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The Washington times., 1895-03-07
Knocked the Policeman senseless.

The case of Dunk Addison, colored,
charged with assaulting Policeman Smith,
of the Ninth precinct, was continued in
Judge Aiiller's court yesterday until to-
day. 1t was testified that the officer had a
pisonerT under arrest and was proceeding
toward the patrol box with him when Ad-
Olson anne up and said. "Oh, he will goalong
with you ThenslippiDg behind the police
man he dealthim a heavy blow over the head
with club, knocking him senseless. Both
the prisoner and Addison escaped, but the
latter was captured Tuesday evening.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
Maek Was Not a Xaerant.

Judge Kimball yesterday dismissed the
charge ofvagrancy against John Mack, who
entered the house of Mr.. Morgan, in North
east Washington, Tuesday night while in
toXicated and terrorized the inmates Miss
Minnie Morgan, Florence Triplett, and Mr..
S. W. Norton testified as to the occurrence.
Judge Kimball gave Mack a severe lecture
and caution, but said under the hecircumstances
he could not hold him on the charge of
yagrancy
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
AlI seasons Alike 10 the rhief

Although the weather has been spring
like and balmy the pestiferous overcoat
sneak thief is still plying his vocation.
Humphrey Howard reported to Inspector
Hollinberger yesterday that his green
cloth, double breasted overcoat had been
stolen from house No. 2430 street north
west Mr.. Howard resides at No. 2426 II
street northwest
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
SOCIAL SAYINGS AND pOLNGs.

Mrs. Cleveland's new Lenten bonnet is a
mass of Parma violets, SO natural in ap-
pearance that at first sight the impression
is of the natural flowers having been used
by the Presidents wife in place of the
artificial ones usually employed in this
manner II will be remembered that violets
are Mrs Cleveland's favorite flowers, and
when, as in the present instance, they are
used in bonnet they are especially becom-
ing To her.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
Capt. Ward Again in Trouble.

Albert c. Ward, the steamboat captain
who failed to pay Hackman James 81.
Jackson, after riding around town in his
vehicle for seven hours Tuesday, appeared
as a prisoner in the police court yesterday
and was released upon payment to Jackson
of So, which sum the old captain said was
all the money he had. Last evening In
spector Hollinberger detailed Dete ctive
Boyd to look for Ward, as he was wanted
for passing bogus check on the proprietor
of the Hotel Page, on Fifteenth street.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
Another Poor convict released.

Under the provisions of the poor convict
act Judge Samuel G. Mills, sitting as
United States commissioner, yesterday
afternoon released from jail John Lomax,
colored. He was arrested February 4,
1895, and sentenced to pay fine of $50 or
go to jail for sixty days in default Lo-
max was released after serving thirty
days
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

The Countess Divonne, accompanied by
her three children, left the city on Tuesday
for New York. from whence she will sail
on Saturday TO join her husband i'll France
The countess, although greatly improved
in health, is by TO means well, and would
have remained in Washington until the
latter part of the week had il not been that
her physician urged her early departure
on account of the bad effects that much
leave-taking with old friends was having
upon her On this account il was con-
sidered desirable for her to go 10 New
York as soon as possible in order TO get
thoroughly rested before the day OF sail
inp
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
BOARD of Trade Directors 70 Meet.

Board of Trade Directors TO Meet.
The directors Of the board Of trade will
meet tomorrow TO make arrangements
for the March meeting of the board, and
20 select topic for discussion
1t is likely that the report of the commit
tee on charity win report at this meeting of
the board. Some radical changes in the
methods of doing the annual charity work
Of the city VIII be suggested.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
suall blaze ON seventh Street,

A lot OF weste paper in the basement of
the millinery store of II. King, jr., Nos. s12
and s14 Seventh street northwest, ignited
from coming in contact with the furnace
at $50 o'clock yesterday morning, and re-
suited in local alarm OF fire and consider
able excitement No damage.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
He Was Captured at Last.

John Hughes, colored assailed John
Brown also ocolored, lastNovember by knock
ing him down with sledge-hammer blows
several times in rapid succession. Hughes
then went into hiding and was not arrested
until Tuesday. In the police court yester-
day Judge Miller sent Hughes to jail for three
months.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
In Aid Of Union Chanel

The Ladies' Aid Society OF Colonial Beach
viii hold a sociabe for the benefit Of Union
Chapel at the residence of Mrs. Frank L.
ourand, No. 934 / street northwest, on Fri
day evening OF this week at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
Six and one-Quarter furlongs.
Tins for To-day,s Races.

First race-Grand Prix; Trinculo.
Second race-Detroit; Despair.
Third race-Ponee de Leon; Vestibule
Fourth race-Jewel; Wheelosk.
Fifth race-Walcott; Leigh.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Mr. George X. Cook, of this city, and Miss
Emma j. Seeds, of Philadelphia, We're mar
ried there on the 2Sth ultimo by Rev. Henry
F. Lee. After the ceremony reception
was held at the residence of the groom's
sister, Mrs. c. L. Kerber. and subsequently
the young couple went TO their new home,
No. Gal North Thirty-siXth street, West
Phfladelphia
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
SmaII's Flowers.

J. Il Small & Sons, Fourteenth and C streets,
Washington. d. c., and lI53 Broadway, New
York Special attention 10 ORDERS FOR ALL
OUTGOING OCEAN AND OTHER STEAMERS
Flowers TO all points by express Fine Ameri-
can Beauty Roses, Niolets, and Orchids.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
- o -

Drop In and sample our California wines
free. None better sold anywhere. Our fruits
IN glass jars unsurpassed. California Wine
and Fruit Company, 1876 6 81
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Mrs. r. NJ c. Brown, after spending the
winter in Baltimore at the iRennert Hotel,
has come to Washington to pass the spring,
and is now at the Cairo with her little
daughter Lieut. Brown after visit TO
the Hot Springs of Arkansas, where his
health was greatly benefited by the stay
has gone with Ex-senator Davis and family
in their private car for trip through Mex
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Mr.. and Mrs Seth Cobb will return to ST.
Louis in the course of a few days and next
month, accompanied by thir daughter, Miss
Josephine Cobb, will go abroad in order that
she may have the advantages ofstudy at one
Of the leading educational centers.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
S1.25 Excursion to baltimore via Penn.
sxIYauia Railroad 81 2S

The Passenger departme Mt of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad announces the sale of 81. .25 ex
cursion tickets to Baltimore March 9 and 20
good to return until the following Monday
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

The sale of reserved seats for Dr. Stafford's
lecture begins at Metzerott's music store this
morning
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

MT and Mrs Frank Hume have been sum-
moned TO Yale College by the serious illness
OF their secon dson, Mr. Robert Scott Hume,
from appendicitis Mr.. and Mrs. Hume inn
mediately upon their arrival in New
Haven telegraphed for DR.. McBirney, the
New York specialist. 10 attend their son in
addition to the physicians already called i'll.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
Ring and Track Gossip.

Elmstone was the first winner McCauley
has landed for some time.
Ben was running SO loggy coming out Of
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
Fell Down a Flight of Stairs.

ored woman. fell down long flight of
stairs atherhome. No. 1921 Twenty-seventh
street northwest, last evening and fractur-
ed her thigh bone She was removed to
Freedman's Hospital and treated by DR.. j.
". Mitchell and the house staff.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07
10 Ride on the Bicrcle., ;,

Anthony Allen, a deaf and dumb eoIored
man, was III Judge Miller's dock yester-
day, charged with stealing bicycle
from William Gosnen. When asked to
plead Clerk Potts wrote on a slip OF
paper:
''Are you guilty or not guilty."
This was handed TO the colored deaf
mute, and in reply he wrote on the same
slip OF paper:
II desjerticed to ride on the bicycle"
A plea of guilty was entered and Allen
was sentenced to thirty days in Jail.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

WASHINGTON TINES Tops on sale to-day at S
Kaun, Sons & Co.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Subscribers TO The Times" will confer
favor by promptly reporting any discour'
Iesy OF collectors, or neglec. of duty on
the Fart of the carriers. Complaints
either by II all or in person will receive
prompt attention. Papers should be de
liyered TO all parts OF the city by 6:3o
o'clock each morning, including Sunday.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Mrs. Lamont has gone to Mount Graw
vile, y. Y, for short stay.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Majestic Ranges in burning one hod of
coal will do more baking and cooking than
any stove or range you ever used. Try it,
and be convinced. b. F. Guy & Co., 1905
Pa. ave.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Majestic Steel Ranges are going out every
hour at E. T. Guy & Co.'s.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Already thereisinterestingta talk on thesub-
jeCt OF Mi-Careme balls. and according TO the
latest announcements on the subject no less
than four Mid Lenten balls are likely 10 be
given for the entertainment of society. The
British Ambassador and Lady Pauncefote
are spoken OF as the most prominent in this
list. Mrs. Mcpherson is the other who il is
umored VIII be the hostess al bali. The
other entertainments VIII be receptions to be
given by Mrs. 5. 5. Rowland and Mrs.
Bugher. Itisquite possible andby nomeans
improba BILE thststill lanotherandmuchla larger
ballthan any of aforementioned will be given
al a Mi-Careme entertainment, but matters
in this respect are as yet too vague TO make
any definite announcement.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Jailed for Cutting His Nephew.
During quarrel James Lindsey cut hfs
nephew. Aaron Lindsey, with knife. Yes
teFtiay Judge Miller sent James to jail for
two months without fine.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Mrs u. s. Grant is now at Palm Beach,
Fla. where upon her arrival she was nc :
corded large reception by the guests from
all parts of the Union gathered at that place.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

Mrs. Lamont. with a party OF friends,
went over to Baltimore one day last week
and after a visit 10 the Walters Gallery
were entertained at luncheon in the Monu
mental City.
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

This IS what hundreds os people are saying
while looking over our bargain counter in refer
euce 10 the
The Washington times., 1895-03-07

tUTUtU Il IdIRt TtLtpIIUIl DN IIIt guPSIs IItIII
all parts of the Union gathered at that place.
A recent letter from Palm Beach, Fla, to
one of the Cincinnati papers. makes an an
nouBc emcnt of most interesting rumor TO
Washingtonians. This is 10 the effect that
Miss Nichols. daughter OF Mrs. Bellamy
Storer is engaged to the Marquis de Cham
brun. The letter from Florida alluded to
announces that the engagement as yet is not
announced, but il is The subject OF general
talk among the friends of the parties. Miss
Mic hollis, If not already an heiress To a large
fortune IN herown right, has a most comfort
able income, and viii inherit great wealth
from her mother, whose invention and per
fection of the lockwood pottery has been
TO her vertabe gold mine.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23

be seen the 'tin-hornn gambler, the
crap shooter, the street walker, the
thief and the precocious youth; white
men promenading with black women
and black men doing likewise with
white women. The black and white
man who lives from the proceeds Of
women's shame are there. There are
from tiften to twenty colored boys
who are not over 20, and from that age
down to 13--who appear on this street
until very late hour. They occasion
ally gather under the electric light and
dance for the amusement Of passers-by.
Their parents are respectable, but
their children have got beyond their
control. Young colored girls are to be
seen here every night eating at lunch
wagons, standing on corners and eye
ing men. 1t is onlya matter of time
when fate will overtake them.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
An old friend from Davenport called
on Mrs. g. A. Brown this week.
aLHIA NOTES.

Special Correspondence 70 Io,ca State Bgstandcr.
Mrs. speires, of Pekay, is a visitor in
the city.
Tom Galway is home on a vacation
looking well.
Mrs. Kizzie Mash has gone to Knox
Vile.
There was party given Thursday at
Miss Marshall's in honor of Miss Gen.
eva Jeffers, of Knoxville.
There was q delightful surprise party
given on Mrs. A. Bowan, it being her
25th birthday. Her friends wish her
many more such birthdays.
There was q tea given at Mrs. M.
Wards in honor of Miss Geneva Jef-
fers Sunday evening. Those present
were Bert Jones, Miss Maggie Marshal
Miss Della Davis, Miss Henrietta Jones
and Peral Thomas. All enjoyed them.
selves.
Rev. James will soon depart for con.
ference.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
bind Alexis wonderful Memory.


Blind Alex, who lived in Stirling.
Scotland, from 1880 to about 1910, had
the most wonderful memory of which
any account has ever been recorded;
He was familiarly known as THE
Complete Concordance" on account of
the fact that he knew the entire Old
and New Testaments "by heart" He
was tested half dozen or more times
before the Scottish Society Of Advanced
Learning and always succeeded in con-
vincing the professors that he was all
that had been claimed for him. If any
sentence in the entire Bible was re-
peated to him, he would Instantly name
chapter and verse, or if the book, chap
ter and verse were named he could
give the exact words of the quotation.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
THE Roous-cH DODGE.

How the shrevd Crook Worried the Clerk
to His Own Benefit.
Ever get left on the bogus check
racket" repeated the hotel clerk.
only once.
"It was just after came here. A
stranger alighted from the bus and
called me by name even before he en-
tered the door. He was asking me
how / liked Buffalo and telling me
that Jimmy, the bartender. and Dave.
the head waiter in the hotel where
used to work in Pittsburg, had sent
their regards to me even before ne
registered. / was kicking myself, be-
cause 1 couldn't remember him. but, OF
course, didn't give myself away. Ihe
name he put on the register didn't en-
tighten me any. either.
1.-THE next morning when came on
watch my new friend was ready to de-
part. He greeted me with Hello, old
man! Just tell your cashier this check
is all right, will you? / want to settle
my bill. I've got to run down to Rocn-
ester, but I'll be back with you to-mor-
row. The check was for $50, and was
signed by one of the best firms In Pitts
burg. I told the cashier to take It. He
didn't happen to have enough money
at the time, and my gentleman began
to buster: If you don't want to cash
it, he said, I'll take it down to the
Mansion house, where used to stop,
They'll take it fast enough. That
ought to have aroused my suspicious.
Men whose credit Is good are not ready
to resent fancied sights on their fnan-
cial stability. But argued to myself
that the man had only come to our
house on my account. and that we
should lose customer II he was not
accommodated, so was more anxious
than ever to oblige him. ] held him
till the cashier got the money, and gave
him his change, SAT.
"a few days afterward the check was
returned to us as forgery. have
heard that the fellow played the same
game all over the country. He evil
IDENTIFY made specially of posting him-
self on the history and personal ap-
pearance Of hotel clerks, and the desire
Of our class to be known as everybody 8
friend did the rest.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
Uti,iyation of salt water.

The cable power plant of the Sutter
Street railway, in San Francisco,
probably gets its condensing water
from a greater distance than any other
street railway plant in the world. The
water is piped five miles from the
ocean to the power plant. After use in
the condenser, it is piped to the Lur-
line baths near by, at temperature
of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The piping
of the water is done by the Olympic
Salt Water company, and the Sutter
Street railway pays for its use in the
condensers. The daily output is 300,-
600 gallons. The arrangement is one
mutually agreeable to the street rail-
way and salt water company, and may
be suggestion of what can be done
elsewhere
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
ALBlNo HUckLEBERRIEs.
A Curious Fruit Said to Be Peculiar to
the State OF wooden Nutmegs.

Norwich, Conn. telegram. Farmer
f. B. Crandall Of Bozrah, six miles west
Of this city, came to town this week
with five quarts OF albino huckleber-
ries, which he readily sold for round
price to merchants and others who
fancy freaks Of nature. Mr.. Crandall's S
fruit was the first sample OF white
huckleberries ever seen in Norwich.
The berries were all large, hard, firm
of TEXTURE, sweet and luscious, and
about as white as milk. Albino berries
are extremely rare; in fact, "about as
skeerce as hens teeth" said Mr.. Gran
dali, after he had pocketed 20 cents a
box for some of the fruit. There are
not more than half dozen places In
Connecticut, probably. where they
grow, and it. is not known that they
grow in any other state. There is a
patch OF albino bearing bushes in the
billy town OF Salem, which adjoins
Bozrah; another in Hartford county, a
third In Wfndham county, and there
are two or three more in different parts
of the state. The Salem albinos cluster
about the apex of wind-swept, tree
less knoll in the middle Of heavy
wood, and the whole plot is not more
than fifteen or twenty feet In diameter.
BY many persons it is believed that the
berries are not albinos, but distinct
species Of whortleberries, since they
never mix or amalgamate with the COM
mon black huckleberry.6 Neither are
they greatly disposed to propagate
themselves or spread on new ground.
All the widely separated plots are of
about the same dimensions, while In
the case Of the Salem patch 1t is known
to be of just about the same size now
as 100 years ago. y
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
A BOTHERED TERRIER.
The BOY with tho Indestructible Rat


Was More than lie Bargained For.
A rat, a terrier, and a snail noy
caused thousands Of people to congre-
gate on West Madison street about 3
o'clock last night, and 1t was not real
rat, either, says Chicago News. The
rat, which was most natural-looking
rubber affair, was connected with q
long thin pipe and a bulb. Every time
the boy squeezed the bulb the rat would
leap forward in a most life-like manner
and the ladies on the street would
shrek with terror and gather up their
skirts. This delighted the crowd,
which surged down on the boy and the
rat from every direction. The fun Was
kept UP for an hour or more, even the
policeman on the beat stopping now
and then for a good laugh. Suddenly
however, a sleek-looking rat terrier
sprang through the crowd and made for
his mortal enemy. Down he pounced.
The boy gave the bulb jab and the
rat leaped about six feet. Again the
dog made spring. This time he
caught the rat in his teeth and the
pressure caused 1t to give out most
life-like squeak, which delighted the
dog and audience alike.
BY this time the street was packed.
Time after time the dog would shake
the rat and put 1t down, only to see It
leap again, to the wild delight Of the
crowd. For the first half hour 1t was
mere play to the plucky little terrier,
but after while things began to grow
monotonous. The dog lay down for a
rest and the rat Jumped over him.
This was too much for canine flesh and
| blood to stand. He leaped up again.
and now the contest kept up until the
dog fell to the pavement from sheer
exhaustion. Painting and with eyes
protruding, he made few more IN
| effectual snaps at the rubber rat, then
| turned over on his side and laid his
head on the pavement. His owner
worked his way through the crowd
picked up his pet In his arms, uttered
a few remarks, and offered to lick the
man who had killed his dog. The
/ crowd 1eered and dispersed, while tbs
small boy strol1ed down the street in
search of another ambitious rat terrier
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
ALoERIA,s.LocUsT PEST.

An Army OF Men Have Failed to Thin
Out tho yoraclous and Prolific Insects
That prolific pest, the locust, is prov
ing more than match for French energy
and enterprise in Algeria. According
to the last annual report Of our Consul
General, Sir Lambert Playfair, the
elaborate campaign undertaken against
the insect army has come to naught,
and the locust holds the field with un-
impaired appetite and digestion. No
less than $1,000, men were employed
throughout the country in the hopeless
task of trying to reduce MIN TO sub
mission, and all sorts of instruments Of
death and torture were used to strike
terror into his heart, but there he is
still in his myriads, eating the colonists
and natives out of house and home. A
French entomologist has come forward
in this extremity with suggestion OF
strikingly original kind. Having dis
covered that the cocoons of the locust
are largely patronized by the larvae Of
dipterous insect, called the Ida
fasciata, much to the detriment of the
cocoon, he proposes that the Ida fascia-
ia should be cultivated, and then leave
the two pests to go at it hammer and
tongs. He also thinks it would
strengthen the hands of the Ida fascia-
ia if the preservation and breeding of
quails and larks and starlings were car
ried out on large scale, for a good
square meal of locusts Is always well
come to healthy bird. Here Is a
splendid opening for the English spar
row, though. perhaps, he is a trife too
small for the work.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
SONG SERVICE.

The following is the program of the
song service of the A. NJ. Z. church for
Sabbath evening. The services will
begin at o'clock sharp:
Opening Song, g,.....,.............. Choir.
Scripture Reading, w. A. Searcy.
Voluntary, Organ Miss Stella Burnaughi,
Invocation, ......... Rev. I. A. Clark.
Mixed Quartet, Mesdames Birney and
.Coalson, Messrs. Holt and Williamson.
Literary Selection, Miss Bessie Ste wart.
Vocal Solo, Mrs. |. j Blagburn.
Instrumental Baritone Solo, w II. War
Reading. .............:. Miss Clara elnlth.
Trio Misses Maude McCraven and Mable
Morton and l. e. Williamson.
Vocal Solo. > ihomas Nofen. en.
Vocal Duet, Mesdames Coalson and Birney.
Bass Violin Solo, Junius Dungee.
Reaulng, !. oiIs. ". !osit.
Mixed Quartette, Miss May +. Ruff. Mrs.
w. NJ Coalson, Messrs. Holt and Lewis.
Literary Selection. !. - Miss zella Davis.
Vocal Solo,. K. a. Lewis.
Criticism, ..,.-..l n. w lillallsoil.
Mandolin Selection. Isaac Curtley John
.Capart and Edward Rose.
Remarks,..... Rev. =. A. Siark.
Closing Song, Cholr.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-08-23
a Thirteen -Year-old nero.

Greenup. III, Aug. 23.-The 5-yaar-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hutsill,
four miles west Of this city, narrowly
escaped death in q burning barn yes
terday. George Smith, 13 years old.
rescued the child, burning himself bad
ly about the hands. The HutstI child
may live, but is in critical condition..
He was at play in the barn when II
caught fire. The building and contents.
property of II. Bright, were entirely
consumed. Two horses burned to
death.