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The morning times., 1896-11-09
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
Young Man Arrested On the Charge
of Fraud.
Was Employed by Washington
Book Concern-Rain Damages a
Sewer-Other News.

A B. Lee was arrested in this city by
Sergeant Smith and Officer Sherwood, and
was turned over to Detective carter, OF
Washington, yesterday afternoon. Lee is
charged with having defrauded a book cun-
Germ OF Washington out Of $40 worth Of
books. He came to this city several weeks
ago and engaged rooms at the house of
Miss Jones, un Upper King street, to whom
he is indebted for his board Lee was
about to enter the insurance business in
this city
A respectable looking young man was
arrested Saturday night by special officer
authe eWashington Southern Railway station
for trespasslng ON the cars Of that COM
pany. When locked up at police station he
gavehis name as Frederick Dean, andstated
that he was without means, and was
endeayoring to reach his home in the East
He is held for examination this morning
The heavy rain OF yesterda morning dam
aged the new King street sewer at the
intersection of Washington street. The ap-
proaoh to the catch basin at the north
west corner was washed away, and the
street along the line of the sewer for
a considerable distance was inundated. A
force of hands was engaged nearly all day
yesterday making temporary repairs, to
prevent further damage. The full extent
of the damage Will not be known until Il
thorough examination can be made.
The Republicans OF this city are max
ing extensive preparations for appro-
priately celebrating the victory OF Tuesday
last. Prominent speakers have been IN
vited TO be present on the occasion and
several clubs from Washington are ex-
pected to participate in a torchliSht pro-
Cession.
Tie condition of Motorman Frank Hall,
who had his jawbone broken and was other
wise badly injured at the mile-run
power-house, was slightly improved yes
terday.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah Higgins took
place from her late home, Oh Washington
street yesterday afternoon at 4 O'Clock
a meeting of the congregation of the
Second Presbyterian Church viii be held
on Wednesday night, when the pastor. Rev.
Theron II. Rice, will present. in writing
his reasons for accepting the call TO A tlanta,
Ga.
rhe police arrested several small boys
yesterday evening in the First ward for
throwing stones at the house OF a resident
I'm that section. They Will be tried this
morning.
Since the construction OF the sewer on
King street. il has been learned that the
gas main on that street is in a very
bad condition. The sewer is filled with
illuminating gas at all times, and came
near resulting in the death of a workman
VINO attempted to go into it a few days
ago. The pipe for the new gas main is
on the ground, and will be laid as soon
as the weather will permit.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary d.
Gregory will take place this morning
from her home on North Washington street,
at 10 o'clock.
The services in the railroad reading
rooms yesterday were conducted by stu
dents from the Episcopal High School,
Special services will be held this evening.
The regular semi-monthiy meeting OF
the city council will be held tomorrow
night.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
YoUNG,s BIG MAJORITY.
1t Is the Largest Ever Given a Con-
RressiOnal Candidate

8TcBSlOuuI SdDu1uate.
James X. Young, OF the Evening Star,
enjoys the distinction of ha ing been
elected to Congress by the largest ma orty
ever gwen to candidate for Congress.
He receivcd-69 ,270 votes. and a plurality
OF 46,6TO over his Democratic competitor.
Congressman Harmcr, of the Fourth uis-
trict, held the previous record-26, ,405 ma.
jority, obtained in 1894. He gained upon
that, getting 80 ,947 majority ON Tuesday,
but Young, in larger district, distanced
him. Congressm an Young will be no stran-
ger in Washington. He is known to all the
newspaper correspondents as one of their
own number, and he is intimately acquaint-
ed with all the other members OF Con-
Sress and the public men who have seen
long service in Washington.
He Is probably more familiar with the
methods Of doing business in Congress and
in the departments than most members Of
Congress, and can enter at once upon an
active career as member of that body.
Mr.. Young is also a thorough Philadel-
phian. He knows precisely the needs of
the city, and should be a most useful Repre-
sentative; not because he is q newspaper
man, but because as a newspaper man he
has kept himself well informed respecting
LEGAL needs and means of satisfying them
Mr.. Young is well fitted to become a most
popular memb Der of Congress.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
BASEBALL In THE SOUTH.
Southeastern League Will Hold Pre-
liminary Meeting Today,

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. S.-1he Southeastern
Baseball League will meet at the Clifton
Hotel in Augusta tomorrow at 10 O'Clock
The league is a new one. built upon the
ruins o' the Southern Association Of sew
eral years past. 1t is composed of At
lanta, Savannah, Macon and Augusta,
Georgia towns, and Charleston and Co.
lumbia, South Carolina towns.
Each Of these cities VIII have a repre-
sentative at the meeting tomorrow. The
formation OF the league was fought by the
Southern Association, as President Pow
ers wanted to hold Atlanta in. the old
organization, but Nick Young sifted the
condition of affairs, and granted the
Southeastern protection.
Either X. c. Besche, of Atlanta, or T. W.
PaSsailagre, OF Charleston, will be elected
president.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
YOUNG HIGHwAYMAN.
Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Snatches O
Lady's Purse.

George Simpson, II young, but bold high
wayman, was arrested last night by PATROL
man Parham, charged with pocketbook
snatching, and locked up at the Third pre-
cinct station house
Mrs. John P. Hickey, the victim in the
case, was on her way Saturday night To
the Herdic Junction, at the corner of
Twenty-second and G streets northwest,
and when near that corner opened her
purse to select a fare from its contents.
Simpson, who is only about Fifteen years
OF age, saw the lady with the purse and
cOveting it soon had it in his possession.
Mrs. Hickey Identified him bef1re ne could
make his escape, and last night when cap.
tured he confessed the offense. rhe purse
contained but S1.44. Simpson will nave
q hearing in the police court this morning.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
Some New Rules Adopted for the
Present SeaSOn


A meeting of the District Basketball
League was held Saturday night at the
Infantry Arruory. The delegates present
We're: MesSrs. Joyer, c. l.; Newmeyer, @.
W; Davis and McGlue. c. C. c.; Mullen
and Martin. W. A. c.; Mansfield, and
Grimes, E. A. c.; Robinson and House,
w. L. i.
The league formally adopted the schedule
presented by the committee as the same
as already printed in The Times.
A penalty was fixed for teams which
fan To appear on scheduled nights and for
those which leave the field after protest.
Ing an officials decision.
The matter of appointing umpires and
referees Was left open until next week,
when certain officials who have been
invited, will definitely inform the league
whether they can serve or not
The Queer Wheelmen announce that their
teams for the league games will be Tierney,
h. G.; Burgess, r. T.; Pitkin, l. T.; Won
Bockman, c.: LOTUS, r. b.; Snyder, |. b. !:
Slack, l. G.; Eppley, r. c.; Atkinson, c. S.:
substitutes, Locraft and Roberts. Tierney
is captain and E. II. Newmeyer, jr., man.
ager.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
SAW HER FATHER DO IT.
So a Ffve-Year-Old Girl Drank Halt
q Pint of Whisky.

Louisa Watkins is five years old and
very black. Louisa lives in benning, and
yesterday her curiosity got her into trouble
Louisa s father has a big black bottle, and
when the little tot saw him Tip it up and
swallow every time the bottle gurgled she
thought she could do the same.
Yesterday she found the bottle while
her parents were out and drank its con-
tents. When her father and mother re-
turned they found the child on the kitchen
floor and the empty bottle beside her
Half an hour later q very badly frightened
colored woman rushed into Emergency
Hospital with 4 child in her arms and told
the physicians the little one had drank
half a pint of whisky Louisa had an in
terview with q stomach pump and felt
better ami was finally put to bed in u
ward. Later in the day her parents came
aud took her away.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
Yale Crew at Work.

New Haven, Conn, Nov. s.-Robcrt j.
Cook, the Yale crew adviser, came here
yesterday to see that the candidates for
the eight were given their first work of
the year properly. They were taken out
in a shell rigged 10 the English fashion,
driven with English oars and manned by
an eight who pulled close to an English
stroke under the coaching of Capt. Bailey
The crew went out on the harbor and made
the shell speed along effectively. Mr.. Cook
will visit the crew regularly till rough
weather prevents further work 90 the har-
bor.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
Think He Steals.

Louis Francis, colored, employed by John
W. Conn, grocer at Second and F streets,
wasarrested yesterday by Policeman Turner
on suspicion Of stealing from his employer.
For some time past Mr. Conn has been
missing many small articles from his store
and finally became suspicious that Francis
was taking them. When taken into custody
a number of small articles were found in
the mans room. Policeman Turner re-
covered a dozen knives and spoons, four
razors, quantity Of soap and small
nickel toy bank.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
Murdered by Companions.

Huntington, Pa, Nov. .s-Lewis. Law
renee, and Daniel Chcrez and Chillan and
Alex vinzance, all Italians, We're brought
to jail here tonight. charged with the
murder Of Peter venzelona, one OF their
companions, in a drunken Orgie which was
held last night at Robertsdale, mining
town in the lower end of this county. The
prisoners attacked venzelona with iron
pins and stones and beat him to death.
The murder grew out Of Jealousy over
girl 80
The morning times., 1896-11-09
His Watch stolen.

James Murphy a grocer, living at Second
and N streets southwest, reported to the
police yesterday that he had been as
sauited and robbed of his watch late Sat
urday night. while passing along Delaware
avenue, near L street.
He said two men sprang at him from
the shadow OF a building. and one grabbed
him by the neck while the other at
tempted to snatch his watch and chain.
Mr. Murphy struggled with his assailants,
and succeeded in breaking away. The
thieves secured his watch and portion
of the chain.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
De Reszke Again I'm America,

New York, Nov. S.-Among the passen-
gers who arrived late tonight on the French
liner La Champagne from Havre were the
following members of the eMetropolita Opera
House Company: Jean de Reszke, Edward
de Reszke, Lassalle, Vaschetti, Salignac,
Plancon, C1gny. Castelnary, Ancona, Mile.
Bellina, Nine. Ancona, Bewignani, NJ. and
Nine. Graz and Webber.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
Grant for Secretary of War.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. S.-Dr. T. j.
Charlton Of Plainfeld recently returned
from visit to Gen. Miles, is authority for
the statement that Col. Fred Grant Of New
York is to be Secretary nf War in Nc
Kinley's Cabinet DR.. Charlton says It
Is well understood by Gen. Niles and the
members OF his star that Grant is to bo
at the head Of the War DepartInent.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
District BASKETBALL league.

The fir't gam in the ehamrionSiiIp series
ot the District Basketball League will be
played ionIluo by the washington Athletic
Club and Light Infantry teams, in the
gymnasium of the former. at South Capi
tol and o streets. The teams are more
ceeniy matched than ever before. and
well-played game may be expected. An
informal hop will follow the game.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
Chairman Jones WELCOMED Home

Hope, Ark. Nov. s.-senator Jones. chair
man Of the national Dem moeratic committee,
reached his house yesterday. He was
greeted by an immense crowd of people and
was given three hearty cheers. He was
driven to the residence OF his son-in-law
in carriage drawn by white horses, gaily
bedecked with white chrysanthemums and
other flowers
The morning times., 1896-11-09
Tratn Robbers on the Isthmus.

Coiou. Coioiu.haa. Nov. "a considerable
amount OF specie has been stolen from a
railroad train while in transit across the
ithmus. The specie was intended for ship
ment by one OF the mail steamers to Eu-
rope. The amount secured by the thieve(
Is estimated at from $1,000 to $15,000.
The morning times., 1896-11-09

Milliner Accused of -Incendiarism.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. s,GHattie Frazer,
milliner on State. street. near High, was
arrested today on suspicion of setting fire
to her store last night That the fire was
The morning times., 1896-11-09
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD
Columbias Getting In Shap,
for Strong Hamptons.
RECORD OF THE PAST WEEK

st. Johns College Declares It's Game
Off-The Inter-High School Sched-
uIe-VictOries of the Winged Ar
row Boys-Gallaudet and Penn
sylvania Reserves.
The morning times., 1896-11-09
But One Standard
By Which Physician
Can Be Properly Measured
The Cures He Effects
DR.. r.Walker
Adj. willard's Hotel.

Ixu Penn. AVE., Adj. willard's Hotel.
Points to his record during his long resi-
dence in this city with degree OF parcon.
able pride. over 5000 cured patients tell
the story of DR.. Walkers skill and ability.
Experience taught by long years of prac-
tice is neces Sary Ia accumpli sh these
results That Is why Dr. Walker is So
successful in curing patients So often pro-
nounced INCURABLE by others.
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Diseases' VARICoCELE, EMS
SIONS, OR ANY DIS
EASE OF THE
HEART, LIVER, STOMACH, OR BoWELS,
consult this eminent specialist at once.
The highest fee charged by DR.. Walker,
whether You have one or more diseases,
is 81 month. This includes all medicines
Office hours, 10 to 3; Sundays, 10 to .;
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and sat
urday evenings, to 8.
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The morning times., 1896-11-09

Yale had plenty to do in holding down
the Brown eleven, which at one time was
ahead by the score of Sd. Yalc's defensive
work seems to lack strength, as she has
been scored against frequently this year.
There must be big Improvement during
the twn weeks before the Princeton game
il the wearers Of the blue expect to w:,ip
the Tigers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-30
PASTOR AND TEACHER.

A lady, DIR. Winifred Dickson, has been
appointed examiner in surgery in The
College of Dublin.
DIR. Franz Munclxer, we'll known by
his work on Wagner, has been appointed
professor ordinarius of modern Germs II
literature in the University of Munich
Moody has made it known that he will
largely Withdraw from usual evang.,lis-
tic work and devote himself to furnish
ing the 100000 prisoners in the United
States with good literature, chiefly re-
lIgious. afe5e.isrrr mia
Prof. Leo XIII. Is going to make an
other English cardinal, according to
the Rome Tribune, Mgr. Edmund
Stonor, archbishop of Trebizond in
partibus, having been reserved in petto
at the last consistory.
When Paris dedicated short time
ago the Ecole Estienne as training
school for printers, naming it after the
great French printers Of the early six
teenth century, Henri and Robert Ell
enne, there was present at the ceremony
Henri Etienne, thirteenth in lineal
descent from Robert. He is a work
ing printer like every one of his an
ceStO0S.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-30
PEOPLE or AMERICA.

Herr Otto Lilienthal's heirs have CT,
mated all his fyiDg-machines plans q fe
drawings of aerostatic appliances. ani
models.
The will of the late Charles E. WLr
burton, proprietor of the Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph, bequea tbs all his
property to his son and daughter. Ths
value of his estate is estimated at $2,'
100000
DR.. John Wesley Gadsden, who hal
Just died in Philadelphia, was knowl
as one of the most shillful veterinary
surgeons in the United States. H.
proved that pleuro-pneumonia was con
tagious.
The National Society of the Daugh
tiers of the Revolution has recently pre-
scented Mrs. Kate Robinson, of Carthage
N. Y, a handsome gold spoon. Mrs
Robinson, who is ST years old, is ont
of the 300 women now living wEost
fathers fought in the revolutionary war
William A. Clark, who is known as he
Silver King of Montana, and who il
reputed to be worth $20,000,000. is abou
F to erect mausoleum in Woodlawn Gem
etery, New York, in memory OF hi
wife, who died about two years ago
The memorial will cost about 100000
Mr.. Godkin in the October Scribne,
advises rich men not to build houses
for & display of their wealth. but t.
erect public museums, galleries, arches
statuary and monuments wAich twill
perpetuate their names and rid then
completely of the imputation of selfish
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-30
LETTERS AND THEIR ORIGIN.

About 400 Il. c. the Greek alphabet
was brought to the form in which it is
now known by the Ionians in the Greek
colonies of Asia. atq. e
The Wallachian language is writer
with Russian characters, but the mum.
Der employed, instead of being SO, If
only 81. tai--lf
In a number of languages no charac-
ters exist for the vowel sounds, con-
sonants only being expressed, and the
vowels indicated by q modification oil
the letter.
The plain Roman characters are said
by some authorities to be so called be.
cause for over 600 years they were used
by the popes in their bulls.
The philologists say that the English
language should have an alphabet of at
least 80 letters in order properly to
represent all the sounds.
Our alphabet has come to us from the
Latin, which was derived from the
Greek, which was modification of and
improvement upon the Phoenician.
The writing of the Egyptians, wheth-
ed iu0oB 1ph'C vi dIPhoUSILc, was Souue-
times without any arrangement what
ever, SO that the connection of the vari-
Gus characters could be determined
only by conjecture.
It is curious fact that in the earliest
Latin monuments the letter q is found,
after which, for hundreds of years, it
was disused, and in the time of Cicero
was again brought into the alphabet as
an invention
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-30
PERSONAL BREVITIEs.


Mrs. Langtry rides machine painted
with her racing colors. @2.tl
w. C. Hicks, of Melrose, has applied
for a patent for a flying machine. He
claims that has invention will do away
with bicycles, and he is anxiously
awaiting his patent. f, e743y 5.,9
Miss Rose Kellogg, for the past two
years resident of Spokane, Wash, has
decided to become a lady travelling
man, and she is now on the road for
one of New York's largest music stores.
Kenneth Grahame, who has written
with SO much charm on the golden age
of childhood, is London barrister. He
was born in Edinburgh, but he comes of
a Glasgow family of old standing.
The venerable Field Marshal Count
von Blumenthal, the greatest surviving
German commander of the war of 1870
II, is, in spite of mis- SO years, about to
start on a long tour in Sweden and Nor
WAV +.+tlAl tiif At3A {4aA4 ~
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-30

The gas engine, which in Europe
has almost supplanted the steam en-
CINE for modern power, is being used
in France for ships. A new gas-boat
Cd the Havre- Rouen- Paris line is 100
feet long, with feet draught. and at
tains speed of knots. The gas is
stored in steel tubes under a pressure of
95 atnospheres. The engine is a two
cylinder one, and is of 4O-horse power.
X X
Lucium, new element discovered
by M. P. Barriere in monazite sand,
dissolves in suIphuric, nitric or acetic
acid, forming soluble salts either white
or slightly rose-iinted. It's atomic
weight is calculated as 104. The dis
coverer proposes TO use the substance
for an incandescent gas-light on the
Welsbach principle.
Helium, being more permanent than
hydrogen, is a new thernometric sub
stance for very low temperatures.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-30


DR.. Hartley has described to the Lon,
don Chemical society his experiments
on the temperature of u candle flame,
not only from the melting of gold and of
platinum in the flame, but by an exam
ination of thespectrum to be seen in the
mantle. Experiments made with pla,
tinum wires heated in batswng gas
flame proved that the carbon does not
lower the melting point Of the platinum
that is, not in any appreciable degree;
o small carbon monoxide fame melts
platinum wire of 1-10oth inch thickness.
and a cyanogen flame was shown to be
intensely hot, for it melted such wire
with extreme ease. These interesting
experiments by DR.. Hartley in measiii'
ing the temperature of flames were car
ried on by means of gold leaf and with
fine wire of platinum 1,3O0th of an incl
In diameter,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-30
miscellaneous, ETc.
Notice Of Nominations.

The following nominations to ONCE
have been filed with and certified to the
Board of Supervisors of Elections Ior
Frederick County, in the State of Mary
land, under the provisions of Article
SO. entitled ELECTIONS" of the Code OF
Public General Laws of Maryland, as
enacted by Chapter POP of the Acts OF
the General Assembly of Maryland,
1896, who may be voted for by the quail
flied voters of said county at the ensu-
ins election on November 3rd, 1896.
Names of the several candidates OF
the 'sRepublican Party 50 filed ana
certified:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-10-30
treatment Of the Bodice.

She Is an unwise woman who hangs
up her Jacket by a loop at the back of
the neck. 1t makes the coat sag where
the strain comes, and it gives it a
dragged and droopy appearance. IF
loops are used at all they should be at
the armholes, and SO put on as to stand
upright, and are not stretched across
an inch or so, of space. This obyiates
the pulling at theIclOth. But the best
way to keep a COAT fresh and In good.
shape is to keep it, when not In active
service, on wooden hanger.