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The morning times., 1896-09-24
BRAVE BUT BASHFUL.
Young Man Stops Runaway and De-
clines to Give His Name

A very daring and successful feat was
performed yesterday Afternoon by Il young
man opposite Jackson Place, on Penn
sylyania avenue.
About $50 o'clock spirited horse, at
tacbed to a light buggy. without driver,
came tearing down Il street The animal
dragged the vehicle successfully and with
unusual horse sense and at full speed
through several vehicles on Fifteenth
street, aud crowd of people waiting On
Fifteenth street for the cars. then changed
his course into Pennsylvania avenue, up
which he went at a fearful speed.
A dozen or more bcyclists started in
pursuit of this metoric procession. but they
were dstanccd. Several attempts were
made en- Route to stop the animal by the
waving OF hats and trying TO frighten him
to a standstill but it was not until he
reached point opposite the White House
that he was rounded up. young man
was sitting on a beuch in jackson place.
He made a dash for the horse. seized the
bride. swung on, aud after being carried
some hundred or more feet. succeeded in
checking the steed. The young man got
into the buggy, drove back, picked up the
driver. and returned the vehicle from the
place IL started. q and Fourteenth north
west. The young man disappeared as
suddenly rs he appeared from out Of the
park possibly too modest to answer ques-
tions as TO who lie was The trap and
horse belong 10 Mr.. Thomas Waggaman,
who was. however, not in charge when the
animal escaped
The morning times., 1896-09-24
SPECIAL NOTICE.

. The Baltimore Merchandise Company, TIN.
great money savers Tor the people, has
leased from Mr.. tarl j +. GralT. attorney
the laI &. double building, Nos. l21 and 42s
Seventh street northwest, and will devote
same excl clusiyely to the sale of Mems, Boys
and Children's Fine Tailor-M Made Clothii e
always at less than eDc-half cost Of naini-
facture.
= We have come to stay. All OUT sales will
be legitimate No fake. No humbug.
Reau why and how we save you money
The Baltimore Merchandise Company is to-
day the largest retailers Of Fine Tailor
Made Clothfi z this country. Our object
is not to buy r, ilarly from manufac turers
But with thcrot G. knowledge of our bnsi-
ness. our inexpensive way Of conductii &
same, namely: No lalge, fancy show will
dows, 10 elabOrateastoIe fiXtures-all OF
which In due time Fou pay for-and still
further with our nniimited capital, we
stand prepared al all clnies, and make it "a
special feature, to buy only the stock of
bankrupt clothing manufacturers, the stocks
from, fire insurance appraisers, who nine
times out of ten cannot agree with the in
sured and are compelled TO selr We have
buyers located in every lalge city of the
United States, who are on the lookout at
alltimes topurchase such stocks, no matter
how large, provided, however, they are
desirable, and we can buytheni tour own
figures. We shall spare no efforts to please
the public. We shall do only a Il climate
straightforward business, and win the
confluence of the public. 1t will be only
a short time before we are known In Wash
ington, as In other cities, as the great
money savers for the people. - 80 -sq
Watch and wait until Saturday, Sep
tember 26 1896; = at 8 O'Clock "a M;
$S7 200 wholesale bankrupt stock OF
Fine Tailor Made Clothing to be sold
at retail at less than one-halt cost OF manu-
facture. Full particulars and price list In
too,orrow's papers.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
Entertained Their Friends.

A reception was held last evening at
739 Marshal street northwest, by Messrs
Robert Donaldson, John Scroggins, P. c.
Miner and w. R. Thomas. The affair was
originated by those above mentioned for
the entertainment OF their friends, there
being nearly fifty in attendance, fully one
half of whom were ladies. The program
OF the evening consisted of vocal and instru-
mental music, and recitations, In which the
quartet took part. There were solos on
violin. mandolin, and guitar, banjo play
ing, comic and sentim entail songs, and
humorous and dramatic recitations. The
performers were enthusiastically applauded.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
DEATH RATE STILL HIGH.
1t Continues a bout 20 Per Cent A bove
the formal

The health OF the city. AS indicated by
the death rate, continues about 20 per
cent above the annual average. The
deaths III the past week numbered 100. as
cotupared win ,lU4 III the preGeOing week.
The death rates were, for whites, 1875;
fOrfcolorea. 'kS.z +; and Ior total population,
1876. In the corresponding period Of last
year the total rate was 200.
A review OF the diseases prevalent
shows no material differencefruni the last
report TWO deaths from diphtberia aud
iroin whOoping cough embrace the range
Of the contagious affections in fatal form.
Typho-iDalarial attacks caused deaths,
anu typhoid Iever.6. Three suicides oc
CURED. Mortality among CHILDREN under
d years old remains at the formal.
or uiphtheria 10 new cases. were re-
ported; houses were released from quaran'
tine, leaving 10 in isolation or scarlet
lever, z new cases We're reported, warning
card removed from house and b remained
placarded. Marriages reported, 81 and
births. 81.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
Renl EState TrnnsferS.

John Gailaghe to Elizabeth Gallagher,
all right and interest i'll part OF original
lot 8, square az, $40.
George r. Cornell ct uX to Christina c.
Coleman, the west q feet II l. . inches OF
original lot 2, and the east 3 feet IL
inches OF original 10: 3, square S15, $40.
Mary ]. Coker ct var John to Thomas W
Smith, sub lots 8, 8 and /, square 81 l, $40.
Leonard Geneste ct TX. to Alien G. Clark,
the east II feet. Inch of lot ''B' and all
OF lots &c, ID, Il and E. square 1869 in
Haley's SUBJ, $50.
The Wa ashington Loa n and Trust Company
to Charles II. R. Bradley, lot 20, block A.,
Mount Airy and Friendship, in Burket's
sub, $40.
aripe Mahoney, part OF lot IS, 80, and 40
square 235, in Riley's SUBJ. $l,925.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
DAVID MEYERS CAUGHT.
He Is the Man Who Cracked Clap
mans Skull.

David Meyers, colored, the assailant OF
Elijah Chapman, colored, was arrested
by Policemen Carlson and Lally last night
Chapman entered police station No l a
few nj ghts ago and stated that he had
been shot. He was conveyed TO the Emer-
gency Hospital by Policeman Sprinkle.
There 1t was found that his skull had been
fractured by brick and the operation OF
trephining was successfully applied.
Meyers, when arrested last night, said
that the trouble occurred over a game of
crap. Chapman borrowed pistol and
shot four times ut linn. Meyers then
threw the brick.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
They Followed the Circus.

Four runaway lads, who had been fol-
lowing the Robinson and Franklin circus,
were captured yesterday afternoon at
the roundhouse, near Ivy City, by Mounted
Policemen Rogers and Greer, OF the Ninth
precinct The boys were locked up at
the station on the charge of yagrancy. Their
names are Norville Lane, Roy Evans, Will
liam Montgomery, and William orine, the
latter colored. Their ages range from
thirteen 10 sixteen years, and all, ex
cept Oriue, are residents of Baltimore.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
Mr.. Enrich Is Better.

Mr.. Frederick W. Enrich, who was shot
in the neck by an unknown colored assail-
ant early Sunday morning last, contin-
ues toimprovc slowly at his home, No. 81 IL
P street northwest Mr.. Emrich's robust
constitution has had much TO do with his
steady Improvement and the attendant
physician thinks he will be able to have the
X-ray operation performed before the close
of the week. No further arrests have been
made by the police. A reward of $3.50
has been noffered for the arrest of the robbcr
The morning times., 1896-09-24
NO CHANGE OF VENUE.
Judge Cox So Decides in a Justice
Suit

Judge Cox So Decides in Justices
Suit.
Judge Cox yesterday in the case of
William G. Whcatlcy against Thaddeus
Bean, decided that plaintiff is not en-
Titled to 4 change of Venue In proceedings
before Justice of the peace.
Mr. Wheatley filed suit Lcfore Justice
Strider. but asked for a change of venue.
which was granted under protest. II went
TO Justice Church and the defendant peti-
toned for change OF venue, which was
refused BY writ OF oertiorari it came
up before Judge Cox, who decided that q
plaintiff is not entitled to a change Of venue
from the justice before whom he filed his
suit.
The case, it is said. will 60 10 the court
Of appeals.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
Doctor Story Didn't Go.

Charles Manley, colored, living at No
GLIB A street northeast, was arrested last
night by Cycling Policeman j. A. Duvall
for fast riding on his bicycle. As an en-
cuse he claimed that he was going for a
doctor who lived at Ninth and V streets
northwest. Duvall accompanied Manler
to that corner, but no doctor lived there
The morning times., 1896-09-24
Sam Hit His Girl Friend.

Sam Dorsey, colored, was locked up at
the Third precinct station house last night
charged with an assault on a colOred girl
pamed Kitty Wells.
Sam, it is alleged. hit Kitty in the mouth
with his fist, on X street. near Fifteenth
northwest, because. as she claimed. she
was walking with another 'gemme n friend"
The morning times., 1896-09-24
Couldn't Dodge a Car.

Detective Ben Rhodes was thrown from
a Capital Traction car at Pennsylvania
avenue and Fifteenth street last night. He
sustained an abrasion Of the nose and a
sprain OF the left ankle. He linped to
Emerg ,ncy Hospital, ,.where he was treated
by Surgeon West.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
CUSTOMS COLLECTORS FIRED.

They Received Political Cont rtbu-
tions From Government Employees.
The Civil Service Commission is informed
by the Treasury Department that it has
The services OF Villa M Springer
and John Terney, deputy collectors OF Gus
toms at Port Huron, Mich, who were
charged by the Civil Service Commission
with ha havins.received political contributions
from government employees.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
HE ROOTED TOO HARD. /.
Tyler Was Watching the Game From
Tree and Fell.

Tyler Was watching the Game From
a Tree and Fell.
william Tyler, colored, fifteen years
old, living at 995 Florida avenue nOrt!.
west, had a narrow escape from death yes-
terday afternoon by falling from a tree
in front of Freedman's Hospital. AS
result he is suffering from a BAG confusion
of the right hip, and severe internal it,
juries.
he had climbed one of the large oaks
in front uf the hospital to witness the
baseball game. william had percbed
himself upon limb, about twenty feet
from the ground. In the midst Of an ex
citing play Tyler became too enthusiastic
and lost his balance. He dropped heavily
to the ground and landed on his right
hip.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
III on the Street.

Albert Ross. an aged colored man, was
found at the corner of Twenty-first and r
streets northwest last evening. suffering
with some mysterious n,alady. He was
removed to his home, No. 1906 L street
northwest, in the Third precinct patrol
wagon.
The morning times., 1896-09-24

The Treasury gold reserve at the close
of business yesterday stood at $40, ,46O.-
342. TIE days Withdrawals of gold at
New York W ere $122 800.
The morning times., 1896-09-24
MORE. PROOF; !;
NJ. Gssrgs Anderson -Tsstitiss 10
DR.. Y(lUNG'SSkItt.

E Jackson Lumber Co., whose residence
Is 100 Maryland ave. sw. ,testifies as fol-
lows: When l placed my case In the
hands OF DR.. Young q short time ago
was 30 weak and run down ! could hardly
walk. l had Dot been able to retain food
on my stomach for weeks. l had terrible
night sweats and q high fever every after
noon. ! had frequent nervous chills that
lasted from one to two hours. The fact
OF the matter is / was nearer dead than
alive. L found no relief until saw DR..
Young. His very first treatment helped me.
/ continued the treatment, and tOdayI am
well and strong and able to attend to busi-
ness again."
Dr. Young is the leading specialist In
Washington in all Chronic, Nervous, Blood.
and Skin DiseascB. No matter how many
complaints you may have the highest fee
charged is
The morning times., 1896-09-24
Money ,ogLnap

The District Of Columbia. The Times Real
Estate Bureau, Tenth and PsunsyiyAnlA
The morning times., 1896-09-24
SlOin Gold First Prize

For best Composition ON ..dahn's School
Hhoea" Circulars explaining this contest
at 80 and va Sc eveuth street.
Evening star., 1896-02-22
ON TWELVE CENTS A DAY.
Four Bachelors Form - Clu,, md Jtx
for n TriNe.

Four Bachelors Form IL Club and Live
for "a TriHe.
From the New York World
What is the least sum a fellow can live
comfortably on per day?"
This was recently the subject of debate
by four young bachelors. They are all
clerks with salaries averaging from $40 to
$15 a week.
One of them. who has a position in
famous drug house, suggested that a guar
ter Of a dollar would be sufficient Another
maintain ed that man would starve on less
than half a dollar. Finally the practical
man in the party proposed that they club
together and mako the experiment
Done" said The others.
Then came the question OF the selection
of a cook. The choice fell on young col
ored man named Billy" This son Of the
south had served in the navy and knew
some wrinkles" in regard to the culinary
art. So the discussion which began as a
joke was crystallized into practical expert
ment.
After due consideration 1t was decided to
form themselves into the Five Jolly
Bachelors Down-cn-Y Your-Luck CLUB" They
concluded it would not do to spend more
than L cents per day each for meals. This
would be the munificent sum of 81 cents
per week each.
They fixed the initiation fee at % cents
each. This netted s1.25, which they voted
to use for oil stove and the necessary
utensils Then operations began.
I'VE started in September last" said
member of tho club, land after the
experiment ceased to be a joke we kept
right on until We have practically demon
strated that it is possible for five people
to live on II cents day each and have
health and happiness.
''The only medicine we have taken. al
though right in the line, is a daily dose of
jokes and laughter over our bill of fare We
have an elegant sufficiency' though not
all the delicacies of the season. Our break
fast and supper consist of coffee and rolls,
and all that goes with them" The follow
ing is the dinner bill of fare for the week:
Monday-Coffee and bread. liver and
bacon.
Tuesday-Chops. French fried potatoes,
bread and coffee.
Wednesday-steak and potatoes, coffee
and bread.
Thursday-Ham and eggs, bread and cof-
fee (no potatoes).
Friday-Fish, potatoes, coffee and bread.
Saturday-Lamb chops. potatoes, bread
and coffee.
Sunday-Roast beef, mashed potatoes, ,cof-
fee and bread.
This includes sugar, milk and butter.
What we have is of the best quastysan
plenty Of it. We consider that we fare
better than we would in So week board
ing house"
Evening star., 1896-02-22
A Sailors Answer.
rom Harper's Round Table.


Just after the war Of 1116 an American
frigate visited England. Her crew Of gal
liant tars had been principally recruited
from the fisheries, and some Of them, 1t is
to be acknowledged, did not compare favor
ably in appearance with the spick-and-
span. jaunty English naval seamen, for
the former were of all shapes and sizes.
from the tall, round-shouldered. long-arm-
ed Cape Colder, down to the short, wiry
members of the ships company who hailed
from various ports further south, where
less Drawn was to be found.
One day the .captain Of the American
ship paid visit to the commander Of a
British man-o-war at anchor in the same
harbor. The cockswain Of the gig was q
great. lanky seaman, whose backbone was
so rounded as to form q veritable hump.
While the boat rested at the gangway of
the visited vessel the English sailors gath
cred in the open ports and took stock, I"
in rather disdainful fashion, of the occu-
pants Of the gig. At last one of the sea-
men on board the man-o'-war called down
to the cockswain:
"'Ello there, Yankee; soy, what's
that bloomin' Jump you ave on your back ?''
The American sailor looked up and called
back, quick as q shot: That's Bunker
HILL"
Evening star., 1896-02-22
INFORMATION WANTED.
The. Attorney General Addressed by
the Pacific Railroad Committee.

The. Attorney General Addressed by
the Pacific Railroad Committee.
The House Pacific railroad committee has
adopted a resolution calling on the Attorney
General for the following information:
1. Whether the president and directors
of the Union and Central Pacific railroad
companies are personally liable for the
value Of the stock Of said companies, un-
lawfully issued, under their administration
2. Whether they are personally liable for
losses incurred by said companies, I'm con-
struction contracts made with themselves
or persons representing them, as reported
by the Pacific railroad commission
3. Whether such liability, IL it exists, can
be enforced by the United States, as
creditor of said corporations, and whether
the findings Of said railroad commission are
based upon evidence legally admissible
against the parties in interest, and sufficient
to sustain decree against them
The purpose of the resolution is to secure
an expression from the Attorney General
as to whether an action against the presi-
dent and directors Of the Union Pacific and
Central Pacific would lie for recovery, in
order to ascertain if Congress should con-
clude to foreclose its mortgage, it could Sc
cure from the directors, or their estates. the
difference between the amount realized on
the mortgage and the amount due.
Evening star., 1896-02-22
THE SPEED OF TRAINS.
How 1t May Be Affected by the Rota
tinn of the Earth.

How 1t May Be Affected by the Rota-
tian of the Earth.
From the Railway Gazette.
In 1891 the New York Central and Hud-
son River railroad ran a train 1861 miles
in 423 minutes and 40 seconds, or an aver
age of 611a miles per hour. The weight of
this train was 100000 pounds. The same
company on September II, this year, made
the remarkable run of the same 1861 miles
in 407 % minutes; this was an average of
6i.26 miles per hour.
The New York Central, in starting both
times from New York city, unnecessarily
retarded its own speed. From Albany to
Buffalo, due west the train encountered
not only the prevailing west wind, but the
force of the earth's revolution eastward
Owing to the diurnal rotation of the
earth, bodies at the equator press toward
the earth with 2SS-2S0 Of the pressure they
would were the earth deprived of its rota-
ton. If, therefore. the rotation of the
earth could be accelerated until 1t took only
lit of the present sidereal day to make a
complete turn or revolution, the centrifugal
tendency would be increased QO2 fold:
that is, 1t would be $50 times as great as
now, and bodies at the equator would have
no pressure downward, or. as we say, would
weigh nothing. This rate of revolution
would not be sufficient to deprive bodies
anywhere else of their entire weight
Now let us apply this to railroad trains
"A train running east, at the equator, would
be lightened as compared with the weight
on still earth. If running due west,
the result would be less And the differ
ence Of weight between the Same train
running east and west with the same We
locity, would be certain fraction of its
total absolute pressure. Example,: Taking
a train running, say. 70 feet per second, or
nearly 48 miles per hour, this fraction would
not be far from 1-l6O0 part; If running GO
miles per hour, it would be 1-12sO part.
and if running 100 miles per hour or 147
feet per second, 1t would be the 1-765 part
nearly; and it would be greater and greater
as the speed is increased. and still greater
as both speed and weight of the train are
increased The train of the New York
Central was 337 feet long and weighed
565, 900 pounds.
This calculation, 1t will be observed. as
said, will be true for the equator The
New York Central train ran from Albany
to Buffalo upon about the 42d parallel Of
latitude, and therefore, this calcu-
lation should be corrected for this latitude,
and would be about 7-1O as great.
Evening star., 1896-02-22
BUREAU OF REFORMS.
The Bills Which the socfctx q.
Pressing.


Pressing.
meeting Of the National Bureau of Re-
forms was held last evening in the New
fork Avenue Presbyterian Church, which
was attended by large number of the
frlerds Of the movement, and those in
terested in Its aims and purposes Ad-
dresses were made by Representative Ding
ley and Bishop Hurst
Kew. Wilbur F. Crafts, superintendent of
the bureau, presided at the meeting and
gave brief outline Of the purposes of the
organization. He said the bureau would CO.
operate with all associations that stood for
me oe1ense of the Sabbath and purity for
the suppression Of intemperance gamblinp
ana political corruption and for the sub.
Stitution or arbitration and Cancellation for
both Industrial and International war.
four b!ils have been introduced in Con-
gress at the request of the bureau. and Mr.
crafts stated he had a reasonable eypecta-
tlon that they would become laws. They
are as follows. Raising the age of consent
70 e.gnteen years In the District, which the
Distr.ct Commissioners, Mr. Crafts stated
nad lndorsed yesterday: the renesl of OLIa
noma's mnety-day divorce law by act of
congress; the passage of Sabbath law for
.ne national capital. and the suppression Of
gambling by telegraph. as gamhlnp hv mai
ana py express had already been s,,nnressed
as the meeting was intended to be part of
the general celebration of Washineton's
,. w lIioay, tne addresses of the evening we're
upon patriotic themes. Bishop John F.
hurst spoke Of Washington and his books
ana gave some interesting Information
ABOUT his library, large part Of which. he
sald, consisted of religious works. Repre-
sentative Nelson Dingley spoke of the far
teaening 1s.a example Of the father of his coun-
Try and the large part he had in making
ours a Christian nation. He declared that
the t protection of the Sabbath was one of
the defenses of the country.
letters from Secretary Hoke Smith, Bishon
heane ana Gov. Matthews Of Indiana were
re2a expressing sympathy with the ohiects q
o. OF the bureau resolution favoring arbi-
tration was adopted " t
Evening star., 1896-02-22

Ram has fallen in Kansas, Oklahoma, In
dian territory and Texas. and snow flurries
in the lower lake region
The weather will he fair and warmer in
the Atlantic states tonight and Sunday.
Rain will extend to the Ohio and lower
Mississippi valleys tonight and Sunday,
with higher temperature. The weather will
clear by Sunday in the extreme southwest.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 7:44 am. ard S:is pm. !;
high ti6e. l :2S am. and 2:06 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, SAT am. and $50
pm; bish tide, 2:26 am. and 3:40 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Sun risee. 6:43: sun sets, 5:45 Moon sets,
2:51 I'm. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 6:52 pm: ex-
tingushing begun at 5:37 am. The lighting
Is begun one hour before the time named.
If clear less lighting may be ordered.
Naphtha lamps all lighted by $50 p.m. !;
exting gushing begun at 5:52. The moon
schedule does not apply to the naphtha
lamps.
Public arc lights lighted at 600 pm. and
eXtinguiShed at 6:22 am.