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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-01
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
THOs DOWNING & CO., AUCTIONEEI,s.
TRUSTEES SALE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ESTAI LISH-
IL I'LL IlI-Ii

TRUSTEES SALE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ESTABLISH
MENT. KNOWN AS THE CAPITAL PUB
LISHISG COMPANY"
Under and by virtue of the provisions of decd
Of trust, duly executed and recorded In Lber 1888,
folio 1853, Of the land records Of the District OF
Columbia. default having occurred in the payment
OF the interest tn notes secured by said deed OF
trust, and upon the written request OF the holder
of part Of them, the undersigned the trustee
auction on the premises, No. 1916 Florida avenue
northwest, in the city OF Washington, District of
Columbia, THURSDAY, June ELEVENTH,
1895, AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the contents Of the
printing and publishing establishment known as
of several thousand pounds of Assorted Type, III
ct ses Of Wood Type, Rigiets. Borders. ct cetera;
IsS fonts i OF J0e Type. Imposing stones 70 Stands,
Galleys, Proof Press. 2 Lead Cutters, 1 Single
GranstOn Cylinder Press, Quarter Medium ,iorion
Presses, l Half Medium Gordon Press, SCOT
Press. / Hoe Press Quarter Eclipse Press, 1
Large Paper Cutting Machine, Shafling AMI Belt
Ing, Drier, Morrison Stitching Machine, Stab
hing Machine and other furniture usually pertaining
to printing office. Office Furniture. consisting OF
Desks Chairs Counters and ShriT ing together with
al fixtures aGd property Row belonging 10 TIL,
scriptiOn list and good Will of the paper known Us
and called The Capital
The property herein intended to he soli being
more fully described and enumerated in the sched
ale attached tn thC d.,d Of referred above,
TO which reference is hereby made.
Terms of sale: The properly will first he offered
IN bIIk, AMI If 50 sold. the terms Of sale will be
Gnc-thir6 In cash and balance in thirty and sixty
nys, 10 re secured by approved commercial PAPER,
bearing legal interest the notes of the purchaser
with interest, To be secured 10y clIlttel deed of
trust on the property sold. all cash. at the OBJ
non OF the purchaser, ard Il deposit Of $50 viii
be required Ut the time of sale.
II not sold In bulk. the property Will be offered
Tor sale in detail, and the Of such sale will
DC made Known at the time of sale.
Inc terms OF sale must be complied with in Eve
GSS from the day Of sale. the property will be
rssOld ut the risk and of the defaultiny pur-
chaser
removal OF the property and cOnveyaucng will be
u the purchasers cost.
HENRY VI. BAKER. Trustee,
yeIuSds 14l1 st. NV.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30

/ John Hicrius. high priest Of Jerusalem.
| l35 years before Christ
Hilsborough county must take the cake
! for assessments on candidates The coun-
| ~ committee first fixed the assessment at
! $50 for circuit clerk. sheriff and county
/ judge. $50 each. collector. assessor. super
intendent Of instruction. 81 each. and 9TH
ers In proportion. A kick was made by the
| candidates and then the committee reduc-
ed the assessment about one-half
From the Tallahassee correspondence Of
the Morning News: State Supt. william
W. shcats has passed upon the papers IN
the competitive examination for the Pea
body scholarship al Live OAK July 2l-22
and awarded scholarships in the normal
college at Nashville as follows: Miss
Claudia :. Miller OF Lake City. George NJ.
Thomas OF Mariana, Charles Campbell
Of Mount Pleasant, Richard W. Van
Brunt of Tallahassee, Misses Helen Foot
man Of Monticello and Helen r. Nell
train OF Live oak come next In order. ac-
cording TO the examination, and should
any Of the principals fan 10 appear one
of these would take the place.
A society has been organized in De Soto
county 70 stop thieving. The agreement
reads as follows: I'VE pledge ourselves
on honor to diligently search out and
bring TO light all theft committed In this
neighborhood. such as altering the marks
and defacing the brands of cattle. killing
beef and of taking from the premises OF
any one articles not belonging to them.
no matter how small the omense may be,
and we pledge ourselves TO prosecute TO
the full extent Of the law ali thefts COM
mitted of which we have or can get knowl-
edge Of regardless of kindred or friend
ship, and further. we expect and # is the
duty Of every one TO aid in the prosecution
OF theft"
Miss Caledonia Mccall OF Florida. holds
a clerkship on the republican national COM
mittee. and will In the near future be de-
tailed TO Canton. o.. on special service for
the space of three weeks She Is the young
lady who had the honor OF being photo
graphed on the platform OF the St Louis
convention, standing by the side of the
beautiful shield Of flowers Nebraska pre-
scented to Senator Thurston permanent
chairman. Miss Mccall has been on duty
in this city since July 1. with the congress
sional committee at the Normandie hotel.
1t is probable that Mr.. Plant will take
charge of the Tropical hotel at Kissimmee
about August 1, and begin the work at
once Of getting il ready for the winter
tourist trade.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30


]. P. Doyle. a Jeweler in st. Augustine,
has invented self-winding watch.
Gov. Mitchell has appointed Miss Matte
NJ. Waterbury of Chipley 10 be a notary
public for the state at large.
The police of Tampa are continuing to
arrest all parties caught violating the city
ordinance against leaving unhitched teams
in the street.
Parties who have been running slot ma
chimes in Pensacola, have been arrested
and fined $50 each, besides the condscat ton
of the machines.
The word white" is stricken from the
qualification for voters at the democratic
primaries in Hillsborough county by a
vote of the executive committee.
The registration officer at Tampa refus-
es to register any one who has not paid
his poll tax. The attorney general, how
ever, does not sanction such action.
St Augustine Herald: 1t is said that the
populists of this county are to put a ticket
in the field for county officers. We never
turned democrat
Two Alachua boys have recently won
high marks at the famous normal school
at LEBANON q. r. ii. Ellis OF Alachua
graduates in the b. E. degree and Il. j.
Holder in the B. S. degree. Both have been
given positions on the commencement pro-
gramme.
Orlando Star: Mr.. John Miller brought
into this office yesterday morning two
beautiful specimens of Villa Franco lem
ons. The tree has grown from the roots
since the freeze, and now has about a
bushel Of ripe fruit besides blooms and
June fruit.
Seventy-two million pounds of water
welons is what the railroad and fruit men
estimate will be raised in Florida this
year, says the Avon Park Idea. This is
equivalent to 100000 melons: which if
placed end to end would make a chain of
watermelons $50 miles long.
The new channel through Caucus Shoals
from Pensacola harbor. has become ser
Yiceable and the first vessel. the William
Branch, drawing over tWenty-three feet
OF water was towed out through il Tues
day. i is to be 600 feet wide and twenty
eight feet deep when finished
Tampa Tribune: President George r
Miles will leave here on Tuesday morning
for Lake Worth to see that the dredge. !,
are put to work opening the East Cost
canal from Lake Worth to Jupiter r. YER
When the zoo yards are cut through, as
they VIII be in two months, there Will be
an uninterrupted waterway from Or
mond to Biscayne Bay.
Prof. William Busam Of Pittsburg. Fla
has been exhibiting some rare old speci-
mems of coins dating back to l75 years 3.
=. Mr.. Busam also has a half-shekel of
the time OF Simon Of Maccabais the high
priest of Jerusalem, 367 years before
Christ ana a widows mite, made under
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30

Bishop be was wealthy and purchased his
entire farm. saying be wished 20 raise to-
uarc0 Oh ir- The man then engaged "a
carpenter 20 build him "a handsome house
lie then borrowed Bishops horse and
buggy telling him be- would drive 20 this
CRY 20 get money 20 pay for the farm
Bishop was 90 follow him here to-day TO
get the money. When Bishop arrived
here be- learned that the pretended capl-
t4tIst had not been here az all He o.
now out horse and buggy besides miss
ing q sale " his farm Bishop IS hlg1-y
Indignant and has offered "a reward for
the arrest OF the party who worked the
ra rset on him.
This afternoon two S-year-old boys
sons OF Page a. Jones. owners Of the
Evening Ledger. attempted 20 pop a pls-
tOl cartridge between TWO bricks. just 10
hear So 20 or. IL went or. and filled the
legs OF both boys with pieces OF brick.
lead and brass. Their injuries are very
painful. but not dangerous, says the at
tending surgeon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30
HE WORKED A LITTLE JOB.
An Alabama Farmer FOOIed-Other
Matters,

WDIIcrss
Columbus, Ga, July 29.-The executive
committee for the Fourth congressional
district met here to-day TO consider a
proposition to change the date heretofore
fixed for holding the convention.
Friends of one candidate, Hon. Warner
Hill Of Meriwether, were anxious for a
change IN the date, as the Meriwether
superior court will then be in session
Other candidates objected, and the COM
mittee declined to make any change, so
the convention will be held at Warm
Springs, Aug. is, the date originally fixed
Mr.. Sam Bishop, a farmer living in Rus
sell county, Ala, is here interesting the
police with a story of how he was swim
died by a pretended capitalist A man
giving the name of Charles Wright, and
claiming South Carolina as his home
visited on his farm last week. He told
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30

Every one has read of the electrical
ray and the electrical torpedo fishes that
are capable of giving powerful electrical
shocks, but the existence of similar phe-
nomenon in the vegetable world has not
been heretofore recorded. A recent Ger
man technical journal however. states
that in Nicaragua there is plant called
the Phytolacca Electrical, which possesses
strong electromagnetic properties. When
broken of with the hand Il is said a
strong shock is received. A compass needle
is affected at a distance of even seven or
eight PAGES from the bush The observer
states that the occurrence of iron ores
in the neighborhood was looked for. but
none We're found.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30
REPORTS OF CoMMiTTEEs'

The committee Of the whole, to which
was referred the following petitions, re
port favorably thereon, namely: w J..
Allen, agent to transfer liquor license to
]. c. TOshach; w. F.. Byrd. to retail liq-
uor at southeast corner Waldburg and
Burroughs streets; A. S. VonKamp, to
transfer liquor license to Edward Lane,
Broughton and Drayton streets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30
CITY GOVERNMENT.
omcIal proceedtngs of counci

Savannah, July 20. 1S96.-Council met this
day at o'clock p. m. Present: Hon. Her
man Myers, mayor, presiding; Alderman
Thomas Screven, chairman of council, Al
derman George w. Tiedeman, vice chair
man of council; Aldermen Bacon, Caro-
Ian Falligant, Garrard, Gleason, Hudson,
Lamotte, Lester, Watson.
The minutes Of the last regular meeting
We're read and confirmed
ACCOUNTS.
The committee on accounts report that
they have examined and found correct
bills against the city amounting to four
teen thousand eight hundred and eighty
eight dollars and thirty-eight cents, as per
accompanying schedule, and recommend
that the same be passed for payment.
George w. Tiedeman,
Chairman Committee on Accounts.
Report received and accounts as per fol-
lowing schedule passed for payment:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-30
SURE CURE EoR PlLES

Itching and Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
Piles yield at once to DR.. EO-SAN-KO s
PILE REMEDY. Stops itching, absoros
tumors positive cure. Circulars sent free
Price SOC. Druggists or mail DIR. BOSANKO
Philadelphia, Pa.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
Walter Dygert Is Safe.

HAVANA March 2s.-Walter Dygert. an
American, "a years old, whose where
ago have been somewhat of a mystery
and whose case was the subject OF spe-
cial resolution offered In the United States
senate recently, is In the town Jail in
Guines. Dygert says he was sitting in
the road when column If troops arrested
him and he was never associated with In
surgents. After his arrsst IL was said he
was we'll known insurgent chief named
Ell Iglesito. Dygert camo from lhado
here on prospecting tour He makes no
complaint of any bad treatment during
his month In Guines Jail but is anxious to
be released and go home.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
BOLIED FROM THE HALL
New York Democrats LsHve the Senate
Chamber In n Body.

New York Democrats LsHvo the Senate
Chamber In n Body.
NEW YORK, March 2S-For the second
time this season the Democratic members
left the senate chamber at Albany in a
body Thursday. afternoon while that body
was in session. and for time there was a
most exciting time. The Democratic SEN
ators denounced one OF their number.
young Frank Galllgan, for favoring the
Republicans.
Senator Lexow introduced n bin author
izing the lease Of land In New York for
scarlet fever and diphtheria hospital. 1t
offered chance for filibustering on the
part OF opponents to tho Pavey school bill,
and senator Lexow denounced it as such.
Instantly pandemonium reigned In the
senate. Senator Grady, the noisiest one
Of the set was ruled out OF order.
II know | am" ho yelled, "and ! am
going to get out OF order as long as the
majority resort to such disgraceful tao
tics"
When the Pavey school bill came mp
again the Democrats had not recovered
from their had humor. Before any action
whatever on the measure could be taken
the Democrats arose and marched out In
a body, - =, -,.--. -.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
Case Of Rev. DIR. Brown.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2s.-The case
OF DIR. Brown will not be closed until aft
er the Bay conference has met early in
April and acted That this body will in
vestigate the ministerial standing OF DIR.
Brown Is now. assured. Subsequent
events will be examined. The false dis
patch alleged TO have been sent by DIR.
Brown through the United Press and the
perjury alleged to have been committed
either in the police court or in the supe
rior court will be introduced
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
WILD BREAK FOR LIBERTY
Exciting scens In the superior Cour
Room NJ TaoonH, Wash.

exciting scens In the superior Court
Room NJ TacoIna, Wash.
TACOMA, March 70 An exciting scene
which approached riot occurred In the
superior court Thursday afternoon.
Charles Barrett and William Morrissey.
who are wanted In Portland. Or, for bur.
slary, had been released on habcas cor.
pus proceedings. A squad Of police was
present to rearrest them, but Judge Par.
ker held that they could be retaken only
after the issuance Of now warrants. Being
free the men rushed for the stairway.
When Prosecutor Davis shouted to the
police to seize them he was opposed by
Frank Smaliey, their attorney.
The lawyers grappled and used their
fists, but were finally separated. Chief OF
Police Smith ordered his men to charge on
the alleged burglars which they did,
though this was In conflict with the
courts decision. An officer soon arrived
with warrants from the municipal court
charging them with being fugitives from
justice. The police used their rcvolvers
and soon had the mon at bay. though
neither wcrc hit They were caught sew
ernl blocks from the court house. Gov
ernor Lord OF Oregon has signed requsi'
ton papers and the men were taken to
Portland Friday. s
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
ARMlSTicE PROPOSED.
Italy Asks Temporary Cessation OF Hoss
ity I'm Africa.

italy Asks Temporary Cessation Of Hossii.
ny In Africa.
ROME, March 2s.-An armistice OF sew.
oral months duration has been proposed
to the negus. General ELENA Is to be In.
terrogatel at once by tho minister OF war.
The king Is going to Naples, where he
will visit the sick and wounded who have
returned from Abysinnia
An intimate friend Of Signor Crispi says
the Marquis di Rudinfs assertion con-
cerning the alleged loss of General Bara'
tieri's dispatches Is n falsehood. The
originals OF these dispatches are In exist
ence at the ministry Of war, and copies are
now on file at the telegraph offices at
Rome and Massowah The Turkish EN-
bassy denies the news of an alleged de-
mand by the sublime porte for Franco
Russian Intervention In Egypt.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28

tions were not to be compared with the
roar that followed the mention OF Reeds
maine as the nominee OF the Republicans
OF Massachusetts, for tho presidency
Then the enthusiasm rose TO climax, and
round upon round Of applause rolled up
through ths hall. Then followed the cleo
tion VI four delegates at large 10 the ma
tionai convention They are: Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge of Nshant: w. T.
Murray Crane OF Dliton; Eben 5, Draper
Of Hopedsle and Curtis Guild. Jr.. OF
Boston. They were chosen by acolama
ton. er
The following were elected alternates;
Louis c. Southland OF Easton; Roland ii.
Boutwell, Of Belmont; u. X. Hawkins u
Springfield; DIR. s. h. Courtne OF Boston.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
onr,on Refused to Rcpix.

LONDON, March 2s. George n. Curzon,
the under secretary of state for foreign
aff ,srs. was asked in the hous, Of com.
mons Friday II there was any truth in the
report that Great Britain has purchased
Delagoa bay. with the whole strip o.
territory from Am itonga on the south TO
the chartered company's territory on the
north, the Limpopo river constituting
the eastern boundary for the sum ol
100000 pounds. Mir Curzon declined to
reply. saying that the government must
insist upon proper notice being given OF
such A question.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
Attempted Train wreckiux.

DELAWARE Ohio. March 2a The Big
Four" express train which passes this city
shortly after midnight narrowly escaped
being wrecked last night few miles out
of town. Train wreckers heaped obstruc.
tions on the track near curve and long
iron rail- was placed In front Of the wreck.
ing material The engineer had not got
his train under full headway, and was
enabled to stop within only few feet OF
the obstruction. The engine was slightly
damaged by the rail and the people were
roughly shaken, but no further damage
xyaa dnua
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
Ner rhsrs,. rroubl. Cor ul.ner.

MEDoRA, Ind, March s5-Thursdny
night Andy Dorcas was killed and John
Adar knocked senseiess by John Ulmer.
They had met early In the evening in a
saloon and Dorcas and Adar had left and
started home bat were overtaken by Ul-
mer. who attacked first one and then tho
other with club. Dorcas died instantly
and Adar 10 dying. Ulmer was arrested
and taken TO Brownstown and jailed.
Ulmer, when leaving the saloon. was
heard to say that there would be trouble
between him and the two mon. He re-
turned later and said the trouble was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
In Financial Dimculties.

HoLYoKE, Mass. March 2s.-The Off
cials Of the Smith, Wilson & Sears Paper
company Thursday announced that the
company was in financial difficulties and
unable to meet its obligations Treasurer
Bradley refused to give out statement
of the assets and liabilities IL Is believed
however, the liabilities will be nearly
s2oOOoo. Depression in business Is as.
signed az the eause OF the company's diff.
culties. A meetin z Of the creditors has
been called for Monday.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
Prospect of n street hallway strike.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2s-The street
railway situation In this city has again
become serious and IL was by the bare
margin of two votes that the central
board of the Amalgamated Association
Thursday night defeated resolution
that the lines of the Philadelphia Trac-
ton company be tied up again on next
Monday morning, The men claim that
they ara being discharged because they be
long TO the union,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
shor,np. in IN. Pickle Market.

APPLETON. Wis, March 2s.-There will
be shortage In the pickle market In Wis
coDsin owing to the destruction by fire of
the plant of the Appleton Pickle and
Preserving company, together with $1,000
barrels Of pickles. The plant was located
such a distances from the water supply lit
tie could bu done to saveis The loss on
building Is u, 1900; fnsuIa.3ee. t2,0oO. The
loss on stock is s5,ooof Insurance. 81. 500.
The plant will he rebuilt al once. In the
basement were forty.flye fats, with ca
pacity OF about 8, 900 barrels. These were
filed with pickels and were ruined.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
Girl Hounded to Death.

BUTTE, Mont. March q. Hattie Gil.
man. a young girl at Victor, committed
suicide by poison. because Charles Allen
had frequently circulated hamiliating re-
ports concerning her character. She al.
ways denied them, but gossips continued
the circulation until in despair she ended
her life. With her last breath she begged
her parents to believe her innocent. The
coroner's Inquest demonstrated that the
girl had been foully slandered and
bounded TO death through Aliens false
stories. He has been arrested and will be
nrasacuted
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-28
onera Hnn.s pestro,sd.

SpRrSeFIELD Mo-. March 2s.-The
Grand Opera House, ono OF the finest thea.
tres In the west. burned at two o'clock
Friday morning. The fire originated
under the sage and swept through the
scenery, and in a few minutes the entire
building was In Il ,mes. Tho loss Will be
$4,000, with insurance OF $4,000.