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The evening times., 1896-04-07

The perfected program for the great
Christian Endeayorers' convention, to he
held here next July, promises an inter-
esting session, as well as pleasing enter
tainment for the visitors. With common
dabe energy the committees in charge OF
the various arrangements have pursued
their labors, ana it is confidently antici-
patcd that the results will lie correspond
ingly gratifying. There is Tut one part in
which the Endeavorcrs have not been quite
as successful as they had hoped. aud that is
the collection OF funds, but even in this
direction they are hopeful that the people
OF Washington will not fail TO appreciate
The impo rtance and benefit to Tie city of
such a gathering as this, and that all the
money needed will be secured in a short
time.
fercnt parts OF the Union are to the ef-
feet that the Endcavorers are looking for
ward with more than ordinary delight To
this convention, which will be in all re-
spects one of the most important. il not
the most important. one in the history OF
the organization. They appreciate the cir
of the convention serve To invest it with
peculiar interest. Nor are they more
convinced than are the people of Wash
ington that the work they will accomplish
The evening times., 1896-04-07
BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED.
Five Firemen Have II Narrow Escape
From Being Crushed.

Yonkers, N. Y, April About
o'clock this morning fire started at No 81
North Broadway, in the business center
of this village, and before it was extin-
guished many stores had been burned.
Among the business places burned are
King & Co, pianos; Timms' 'hardwarestore,
Hannigan's shoe store, Peck's gents fur'
nishing goods, Mrs. Burns millinery store.
Gensler's clothing store, Spokes' drug store,
Norris saloon, Bernstein's gents furnish-
ing store, Millett's florist store: the Misses
Wood millinery; Frost's bakery. an Italian
fruit and candy store. William Lowths
saloon, Chicago clothing store, James Mc-
Laughlin's saloon, and a candy store.
Mary Lowth, who was asleep In her
room at No. 81 North Broadway. was
taken from the building In an unconscious
condition.
Just before O'Clock an explosion oc-
Cured, and a wall on which five firemen
were standing fell 10 the ground, but for
tunately the firemen escaped without
serious injury. The loss is estimated at
about 100000.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

AR. JOSEPH u. COGGSWELL, n
lVl Brooklyn travelling agent, is num-
bercil among the Ariingtcn's guests.
IL was present AT the unI EIns or the IN
diUna,' said he. ''and witnessed the uh-
fortunate state Of affairs that took place
there. rs told in the net ewsrapcrs.
The trouble with the government dry
docks cf this country is thar they were built
before the new order OF things ia the Navy
Department. A few years ago the bottom
lines of the ships were made narrower and
the gates OF the dry dock were hullt in
accordance with the dcma nds oCCaSioned by
this feature Of naval construction Ihe
gates ar" plenty wide enough at the water
line iJit th. walls grow narrower as they
tlcrpcn. The latest models OF war ships are
much wider on the bilgc in order to secure
shallownCSs Of draft and stability"
The evening times., 1896-04-07
PLAYED CRAPS AT NIGHT.
Electric Light Illuminated II Scene
That Almost Ended in Murder.


That Almost Ended in Murder.
CTap-shooting by electric light is the
attest criminal novelty in this city. Such
a game WAS IN progress last night under the
7ays of the big arc lamp which does duty
signal in front OF the Emerge my Hos
pita!, when Police Seret. Moore and Patrol.
men Father and Kilmar;in came along.
The p!a yers had become involved in q
fight over de bones" and Oliver West. a
short negro, would have been murdered
had not the officers appeared as soon
they did. The crapists were in Judge
Miler's police court this morning on TWO
charges. disorderiy assembly and assault
Sandy Johnson and William Young, both
colorei, We're i'll the prisoners pen. while
oliver West. with a broken nose and a
sadly y-lacerated head. swathed in band
ages. was present as prosecuting witness
with Policeman Kilmartin.
Westtestified thai Sand Johnson knocked
lim down during a dispute about n few
pennies, and kicked him brutaIly about the
head and face. Johnson demanded a jury
trial in the assault case.
In the crap-shooting case johnson and
Young were fined So each.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
BITTEN by A PET PONY.
II Took Little Girl in Its Teeth and
GalIOped Away.

Atlantic City, n. j., April q Loretta
Colloty, the six-year-old daughter of Hotel
Proprietor Eugene Colloty, at Atlantic
and South Carolina avenues, while pla ying
with her pet pony in the rear yard of the
hotel was severely bitten by the animal.
The pony is an Unusually small Shetland
and the little girl was fondling it. when
1t turned upon her and sinking It's teeth
N the back of her neck, lifted her clear
off the ground and began galloping around
the yard. The chiid's frightened scream
as the pony seized her brought her fatier
to the rescue and he soon rec ased her from
her perilous position, but not until she had
been almost strangled and the pony's
sharp rpteethhadinfiietedsev severalugly wounds
upon her neck.
The chiids injuries are not considered
dangerous.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
FINED THE NEGRO SPECIAL.
The Judge Thinks These Officers Are
Too Handy With Their Fists

Augustus Thompson, who claims TO be
A special watchman with rowing COM
mission at the baseball park, was
prisoner in the police court dock this
forenoon. charged with assauiting Joseph
Ciillon. white youth.
Thompson is a powerfully built young
negro, ana informed Judge Miller that he
was employed to find and return the base
balls which were knocked over the fence
INTO the streets Yesterday afternoon, dur
ing the game be; the Washington club
and Texas Steers. one of the Texans hlt
a long fly which came bounding over the
high fence.
Gillon picked up the ball. when Thompson
rushed up to the boy and dealt him heavy
blow over the right forearm with stout
club.
That's the way with some of these
specials said his honor. They hit q
man on the slightest provocation."
Thompson was fined So or fifteen days
In Jail.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
WILL PuoToGRAPHTHE BRAIN.
Prof. Ogden of Pittsburg to Try the
Y Rays Experiment.

Pittsburg. Pa, April 7.-Prof. James G.
Ogden of the Pfttsburg High School, as
sisted by Prof. Breading speer. is making
careful preparations for his attempt to.
morrow to photograph a human brain.
Prof. Ogden says he will use an aluminium
tube and will throw the rays into the ear
instead OF focusing them on the base of the
brain, as Mr.. Edison did.
At the suggestion of Philgadclphia ply
sician. the professor will first experiment on
the brain of a child. whose skull is not so
thick as that OF an adult. He believes. by
repeated experiments. lie can show good
sbadowgraph of the brain.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
NICHIG ELECTIONS.
Many Cities and Towns Elect Repub-
lic0n Officers.

Grand Rapids, Mich, April THE Re-
publicaus made a clean sweep in the city
election yesterday, electing l. c. stow
mayor by I6s plurality over C. d. steb-
bins, Democrat. aud the alderrna nic ticket
by 3OO to 500 majority.
MuSkegon elected a Republican mayor by
56S majority. Grand Haven u Democratic
ma yor by SEQ majority.
Travers City elected a Democratic mayor
BY 225 Holland defeated G. ] Dickena,
Republican, for reelection for mayer by
two votes.
Nearly all the villages and small ,ownsi1
Western Michigan went Republican
The evening times., 1896-04-07

ana Turks: too mrCh of rtllage q nd plundcr.
And, as the missionaries had the best
facilities for observation. it is they, OF
course, who have made the facts kno wu
Their accounts have stirred up the wrath
of Christian peoples every wisere aud the
clamor has grown stronger all the time
Abdul Hamid will have no more of this;
hence tfs cdict.
There is no use in going into Mysteries
over this, and all talk about intervention
on the part of any government is foolish
Whatever power the European governments
might possess by virtue OF treaty stipaia-
tions, to interfere in behalf of people
threatened with slaughter, piliase and
maltrcatInent of every sort. they cannot
raise their hands to stay The sutans de-
cree OF expulsion. He has the right to say
what aliens may reside in his dominiOns
or II lie viii tolerate them at all. Aud If
the fiat goes forth the missionaries viii
have to go.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
OPERA, DRAMA and COMEDY
Hinrichs' Singers Were Heard to
Advantage in "Hugueuots."
Miss Marlowe Was II wInsOme and
Artless Juliet-'A j Gay Old
Boy" and Vaudevillen.

That Mr.. and Mrs. Tabcr have Won for
themselves high place IN the estimation
OF the Washington public was evidenced
last night in the oyerflowiDg and enthusiasts
tic house which greeted Romeo and Juliet
at the National. The play was beautifully
staged, the costumes and the scenery being
elaborate, very effective and accurate as
to detail.
Julia Marlowe, as she will always be
known, despite the marriage bond. could
be nothing else but the gentle, sweet ana
winning Juliet. Nature has given her IN
form and face and voice attributes upon
winch art cannot improve.
cannot agree with those critics VINO
fail 10 fir.d in Miss Mariowe's Juliet suffi-
rent girlishness for there is all the fresh
ness OF sprIug and the artlcssness OF a
girls first love III her Portrayal WHICH
satisfies completely upon THIS score.
Her rendering or the DafohS scehe IS
aIoue eV;ucncc that she rightly lntcrlIrets
Juliet to he the artless, impulsivc maiden.
haiI frigbIcned at the intensity OF her
passion.
In the potion scene Miss MarIowe's work
was very fine-equal to any rendering ever
gwen UI TINS most diiiicuh ana lou oiteh
UNcrdrawn climax Size was many tiIics
called before the curtain
Mr.. Iatcr Is not altogether the ideal
Romeo. and he gives greater pleasure as
an ACTOR in some or hls other parts. He
has gwen to tins character careful study
and uses every resource OF his art IN inter
prctiug Romeo. herein perhaps he Ialis
!nto error. Tor he las reIlned his Romeo
until all uuturdincss Is gone ami lt Is the
actor ana not the pasSiOn-tOsscd lover
oI tue story VINO appears.
Thomas coleman Mcrcutio was worthy
OF SPECIAL cOruIncInldtlJn, ana the audience
wished To see more OF Peter as IEicr>onated
by that cXCcucDt actor. " Illi.Iin owens
As nurse 10 JuIiet, MIS-. Sol smith has had
no predecessor VINO dit the part better.
Tire rest oT tuc company gave efficient sup
port TO the star.
she stoois 10 Conquer is the bin to-
night
The evening times., 1896-04-07
MURDERED BY HIS RIVAL.
Favored Lover Beaten to Death by the
Tilted One.


Wilkesbarrc. Pa. April I.-Michael Hako
was murdered last night by jealous rival
and his friends at Exeter, near here. The
dead man and John Goldrick loved the same
woman and it seems that she favored HakO.
Goldrick has been threatening Hako for
some days. and the latter, kno wing his rival
TO be a dangerous man. has had friends with
him nearly all the time.
Last night Goldrick, with n number of
men, lay in wait for his rival and attacked
him. With his friends Hako retrcated to the
saloon Of Harry Hddleman, but the GoidricL
party stormea the place
The Hako party were routed and all of
them were more OF less wounded, while
Hako was captured and beaten to death,
his neck being broken and his head shattered.
Three of the Hako party and one OF Gold
-ick's friends are severely injured.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

Whether there is a point in the pre- SEN Ia W
that will give the OFFICERS OF the state
chance to suppress this vice is not known.
but it is only fair to expect the decent peo-
pie of Maryland TO call GOV. Lowndes To
exert his official prcrcgative in checking
the crooks i'll their ucfarious overnight
events. Unless halted the gamblers will
have twelve months in which to fleece the
pubic. and by that time the State will
have a dozen tracks. Long bc fore another
Easter cones a dsgustcd people Will cry
aloud to have tue stain upon the State
washed away.
Gov. LowmCcs should call The legislature
together in special session for the purpose
of enacting legislation to make unia wful
the carrying on of the Wholesale gambling
that will follow III the wake OF SIX Races "a
day for $50 purses. Eirginia' executive
and Legislators were at last faithful To
their constituents, and il now remains
for the governor of Maryland to show If
he is willing 10 lie the repre- sentative OF
the people or the tool OF tie gamblers
The evening times., 1896-04-07
Reorgan,zed La,ter-Day Saints.

Cleveland, Ohio, April THE reorgan-
ized Church OF Latter-Day Saints began
their annual conference yesterday in the
old Mormon Temple at Kirkland. There
IS large attendance of delegates from
California. Canada. Maine, Mississippi. Mis-
souri,, Utah and other points. Four men,
bers of the original church are present
Joseph Smith. Elder ]. c. Clapp and Elder
Albert Howcs Of California and Alexander
II. Smith
The evening times., 1896-04-07
want. sa0o.0OO Dnmac,,..

Little Rock. Ark, April 1.-George TILES.
.or n long time State agent of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New York. has
begun suit against them for $500 900
which he claims as damagcs for his removal
from the agency and the Withholding of GER
tain monies he alleges to be due him as
commissions on business written by him.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
Too Fast for Comfort.

Impatient Citizen Geaving car behind
siow-moving invaiid,-Cant you move
little faster?
Invalid with sickly smie)-i am going
too fast now for comfort.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
CTDIOUSLY THOUGHT
FkN TO Be
" HUMOROUS
4 Scientific Paradox.

your son, i believe. made some expert
ments white ~ coilcre?"
Yes; he discovered what he calls his
'Scientific Paradox
, What is the nature it,?
He succe ecdcd i'll demonstrating that
Debts are expanded by contracting them"
The evening times., 1896-04-07
is one market that is rapidly
fading from the marts OF the


| fading from the marts or the
world" said Joseph c. Anderson
of indianapolis ~ the Raleigh last evening
u refer 10 the horse nGrket. II Jocks IKE
the DAY was not FAR a way when the equine
VIII hr an animal OF the past TO be EaZed
upon only in geological gardens and me
nageTicS.
TITS estimated that the elcctric rail wIyS
Of the United States have already ms
nla.rd 900 .Oun horses. y decade Will
hardly PASS hrf"rs every street r3Hway
~ tn,. country viii bs ran 10y c.h!c Or SOmc
othrr uuwer. By that time, too. II may tie
,.Xp-,tgd that other vchiy-es ~ lucomf tioa
viii bc sroVsl,c'lby other power Wren one
considers ~, cs~-t. Of the food eaicnhy ul%Se
horses il : . tiE ECm also An-c >titnatc of
tn" amount Uf curn and oats annually con
>nuHcts hy 100000 horses j placed at 81 L
uu0. .nn0. The farmer is the one that win
suffer from this change in the long run,
guess"
The evening times., 1896-04-07
In SpriEgtime.

Now the youth and winsome maid.
la quest of flowers DER hill and glade
VIII go a-sieaning;
White the wife in dowdy gown,
VIII turn the household upside down,
In endless cleaning.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
EfIiGkE OF TIE NEWS
---K The KORhIaG Times,

II You miss any news In the evening
edition look in the list below. What
you're looking for was probably
published in this mornings edition,
and as The Times never repeats
you'll huve to take both editions to
get NIL the news as quick AS 1t hap
pens.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
Emma Enmes nj Monte Carlo.

Monte Carlo. April 1--CaeSar Franks
posthumous opera, 'Gmsclie," the IL
bretto OF which was written by the late
Eduoard TEierry, was produced here yester-
dayCay with great success Mime Emma
Eames the American prirna donna, ap-
reared in the title role. The Prince OF
Wales was included in the large and distif
guished audience present.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
Ever
Published
I'm
This CitN,

aud when the forty thousand daily mark
shall Ice reached the round figures thereof
will indicate 4 mark unknown in District
Journalism.
This statement is surprising? Very well.
1t is none the less true and it certainly
can he proved by figures which The Times
Is always ready to produce. Its circula-
tiOn books are always open and every pos
sihle inquiry is courtcd.
Watch the growth Of the paper OF the
The evening times., 1896-04-07
sppiyiug the Proverb-

This world is al fieetiug show.
AT least It's so with me,
I'm always meeting those l owe.
And then l show the flee
The evening times., 1896-04-07

bleaching bones of the Norwegian aud his
companions. 1t is too much to hope for i
ces>ation OF these polar expeditions. There
will al ways he venturesomc spirits for
whom the unknown aud mysterious Io>-
sess irresistible attraction and If these
can get encouragement and support from
scientific bodies or speculative ecoGra piers
they VIII hazard their lives. hoping To sUc-
Cceu where others have failed.
Alter all II is only abstract science ANA
speculative or rrobieIuatIc geography that
could profit by the result uf arctic cxp!nF;t-
tiun. No practical benefit could aoCpC 10
the human race from the location uf tie
Ncrtn Folc. lis discovery would not add
one ioIa To the sum OF human huppinrSs.
Practical science would not bc n gamer.
Yet men Will continue to C'.uSc tie arctic
wiil-othe- wisp and give up home ana fsn.-
lily and life. just as 1t is probable that Nan
sen has yielded his
The evening times., 1896-04-07
WALLER EN- ROUTE HOME.
Second Cabin Passenger on the Ameri-
can Line Steamer New York

can Line Stea mcr New York.
London. April John l.. Waller. former
iy United States consul at Tamatave, who
was released from prison at Mines, France,
on February Fl, is second cabin pa s.
senger on board the American line steamer
New York.
The New York sailed from Southampton
FOR New York on Saturday. ...-l..
The evening times., 1896-04-07
Snow In Northern New York

Monticello, N. Y, April TN twelve
hours nearly ten inches Of snow has fallen,
and still the storm continues without ces-
sation. A heavy fall OF snow in April is
an unusual occurrence In Sullivan county.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
Ou,br-ak In Koren Reported.

Outbreak In Koren Reported.
London. April THE Manchester Gnard-
ian publishes a dispatch reporting an out
break in Korea. resulting In a number OF
murders. including the killing of the kings
father, TafWen-Kun.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

HE HAS LEFT A LOOPHOLE-
democrats Say Cariis!c's Letter Does Not
Mean Withura wal.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

RESTS WITH CLEVELAND
House Passes the Cuban Resolutions by
Vote OF 244 to %.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

GENERAL STRIKE LIKELY
Plans 10 AmaiGamate slrcet Railwa!
Men in Many Cities.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

EXPLAINED BY MIR. EATON
Comments on The Methodist Book Cor
cern Charges.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

PASSED UNDER PROTEST.
River and Harbor Bill Rushed Through BY
Suspension.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

HARRISON Is A BENEDICT
Simple Wedding or The eXPresident ant
Mrs. DImmick.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
Her Penance.
THEosoPHISrS' CONVENTION.

Ada-what was your Lenten penance?
Ida-I had my teeth filled.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

MORRO CASTLE HORRORS
American anu Other Suspects Nun
bcr over Two Hundred.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

AMERICANS WIN AT ATHENS
Forty Thousand Persons Witness the
Oiympian Games.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

is A HOAX OR SUICIDE
FarewcIi Message Found in Bottle il
the River.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

NANSEN RUMOR RUN DOWN
HunIer or Mammoth Bones Started the
Story from TomSk.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

NEW SOURCE OF REVENUE
Telegraph Companies to Pay Fees for
Excavation Permits.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

D COMPANY HOLDS THE CUP
1t Is sun The irl1c Command OF the Fifth
Battalion.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

BITTER WORDS IN THE SENATE
Cleveland and the Postmaster Genera
Severely Criticised.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

MISS HUTCHINSON AN EASTER BRIDE
Welded to Mr.. MugGc OF Texas at st.
Johns Church.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

SENATE FOR ANACOSTIA-
Passes Capital Traction Bill by n Unani-
nous Vote.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

TEEHAN HAS TWO WIVES
His chicago Spouse Appears and He Is
Lockel Up.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

NEW yESTRIES ELECTED
Episcopal Congregations Name the Church
Officers,
The evening times., 1896-04-07

TIGERS AT GEORGETOWN
orange and Black TO Mix with Blue and
Gray.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

MARI JULIET
She Makes n Sweet Heroine Of the I'm
mortal Love Tragedy.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

SENATOR'S WON EASILY
Texas Steers Could Only Score Three
Times.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

WAS NO MATCH FOR O'BRIEN-
Payne OF Cleveland Knocked out in Two
Rounds.
The evening times., 1896-04-07

NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA,
Ruth Carroll Held for the Murder Of Her
Infant.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
Near
The
10000
Mark.

The Times promises its advertisers that
fits daily weekday circulation will, within
one month, stand at forty thousand. instead
of the thirt y-ninc thousand which its state
ment for the past week shows.
When this circulation figure shall have
been reached The Times will have just
cause for congratulation. Its regular route
service AMI its street sale is already much
larger than that OF any other newspaper
The evening times., 1896-04-07

RAIN SPOILED THEIR FUN
Presidents Back Yard Was Locke
Against the Egg Rollers.
The evening times., 1896-04-07
HEAR ! Rl!'snER sl II

GfT is really amusing to behold the ig-
noraucr displayed by many or the
visitors through these public build
ingS," said a watcbnan at the Navy De
partment. The majority OF them ask
more questions than the most inquisitive
children you ever saw, and many OF the
queries areIfilled with similar amount
OF thought.'. II
''The mOdtls in the corridors are source
OF great interest TO strangers. You viii
note That there is party Just going down
the hall there now They have been look
lug at the model of the cruiser New York.
ON. OF the ladies asked me In the most
innocent manner il the II "n stayed down
under those little round houses when they
fired the guns, aud she pointed 10 the
turrets that in the actual ship would weigh
several tons. Many OF the visitors insist
on seeiug the inside of the models, and
they ask us TO open tue door OF the case
so they may handle IL. Some OF them
have an idea, TOO, that the miniature YES
sells are seIf-propelling through the water.
don't know whether IL Is the ignorance
OF the people or their desire 10 worry us
that makes them ask such foolish ques-
tlOQS,' W
The evening times., 1896-04-07
sI LIKE to SEE en,erprisiuy business men.
but advertising Is sometimes car

s,f LIKE to see enterprisiuy business men.
but advertising is sometimes car
ried to an uncomfortable extreme"
said n clumnan this morning. 1t hts De-
come the fad with sorre firms TO send
out ,rlrgrams by regular messenger serv-
ICE boys announcing that they are Just
TO begin their spring opening, or that a
new consignment OF eggs has lust been re-
ceived Several of my friends have been
telling me u bout the recripi OF such nes-
sages. and l have had some OF the sane
experience.
THE effect of the receipt or message
on some people is actually dangerous.
Onc of my friends tells me that his wire
haS been in rather delicate health lately.
There has also been sickness in the home
of her family. She was expecting letter
asking her IA come any day. Night before
last messenger boy rang the doorbell ana
sent a telegram upstairs addressed 10 teE
She tainted the instant the butler handed
il TO her and IL was almost quarter OF
an hour before she came 10, The esram
had meanwhile been read 1t said,
- Madame A is pleased 10 announce
she has opened her spring and summer mil
linrrr display. Would be glad 10 have you
call"
The evening times., 1896-04-07

1T is IN VERY BAD ODOR-
South Washington Citizens Still Fight the
Crcmatory.