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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
CoUNTERFEITED STAMPS.
Conclusive Evidence Against a Woman
of Several Aliases.


BUFFALO, N. Y July 3O.-The last
link in the chain of evidence that for
months the United States Secret Ser
vice has been binding about Mrs. Mary
T. Mcmillan, alias Mrs. Mack, the no
torious stamp counterfe1ter, who is
now in the Erie county all, was forged
last Saturday in Postmaster Bakers
private office, where a satchel belong
ing to the woman was opened, and
found to contain $4,000 counterfeit
stamps, excellently made, and done up
in five original packages.
For two months Secret Service men
have been searching Buffalo for the
yalise, and its fuding was one OF the
cleverPsE pieces of detective work done
in Buffalo in years. With nothing but
the fact that Mrs. Mack visited the
American Express Office with a grip
early in the spring to work upon, the
officers, after two months work, dis
covered it's hiding-place, and Inspector
Shea, of New York City, now has the
stamps in his possession. 1t was found
on the terrace, in the possession OF q
Well-known Buffaloian, of i'll repute,
who may prove to be an important
member of the big counterfeiting gang.
His connection with the nefariOus work
is being run down, and for that reason
his name is withheld.
One important development in the
case is the discovery that for q time
the gang arrested in Chicago and Ham
ilton, worked in this city. They were
suspected by a local deputy marshal of
counterfeiting coin, and he had made
ready to raid them, but in some man
ner they learned Of his plans, and fed
to new fields.
It was a few days before her arrest
! in the spring that Ms Mack came over
! from Hamilton to Buffalo, and asked
at the American express Office for GER
: tain packages addressed to her. She
got them and putting them In a big
satchel, disappeared. No n saw her
after that in Buffalo, and after her ar
rest detectives, discovering from chi
cago that stamps had been sent here,
were puzzled as to what she did with
them. -
atamps had been found she tainted In
her cell. and the matrOn had hard work
reviving her. So long as the stamps
were undis covered she could not be
directly connected with the Chicago
connterfeiters. Now, however, nher
last hope of escape has gone.
The work done by these counterfeit
ers was almost perfect. The only way
in which the fraud could be DISCOVERIES
was by q careful comparison Of the
color of the good and bad stamps, the
counterfeits being a shade too light
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
DECISION.
Section IS of the Revenue Act of North
Carolina Declared Unconstitutional.

AsHEvILLE, N. c., July 31.-Judge
Chas. Il. Simonton, of the y. 8. Court
has handed down a decision in an i'm,
portant case. On the goth of July a
warrant was issued by Justice Carter,
against w. j. Hough, of this city, the
charge being that Mr.. Hough had vic
lated section IS of the Revenue Act of
Nsrth Carolina, forbidding the sale of
pianos and organs within the State
without payment of q license tax of
$3.50. Tucker & Murphy. of Asheville,
representing the W. w. KimbalI Com
pany, of Chicago, and other piano and
organ companies, procured a writ OF
hGbeG8 corpus from Judge Simonton
returnable at Flat Rock, July 24sh. On
that day J. D. Murphy argued the case
before Judge Simonton. Yesterday the
Judge sent his decision to the United
States Court Clerk Patterson's Office. In
this the Judge holds in favor of defend
ant, that section 25 is unconstitutional
and void for the reason that it is a VIC
lation of article 1, section 8, of the Con
stitution of the United States, granting
to Congress exclusive right to regulate
commerce between the States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06

Casualties Caused by the Floods at Fort
Scott, Kansas.

Fort SCOTT, Kansas, July 81 An
un~precerord precipitation of rain in
the southeast corner OF Kansas yester
day morning has again flooded the
streams and wreaked destruction to
life and property. In seven hours 4 %
inches of water fell in the city, and last
evening the entire portion of the town
was inundated. Two fatalities have
so far resulted from the sudden raise.
The Missouri Pacific r abroad shops
are surrounded and the train service
has been partially abandoned. Many
families have been driven from their
homes by the trespassing river, which
is still rising, and another storm is
threatening. The Marmation river,
Mill creek and Buck Run have become
one stream, spreading over sections OF
land which have not for years been
submerged.
Walter Austin and Willie Gould, two
young boys, were drowned yesterday
evening on one of the principal streets,
and O. Austin, father of n of the
boys, was carried 200 yards In b
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
KILLED HIS FATHER.
"A O~epiorable Tragedy in P~asquOtank
County, N. C,-The Murderer Ar.
rested in Norfnlk Va

WAsHINGTON, D G.. ,JuIv IA
special from Norfolk, Va saws. Seven
cen year old Lee Sawyer, of RosedaIe
EHEquoGank county, N. C., wasarresteS
IN Norfolk yesterday and carried heck
TO NorGn Carolina upon the charge IF
paTr1clde. He gives an account of the
Kllllng or his father as follows.
EaGner George Sawyer gave me a
KlcK1pg sunday because l did not get
up early enough to cut wood to cC0k
breakfast with. When I went ont To
cut the wood father gave me the Kick,
ing, ~whereupOn I struck him with the
axe L was cutting wood with. which
cut a cash In his right breast. which
however, was very slight.
Father ran into the house after the
gun and l ran for a nearby neighbor's
house, and while there one of his sisters
came to borrow a gun cap from the
neighbor in whose house 1 had taken
refuge. She told me that father was
coming OVER to kill me, and in a few
minutes she returned home with the
cap I saw father come out of the
front door with a gun in his hands.
gathered up the neighbours gun, for
could MT escape, and when he was
within a distance of twenty steps ]
fred, the load taking fleet in his groin.
Then thinking I would also be shot, ]
threw down the gun and ran, not know.
ing that / had killed father until ar
rested. am willing to return with
out requisition papers, for I am not
afraid now"
YoungS awyeris II years old strong,
robust, we'll dressed and genteel look.
ing. He also claims that his father
often treated him har silly, and thai
recently had been taking spite against
him for buying a pair of shoes without
his consent and had been whipping and
cureing him daily until the fatal END
ing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
FIFTEEN PASSENGERS HURT.

CHICAGO, August. 2 "A serious accI
dent happened at the chute last night
at Sixty third street and Cottage Grove
avenue A car containing about twenty
people was neal the top of the chute
when the cable broke and the car went
tearing down the slide of 800 feet. A
wild panic ensued among the people in
the a and many of them in their des-
perate efforts to escape were spilled out
of the car. Fifteen we're injured. One
Miss Crook may die.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
PROGRESS OF, THE STRIKE.
Three Hundred Contractors Have Come
to Terms.

NEW York. August 2-The close of
the fourth day of the great strike of
the Brotherhood of Tailors wEs un,
eventful save for afew instances which
marked the progress of the cause of
the strikers. The settlement commit
tee registered a total of eighty-seven
contractors, representing 900 strikers,
who had signed the required agree
ment.
In all 800 contractors had signed the
agreement and furnished the necessary
bonds up to s o'clock yesterday even
ing, at which hour a number of others
anxious to accede to the demands OF
the strikers were present and ready to
sign, but were turned away and ad-
vised to come early this morning.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
NICARAGUA CANAL COMMISSION
The Members are Hard at Work Prepar
ing Their Report to President
Cleveland,

NEW YORK, July 3O.-The members
of the Nicaraguan Canal Commission
met this morning at their headquarters,
in the Army Building. Those present
were Col. VIM. Ludlow, Commander
M. T. Endicott, and Civil Engineer
The Commission will sit every day
for some time, and their deliberations
are secret. 1t will be a few days before
thew get down to earnest work on their
report, and will occupy all their time
between LOW and September LIST, on
which date it will have to be presented
to President Cleveland.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
oRBETT-FITsIMMoNs MILL.

Rates Asked for in Case a Transfer Of
the Place of Meeting is Necessary.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 3O-Rail-
road officials in this city have been
asked to submit rates of transportation
to Laredo and Eagle Pass, in case it is
decided to transfer the Corbett Fitz-
simmons fight to Mexico.
This action is regarded as a bluff,
however, as it is practically conceded
by nearly everybody conversant with
the situation that the fight will take
place at Dallas on the date selected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06

New YORK, August 2.-The Bank of
Montreal this morning ordered a NIL
lion of gold from the Sub Treasury. It's
destination is unknown.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
A PLOT AGAINST THE CAR.
An : extensive Conspiracy Involving Edu
cational authorities Unearthed.

CatIOuaL autHOEIIIES ONEaTLAeu.
ST PETERSBURG, July 80 An extern
sive conspiracy has been discovered
among the priests of the Seminary and
University of Kief, aiming at the in
troduction of a plan of greater freedom
of attack upon the prevailing system
of nepotism in governmental ! ositions,
and it is als) stated that the discovery
has been made thai the students union,
in the University of, Moscow are plan
ming to ~assassinate the Gear.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
SMALLPOX A
In Patrick County, Va Near the North
Carolina Line.

WINSTON, N. c., July 81 The small
pox scare in Patrick county. Va, near
considerable excitement. Three cities
b ave quarantined against the infected
district. Eight deaths and twenty one
c lses are reported up to date. Several
citizens are said to be leaving Martins
vile and other places near by on &C
count Of the disease.
Evening star., 1895-07-22

hAlSLiFFE. SUTTON CO.. AtCTIONEERS,
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNnIPRovED
EAST AND On s sIXrEENrH SHEET I'm f. re y.
TWEEN E STREET AND GEORGIA AVsNIIE
SOUTHEAST, S1sIT1II; I;AS, AND ON % STREET BErW@EEN WEN
souTHEAsr. sol 1TfI;ys AMI SIXTEENTH STREETS
6 BY virtue Of decree Of the Supreme Court Of
July 1s95, in Equity Cause No. 1882 wherein
complainant and Frances Elizabeth Dawson si ct al
1Tsn. Il .;e Esemises on MoSDhY THE TWEN =
THta-SEGoNn Ha 81, DAY DAY c OF LILY. A. p 1895; AT
original lot seventeen. in square 500, in the city
Of Washington. D. c.. fronting hfty-two feet on
9th street southeast near q street ly depth OF
one hundred and five feet AMI one inch. And by
virtue virtue, Of the same decree on the following day
TuESPAY; T s. July @ @TWENMrT;1HIRD M AID, 1895 AT
public auction. in front of the premises the whole
Of original lots 10. II and l. in square 1o7G in the
city Of Washington. District Of Columbia. Lots 10
and IL front each 60 feet on 10th street between
F street and Georgia avenue southeast, and lot Z
fronts 81 feet inches by depth Of 100 feet on
Lots will be offered separately, beginning with
lot Z
Terms of sale: one-tbird of tho rurchas. money
years from the day of sale all cash Mt the
purchasers option; the deferred payments. IL any,
interest at the rate Of six per cent per nnnum
PAYABLE senli-annlally and secured by. deed Of
trust trust on the property sod Property w:ll be sold
30 1905. deposit of 500 on each lot Will be
required at the sale. Terms must me complied
resell the property at the risk and cost Of the de-
faultns purchaser after FIVE days advertisement
in some newspaper published in the city Of Wash
ington, D. c:
WILLIAM W. MILAN, Trustee,
WILLIAM H sMirnEY Sill liz - trustee st; nsw'
ty11-d&ds No. s1o ia st. NV.
Evening star., 1895-07-22
DIAZ DEVELOPING MEXICO.


Ex-Gov. Shepherds Opinion of the
President of the Sister Republic.
FIcm the New York Herald
There has come back to northern civiliza-
t1on man who few years ago was call
ed the BOSS of Washington" and If Alex
ander r. Shepherd was not actually that
he certainly exercised a wide influence over
national affairs. He is now at the G;lsey
House, and is not alone in excellent spirits
and In robust health, but he is enthusiastic
over his recent experiences, and Is going
to get some more Of the same kind If he
can. But before he returns to Mexico,
whence he has just come, he will sail for
Europe, starting today. and make a tour
and get some rest amid new scenes
Mr.. Shepherd went to Mexico in Septem-
Der. 1880, and from that time until last
June he has been devoting himself abso-
lutely to his local interests there, not going
beyond the radius of dozen miles from
the mines at Batopilas. He is very much
impressed by President Diaz of Mexico, and
with his government.
He is a remarkable man. said Mr..
Shepherd, .'and is developing Mexico in a
way that Is astounding. Civilization and
business are advancing there side by side.
Property interests are safe. They have no
time or inclination to treat train robbers
and highwaymen politely down there: If
they are discovered in any depredations
they are shot in their tracks, as they should
be In a country like Mexico, to which the
prompt enforcement Of law is a prime ne
cessity of its progress.
From what I have learned in coming
north. the intelligent people Of the south
are in favor of bimetallism. They appre-
ciate the fact that an unlimited coinage
of silver would be disastrous to prices and
to trade generally, and that 1t would in
evitably affect the financial standing of our
government. 1t has astonished me to find
the changes that do in the northern cit
les. They seem to be Kaleidoscope This
is particularly the case with New York"
Evening star., 1895-07-22
RATG.IFFE, SUTTON & CO., AucT1oNEERs
Successors to Ratclife, Darr & Col

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. 'FRONT.'
ING 2s2: "a FEET on SOUTH SIDE OF n
STREET NORTH RETWEEN NORTH CAPTTOI,
STREET AND FIRST STREET EAST. WITH
FTCE AND STABLE AND FIXTURES
By virtue Of four deeds of trust, recorded amonr
the land records of the District Of Columbia. re-
spectively IN Liber Ices. folio 1872 ct seq; Ifber
and Liber 1921 folio 227 ct seq the rndcrsrnssd'
as surviving trustee. will sell by public auction
In front Of the premises. on WEDNESDAY THE
O'CLOCK PM. all of lots numbered from lsa 10
165. both inclusive in Cox, Winslow and others
trustees, subdivision OF square 672. in the CITY Of
Washington d. C., as said subdivision Is recorded
in the Office Of the surveyor Of the District Of Co
lumbla. in Book IS. page 49, together with fbe
improvements thereon, consisting OF a brick once
and stable. frame ONCE and stone shed machine
shop engine, boiler rip saw and gang saw rub
bling wheel. hoisting engine and derricks. ali now
occupied and operated as a stone yard and stone
saving mill and constituting a very valuable and
complete plant.
The property will be sold subject to = prior deed
of trust, recorded in Liber 1881 folio s6 securing
notes for 81, I50 full particulars of which will be
made known at time Of sale.
Terms of sale: $500 to be paid In cash. Of
which amount $500 will be required as deposit
when bid is accepted: the residue OF purchase
money to he paid in three equal installments at
one two and three years with interest from day Of
SALE payable semi annually, at the rate of six per
cent per annum, for which notes of purchaser.
secured by deed Of trust on the property sold, to
be given. or all cash. st the option of the pur-
chaser. The terms Of sale to be complied with In
ten days from day of sale, in default of which the
cost of the defauling purchaser after such notice
the trustee may deem proper.
All conreyancing and recording to be at the cost
~ '''| fN WILLIAM E. EDMoNsToS.
Surviving Trustee.
5y12d&ds Ofce 500 9th st. NV.
Evening star., 1895-07-22
BRIGHTwOOD.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Shryock of Balti-
more are staying with Mrs. William Beall.
Mr.. G. F. Andrews, who has been quite
sick at the Garfield Hospital has recovered
and is attending to his departmental duties
Mrs. Cuvier Green and children have gone
to Virginia to spend a couple of weeks with
her parents.
Miss Lydia Brawner, who has been visit
ing Miss Nellie Darling, has returned to
her home in Georgetown.
Mr.. j. r. Gilmore and family have moved
from their former home on Brightwood
avenue to a newly-built house on Az street
northwest, Washington.
Mrs. Walter Murphy has gone to Port
Tobacco, Md, to stay with relatives for
the balance of the heated term.
Friday a trotting race took place at the
Brightwood Driving Park. The attendance
was large, the weather fine, and the track
In very good condition. 1t was pronounc-
ed to be the most successful of this years
races. The race was called at 2:30 pm
The first was a 2:29 class and the entries
were as follows: Little Maid, b.m., Jas
Morrow, first; Ray Gould, b.g., c. Forney,
second; Pat Murphy, s.g., A. Beemmer,
third; NJ. c., c.g., r. Ashton, fourth The
second race was free-for-all, the entries
being as follows: Little Maid, bm., Jas.
Morrow. first; Gold Chief, c.s., c. Forney,
second; Bell W.. b.m., T. Shughrue, third;
Lott!e. b.m., ]. Simmons. fourth; Tom
Bayard, b.g., c. Brannaghan, fifth
Evening star., 1895-07-22
C. C. SLOAN & CO.. AUcrs. I4o7 ST. NV.
TRUSTEES SAFE OF THREE-sToRY BRICK

TRUSTEES SALE OF THREE-STORY BRICK
sTKEEF S6Rr&Er N r'ss aEohaET5wS hETHEfSSR 3 p
!, By virtue Of deed of trust to Charles N. Mat!
thews, now deceased. dated October 4. 1892 and
rec ords Of the District of Columbia, and at the
request of the holder of the thereby,
We will offer for sale. at public auction. in front
NINTH bay OF JULY, 1895, AT FIVE O'CLOCK
Georgetown. in the District Of Columbia. and being
ises known and distinguished as and being parts
Of lots numbered one hundred and eighty-three
ls3l and one hundred and eighty-four asa, In
ginning on the west side Of High street at the
end Of n line drawn from the intersection Of High
and 4th streets southerly cne hundred and eight
to the southeast corner Of the large brick house.
standing said lot, hereby intended TO be con-
veyed; thence northerly and with the west ling
at right angles with High street to the dividing
line between lots 1872 and 1S3 fn said addition;
thence south with said line to the end thereof;
to a point thereto which will be intersected BY Q
line drawn south tata degrees west from point
IN s r am @ Gh e saS ~
tssfSa sous said
wd 90 and ssnds to w sha s ah W
the beginning Of said premises on High street.
Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance In one
the rate Of six per centum per annnm secured ~
a deed of trust the property sold, or all cash,
at the option OF the purchaser A deposlt OF ssoy
recording at cost of purchaser Terms TO be COM
piled with in fifteen days, or right rescrved ~
resell the property. at risk and cost OF defauitlne
puf'iaser EMILY l.. MATTHEW'S. 1903 seth ST.,
LUCY II. MATTHEWS. 14o3 3Gth St,
HENRY S. MATTHEW'S 14lo 9 ST..
Heirs at Law Of Charles NJ. Matthews, Trustee.
vi
Evening star., 1895-07-22
NO GAMBLING AT SARATOGA.
The Club House Shut Down Entfrely
Saturday.

Saturday.
The Saratoga club house has been closed
to all gambling. 1t was open to the public
for four days early in the season, and then
the authorities gave notice to the pro-
prietor that there must be no gambling in
his play room" In response to the urgent
request of many citizens, who regard the
club as one of the attractive institutions
of Saratoga, the restaurant and cafe were
kept open until last Saturday night, al
though the big apartment where the games
of chance were formerly played was en-
tirely vacant, save for Its celebrated $1,000
carpet, all in one piece. Saturday Mr.. Can
field shut his doors absolutely. Village
President Sturges and his immediate sup
porters have taken a stand against every
form of gambling in Saratoga, and posi-
lively refuse to discriminate between the
dlsreputable resorts which used to line the
principal thoroughfare and the club house
which limits its patrons to visitors from
abroad, never permitting resident of
Saratoga county to play within its pre-
cincts. These gentlemen take the ground
that II they close Gale Mitchelrs vicious
dive they must also close every other es-
adjustment in the place where money is
ventured in gambling. The merchants
bankers. hotel keepers and many others
Saratoga take another view Of the prob
lem, which has awakened such an uproar
They say the closing Of the club house will
keep many rich pleasure seekers who spend
money literally away from Saratoga and
send them to other reSortS
Evening star., 1895-07-22
A CHINESE POLICEMAN.
of Sing, One of the jean
nette Survivors.

Application of Sing, One of the jean
nette Survivors.
Charles Tong Sing, Chinaman, has filed
an application with the New York police
civil service board with view to an ap-
pointment as special officer. Mr.. Sing has
a record for having closed up many OF the
Chinese gambling ders and opium joints In
San Francisco.
Sing has a scar on his left cheek, which
he says is the result of injuries received In
the arctic regions as one of the crew of the
Jeanette when she was crushed In the Ice
His friends, the Cinnamon, say that he got
the Disagreement at the hands of the high
binders of the Colleen Gate city. Sing has
documents and medals that prove an honor
able career in the United States navy as
well as on the police force of San Fran
CISCO
When the news Of his application reached
Chinatown there was large amount OF ex,
element among the gamblers Of Mott and
Pell streets.
Sing was born in San Francisco, and was
educated in China. At thirteen years he
shipped with Lieut.. De Long on the jean
cued by the Russian expedition. In the
story of the wreck Of that steamer MS
name Is mentioned prominently for the he
roism he displayed, and the medal given
him by Congress he wears on his vest,
along with a gold medal presented by the
Navy Department. After his return from
the Greedy expedition he settled in New
York and married a young American wo-
man, who was the means of converting
him to Christianity.
He was steward on the Thetis, one of the
Greely relief ships, and his spare time dur
ing the long winter nights above the arctic
circle was utilized by him in the study 'of
the written language of the United States.
He speaks and writes English as fiuently as
though he had been educated In the pub
lie schools here, instead of in China.