial coins not here tofore circulated have been found ire quently in change of late. They are the ffty-cent pieces of 1893, and the reason given for their appearance is that many coin collectors and others believed that immediately after the Columbian exposition they would have special value as rarities and so hoarded them for a premium. They were so held for the better part of two years, but no appreciation in value followed, and now they have been thrown upon the market and are freely circulated. They have a Eore attractive appear ance than the regular ffty-cent pieces, but this superior attraetiveness has not, to any vi5ible cxee1t. mi* gated the reTret which coin collectors had in p4rting ', ith them.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
THE WOMAN DOCTOR.
Reminding Us of the Eternal and Immu
 table Disparity of Sex.

Reminding Us of the Eternal and Immu-
 table Disparity of Sex.
 The woman doctor is already an ac- complished fact, but as yet she has ap- parently made no considerable way in public favor, says the Scottish Review. It may be contended that there is some thing in the art of healing in accord with the primary instincts of wolnan's nature. But if we look closer into the subject it will be seen that there is more than mere prejudice and long established custom to account for the exclusion of the female sex in the past from the practice of this calling. Have women the calmness of nerve the aplomb, so to say-the steadincss of hand and pulse for the work of the sur geon? Is it possible to suppose that a non-abnormal woman, with her more highly strung constitutional sensibility, could amputate limb with the same imperturbability that we should look for in the male operator?
 To this it may be replied that grant ing a certain drawback to women by reason of sex in the matter of surgical experiments, the case is different with the ''metier" of the physician, and that here, at least, the sexes can compete on terms of perfect equality. Yet, again, as matter of plain fact, are the services of lady doctors much in re- quest with their own sex-nay, even in those branches of the therapeutic art dealing with specially feminine ali ments? Moreover, if the advanced woman's theory of exact professional equality and indifference as to sex is to be maintained. why should any bar rier suggest itself to the consultation of medical women by men, any more than now exists in the calling in of women of the male practitioner? But is there no such barrier? Surely the mere statement of the case disposes of the parity argument.
 We have heard of a man here and there resorting to lady experts in mas sage, but that men should go to women doctors and lay bare their bodily symp- toms in the same way as women have done from time immemorial to their male medical advisers, would be a pro- ccdure repugnant on both sides, and mot conveniensS" for obvious reasons. Here, then, while admitting that a sprinlzling of females may, perhaps, usefully find their mission in obtaining employment as doctors among limited number of their own sex, we are brought face to face with the eternal and immuta ble disparity of sex.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
WE ARE GREAT LITIGANTs.
More Civil Lawsuits Here Than in Any
 other Country in the World.

More Civil Lawsuits Here Than in Any
 other Country in the World.
 A man of ingenious mind, and appar- ently ample leisure, has gone to the trouble of figuring out the number of lawsuits brought in each country in year. and he has reached the conclu- sion that the United States is better country for attorneys and counselors than any other civilized land under the sun. He figures as lawsuits civil ac- tions only, taking into no account pro- ceedings of a criminal character brought by the public authorities against individuals. He has ascer- tained that, taking tho figures for the last 10 years as a fair average, there are 1 ,25O, ,OOO lawsuits brought in Eng land every year, 75o,o0O in France, l. 4UO,OOO il Italy, $500, ,0o0 in Germany and $500, 900 in the United States.
 It is not to be inferred from this, says the New York Sun, that the people of one country are much more prone to litigation than are the people of an- other, but the explanation is to be found in the fact that the conditions of litigation vary exceedingly. Going to law in England is very expensive busi- ness, for it entails outlays in the form of costs and expenses so large that many of the courts are practically closed to persons of modest means, and a long litigation unsuccessfully pur- sued ends often in bankruptcy. In France the number of lawsuits is kept down through the general practice of arbitration. as many as 100000 cases in a year, especially those arising from disputes ever wages, being settled by this agency without onerous cost to either parry. In Germany great ma jority of cases are petty ones, involving a small amount of money and due, many of them, to customs or uSagcS which are not sufficiently defined to be, in all cases, similarly understood by both parties to an agreement. This is especially the case in the farming dis tricts of Germany, and there are many legal disputes in the manufacturing districts, too.
 The number of cases credited to the United States seems enormous, but it is probably accurate. There are, for example, eleven district courts for the disposal of civil cases in New York city. In one of these courts, by recent report, the number of actions brought in a year was shown to be 9,10O. These courts have before them each year, on the average, 75,oOO cases. The cases brought in the state courts of New York amount in year to about 15o,- 000 and of those brought in the fed eral courts New York furnishes a very large number. Taking the whole coun- try through, it seems that the average number of cases per thousand of pop ulation is in the neighborhood of 75 to SO. The number of lawyers in the United States is materially larger than in any other country in the world, and the amounts in dispute here are much greater than elsewhere.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE.
Taxes fOr 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Du- rlicate Assessment Roll of Apache coun- ty, Arlzona Territory, for the year 1895 is now in my possession for the collec- ton of the taxes levied.
 Taxes will be delinquent on the third Monday of December, 1895, and unless paid on that day or prior thereto, five per cent. will be added to the amount thereof as penalty.
 Taxes may be paid at my office in St. Johns, Apache county, Arizona, at any time within office hours, from this date until the 18th day of December, 1895.
 ALBERT F. POTTER,
 TAX COLLECTOR. St. Johns. Sept 12th, 1895.
The St. Johns herald., 1895-12-14
AIerander r-ad a Tepder Heart.

Two weeks before the sickness of the czar of Russia took a turn for the worse, Miss Strutton. his former gov erness, died in the winter palace at St. Petersburg. Miss Struston, who was an English woman, loved Alexander Romanoff as dearly as though he had been her son. The emperor and his two brothers attended the funeral, follow ing the hearse on foot from the palace to the English cemetery, almost two miles apart. His rajesIy ard tho two grand dukes had carried tie coin from the deathroom to the he2rSe. E-,:c,4 the bofv r-as lowered i1.0 the grave tue czar. 1t Is said. we0s h..1e c.lild.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-10-08
TO HARNESS THE NILE.
Project to Utilize the Power of the Gaia
Facts-Details of tho Scheme.

Project to Utilize the Power of the Cata-
Facts-Details of tho Scheme.
Now that the waters of the Niagara
have been made tributary to human
enterprise. it may be interesting to note
that similar undertaking is contem-
plated in Egypt. The general inspector
of public works, Mr.. Prompt, has just
submitted to the Egyptian government
the results of his Investigations during
the last eight months relative to the
utilization of the cataracts of the Nile
for agricultural and mechanical pur-
poses. His project includes an i'm
mense reservoir in upper Egypt which
will permit the culture of cane sugar
and cotton in the place of cereals. In
the furtherance of the realization of
this project he proposes to establish an
electric power station near Assuan,
where fall of forty-five feet will be
utilized. This station would furnish
AZ, 900 horse power, besides furnishing
500 100000 cubic yards of water for ir-
rigation. A fifteen-foot dunn Is to be
built across the Nile just above Cairo,
which would furnish both light and
motive power ut very low price to the
Egyptian capital. The cost of the en-
tire project is estimated at $4,000, 900,
which will very likely be raised by pri-
ynte substitution,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-10-08
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement ane
lends to personal enjoyment when
tightly used. The many, who live bet
Yer than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
The needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-10-08
OIL INSTEAD OF COAL.
Locomotives on tho Southern Pacific Road
in California to Make the Change.

IN California to Make the Change.
Before many weeks all the locomo-
tives on the local system of the South
crn Pacific in Oakland, Alameda and
Berkeley, so says the San Francisco
Chronicle, and probably many on the
main line, will be burning petroleum
instead of coal. The Southern Cali
fornia railway has twelve locomotives,
equipped with patented device for
burning petroleum, and is preparing to
equip all it's engines in the same man
ncr. BY adopting oil the company has
effected saving of twenty per cent, in
the cost of its fuel. The petroleum is
the thick, crude product of the oil wells
near Los Angeles, unlimited quantities
of which can be had at small cost. Ar
| engagements have been made by the
owners of the oil wells to ship the sur
plus product to San Francisco, and it is
said that the Southern Pacific will be the
principal purchaser. Mr.. Fillmore and
Mr.. Small have figured out that to use
the oil as fuel for locomotives at cost
not to exceed that of coal it would
have to be purchased for not more than
IS cents barrel, delivered in San Fran
SASSO "a oihllAlSi. fNo VilC Ol1 Gail NC udll
for 25 cents barrel in Los Angeles, the
company has no fear but that it can Sc
cure unlimited quantities of the oil, de-
livered for much less than IS cents
and effect large saving by utilizing it
instead Of coal, which now costs the
company $3.50 per ton.
Several locomotives are to be
equipped with the necessary spraying
devices, arched freboxes of fire brick,
and tanks for the storing of the oil, and
experiments with the new fuel will be
made as soon as the engines are ready.
Petroleum was burned on the steamer
Piedmont several years ago, and with
considerable success, as far as the mat
ter of expense is concerned One day,
however, the startling discovery was
made that the rivets in the boilers had
nearly all been burned off, and tho
boat was Immediately overhauled and
equipped with frc-boxes designed for
burning coal. This action of the oil on
the boilers was attributed to the in
tense heat, and the heads of the operat-
ing department think that the defect
which nearly caused a catastrophe on
the steamer Piedmont can be easily
avoided in locomotives if the spraying
of the oil is properly done.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-10-08
TREASURY EXHIBIT.
Display ut Atlanta viii BE tho Finest
Ever Attamnted hx tho Denartment.

Display ut Atlanta Will BE tho Finest
Ever Attempted by tho Department.
The treasury department is prepar-
Ing TO make the finest display it ever
has attempted for the Atlanta expo
sition. 1t made a good display at the
worlds fair, but the show was admit
teddy incomplete, and will be entirely
eclipsed by the display prepared for
Atlanta. This is not because the treas
ury did not want to do it's best at the
worlds fair, but simply because it did
not have the time to show off well at
the Columbian exposition.
One of the most interesting things in
the exhibit will be the check which
Great Britain paid this country for
depredations committed on American
commerce by the steamer Alabama.
The check is gold certificate and is
made out for SIS, 100000. 1t was paid
through Drexel, Morgan & Co. and Jay
Cooke & Co. 1t is signed on the face by
John Allison, register of the treasury,
and f. e. Spinner, treasurer of the
United States. On the back it bears
many Endorsements, the most promi-
nent of the numes being those of Ed
ward Thornton, then the British min
lister to this country; Hamilton Fish,
secretary of state, and William A. Rich
ardson, secretary of the treasury.
Probably the prettiest things in the
whole exhibit are the new per cent.
bonds the government recently sold to
the Morgan-Belmont syndicate. They
are made in the shape of q United
States flag with the coupons taking the
place of the stripes. They are big
things, one of them taking up an entire
sheet of the display.
The earliest issue of bonds, then
known as loan office certificates, as
shown in the exhibit, was made in 1776,
on account of the first loan this coun-
try negotiated with France. Then
follow, in order of dat es, specimens of
bonds issued to replenish the treasury
from time to time during the progress
of the revolutionary and civil wars
down to the present time, the last loan
being that of 1895, redeemable in 1919.
AS shown by specimens, the earliest
coupon bonds were issued in 1s42. The
"loan Office certificates" are probably
as interesting as any other feature of
this collection. Many have the interest
figured out on the edge Of the note,
showing that the holders had puzzled
their heads to find out what Uncle Sam
owed them. The bonds of the large 4
per cent loan of the late war times
have place in the exhibit, and they
take up quite good deal of space.
They are both coupon and registered
bonds, the highest denomination Of
the former being $1,000 and that of the
latter being $4,000. The $4,000 regis
tered bond is the largest ever issued by
this government. No coupon bond is
issued with a higher denomination than
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-10-08
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
In the District Court for Howard County. low,
october Term, 1895.
Joseph IOskovls, Plaintiff,

80 oAS ~>AssA NV SoeaAe AoA INV aiu iowa
October Term. 1895.
Joseph Hoskovls, Plaintiff,
VS..
Mary Koukal widow. John koukaI, Louis Kou-
kal, Annie Koulkal, Joseph Koukal. Rosie
Koukal. Mary Koukal, and Ellis KoukaI.
Frank KoukaI, Defendants,
To the Defendants Above Named:
You are hereby notified that on or before
10Th of October 1895, on file in the Office of the
Clerk OF the District Court, III ana for the
county or Howard, State OF Iowa. a petition OF
the plaintiff above named claiming OF you the
cane citation and setting aside of certain judg-
m ant wherein John Konkal was plaiutifI
and Joseph HoskOvis was defendant,
which said Judgment was rendered June 25tl,
1891, III the District court OF Howard county.
Iowa, and recorded in judgment record No, q
at page 6lT; also asking that he be adjudged
the legal owner OF the following described real
estate; Eight acres. commencing at point
twenty rods north of the SOuth-caS corner ot
the southeast quarter of the southeast quar-
Ter OF section seventeen, township ninety seven
North, range eleven West Fifth p. NJ; thence
running north twenty rods, thence west sixty
four rods, thence south twenty rods. thence
cast sixty-four rods to place OF beginning,
And that unless You appear thereto and de.
lend before noon of the second day Of the next
Term OF the said court, appointed to be held at
the court house, In said county, commencing
on the 2lstday OF October. 1895, your default
Will be entered and ajudgmenJ rendered against
you thereon, in accol dance with the prayer OF
said petition.
BARKER & UPTON,
Qua Attorneys for Plaintiff
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-10-08
Poor, Blind Papai

Peremann- is such an nffec-
tionate daughter. This morning T
received such a tender, appreciative
three-page letter from her at school.
Hattie's Sister (cynically)-What did
she ask you for in the postscript
Truth.