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Catoctin clarion., 1897-08-19
Business Locals.

~ FOR SALE.--ln the ears, 100 bar
rels Prime CORN.
TIJAS CuIDT Nv
Catoctin clarion., 1897-08-19

~ FOR RENT at Graceham. Brick
Dwelling with IA rooms, Garden, Orchard
and necessary outbuildings, Grand view; five
walk to station; would make grand
place for summer boarders. Unfurnished.)
CHAS. SHIPLEY.
Catoctin clarion., 1897-08-19

tB- FINE PEACHES FOR SALE ON
agl9tf THE NORRIS RANCH.
FIRST COME, BEST SERVED.
Evening star., 1897-03-12

Rivers-The following changes in the
rivers dn feet and tenths) have occurred
Risen-Cincinnati. o.4; Louisville. FL Nash
vile. 36; Chattanooga, G.1; Memphis. OF
New Orleans, 0.4.
They are above the danger line and ris-
ing at Cincinnati, 81; Louisville, 2.OS; Mem
phis, Ii
The river at Cairo is above the DANCE,
line ana falling. S.4.
The Ohio from Cincinnati to the mouth
and the Mississippi, from Cairo to below
Memphis, are above the danger line. From
the water now in sight it is likely that the
below Cairo during the next two weeks
The local weather bureau officials will fur
niSh information of expected changes and
give ample warning of danger.
Tide Table
Today-Low tide, 7:41 am and S.57 pm
high tide, "a am. and 2:14 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, S:42 am. and 9:54
pm; high tide, 2:24 I'm. and 3:11 pm.
The sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, GIG am; sun sets, 6:0-
pm. Moon sets, 3:03.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:14 am.
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 7:13 pm: ex-
tnguishirg begun at 5:22 am. The light
ing is begun one hour before the time
named
Arc lamps lighted at 6:5S pm; extin-
guished at 5:37 am.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at $
am: Great Fails, temperature, "A: condi-
ton, !. Receiving reservoir. tempera ture,
10: condition at north connection, =: condi-
ton at south connection, j. Distributing
reservoir. temperature, 10; condition at in
fluent gate house, .: etfluent gate house, 6.
Temperatures for Twerty-Four Hours
The following were the readings of the
Thermometer at the weather bureau during
the past twenty-four hours beginning at 4
clock yesterday afternCon:
March III p.m 80; pm, 81; midnight
46
March 12-4 am. 4;;@s am, 10; - M. 4G,
and = pm. o. ~
Maximum 80, at pm March IL: min
ilr um, 40, at S am, March L.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
The Best Spring Medicine
RobbertcS Reuorted.

For the first time in several weeks no
eases of housebreaking were reported to
the police today. There were, however,
several instances of larceny. Harry X.
Burrill of 1916 11th street. while at ker-
mans Theajer Wednesday evening. suffered
the loss of a blue cloth overcoat.
Dr. Charles r. Luce of 2l5 ID street
southeast participated in the inaugural
parade. March 4. Dr. Luce has notified the
detective office that he changed a saddle
from his horse In front of the Shoreham
Hotel While his attention was diverted
for a moment some person walked away
with the saddle he had just taken off.
y Searchlight bicycle lamp was stolen
yesterday from bicycle belonging to Mr..
L A Moseley, secretary of the interstate
commerce commission. At the time of the
theft the bicycle was in the hallway of the
Department Of Justice
a similar lamp was stolen yesterday from
f. Brez OF GiJ 18th street, who left his
wheel standing at the corner of 18th and
II streets.
benjamin Hodge of i26 Washington street
has asked the police to recover a blue serge
coat and vest stolen from him yesterday.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
The Wheels Returned.
ELECTROCUTIoN AT SING SING.
Arthur Mayheyv Executed for Stephen
POwelHs Murder.

SING SING, \. Y, March 12.-Arthur
tiary here at 11:1912 o'clock am. today
At IL o'clock the night of March Z,
1856, Stephen Powell, the seventy-year-
superintendent of the Hampstead, L. l.,
gas works, closed his office and started
homeward. 1t was his custom to carry
large sums Of money on his person. When
he had almost reached his house Arthur
Mayh.w, who had been hiding behind a
tree, waiting for the old mans coming
sprang out and hit him heavily on the
head with blackjack. Powell fell to the
ground and then Mayhem rified his pock-
cts, securing about 500.
John Wayne meanwhile kept guard for
Meyhew 10 prevent any interference For
this share of the nights work he is now
serving fifteen years In Sing Sing Powelrs
skull was fractured by the blow and he
Gied. Then, through the finding of a pipe
beiorgin to Wayne near the scene of the
murder, Wayne was arrested. Mayhew was
also n ade q prisoner, and when the money
stolen from Powell was found in Mrs
Mayhews possession 1t was clear that the
culprit had been caught. The case was
made stronger when Wayne confessed and
implicated his partner in the crime beyond
fenced to death. His execution was post
poned on account of a retraction by Wayne
OF his confession. However, Judge Keogh
did not believe that Wayne had perjured
himself IN the first Instance and refused to
grant a new trial. And so today the mur-
| der of old Stephen Powell was expiated
at Sing Sing.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
SATURDAY SCIENTIFIC LECTURES.
The Course Arranged by the joint
Conn iSsfOn.

The Saturday lectures, complimentary to
the citizens of Washington, will be con-
tinued during the season of 1897, under the
auspices of the joint commission of scien-
tific societies. The addresses will be de-
livered in the lecture hall of the National
Museum from 20 to $50 pm, on the dates
specified; they will be illustrated by the
stereopticon, and by maps. diagrams and
specimens. All citizens of Washington and
their friends are cordially invited to at
tend.
The lectures have been arranged in two
courses, the first relating TO the interior
photography of the United States, and the
second to subjects selected by reason of ex-
ceptional current interest. AS during past
seasons, the several lecturers are recognized
authorities in their respective lines of
study, and each topic is presented in the
light Of the latest researches. The courses
and lecturers are as follows:
Hydrogra aphy-March 13, Rivers of the
United States, F. H. Newell; March %.
Waterfalls of the United States, Marius r.
Campbell; March q. Niagara, G. K Gil
bert.
Current topics-April 3, The Eastern
Question. BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler: April 10,
New Light on Alchemy, H. Darlington Boil
ton; April II, Food Adulteration, Harvey
w. Wiley; April "a, Modern Explosives,
Charles E. Munree; May 1. X-rays and
Their Applications, E. A. de Schweinitz.
The committee Of the joint commission
on Saturday lectures consists of Gardiner
G. Hubbard, chairman: w. j. MCGEE. sec
retary; Marcus Baker, +. W. Clarke, L. O.
Howard and George NJ. Sternberg.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
COMMISSIONERS INJURED,
Inspecting Steel Plant When nn
Explosion Occurred.

PITTSBURG, Pa, March 12.-Three
members of the commission appointed .,y
the government to inspect the steel plants
of the country, with a view of obtaining
information regarding the iron industries
met with an accident at the Carbon Steel
Company's plant yesterday afternoon.
The commission, together with several
members Of the Carbon Steel Company
were inspecting the plant, and came to a
furnace from which the fires had been
drawn that the furnace could cool. The
party were standing at the furnace, when
one member struck match and placed
it inside the furnace door so that they
could inside. The furnace was filled
with gas and an explosion followed. Three
members of the commission had their faces
and hands burned, and their hair and mus
taches singed. The necktie of one of the
men caught fire and the clothing of others
caught fire in several places. The injured
men We're removed to the Company's offices
and the company's doctor sent for. He
attended to the mems injuries, and last
night the members of the commission left
for Boston.
The names of the injured were not given
out. One of them is a captain in the
United States navy and another lieuten-
ant. A strong effort was made to keep
| the accident a secret, but it leaked out,
| too late, however, to secure the names.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
ARMY Orders.

Major Wells Willard. commissary of sub
sistence, now at San Francisco has been
ordered to New York as assistant to the
purchasing commissary.
Captain Paul Clendening, assistant sur.
geon, has been transferred from Fort War.
rem. Mass. to Key West, Fla, relieving
Captain ]. R. Kean, who is ordered to For,
Warren.
Officers recently promoted have been as
signed to regiments as follows: Captain E.
F. Wilcox to the 9th Cavalry Troop f.;
First Lieutenant Milton F. Davis to the
I'd Cavalry, Troop D; First Lieutenant
James A. Ryan to the 9th Cavalry, Troon
A; First Lieutenant Frank NJ. Caldwell Ia
the 1th Cavalry, Troop F; Additional Sec
ond Lieutenant Charles T. Boyd, 7th Cav
airy to a vacancy Of second lieutenant, 4th
Cavalry, Troop 1; Additional Second Lieu
tenant Henry C. Whitehead. 7th Cavalry.
to vacancy of second lieutenant, 10th
Cavalry, Troop 1; Additional Second Lieu
tenant William d. Chitty. Sth Cavalry to
a vacancy of second lieutenant. Sd Cavalry.
Troop C; Captain Benjamin w. Leayell To
the 24th Infantry. Company I.
The Secretary of War orders the follow
ing transfers: First Lieutenant Ralph Har-
rison, from the 1st Cavalry to the I'd Cav
airy Troop D; First Lieutenant Milton F.
Davis from the I'd Cavalry to the lst Cav
airy, Troop c.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
ARMOR FOR BATTLE SHIPS.
Advertisement Calling for Sunni,
Issued by the Navy Department..


The long-expected advertisement calling
for the supply of armor for the battle ships
Z, and was at last issued by the Navy
Department today. Some of the points OF
the advertisement are that, i'll addition to
steelmakers, the builders of the battle
ships are invited to bid for supplying this
armor, thus giving an opportunity for a
practical test of the proposition of the con-
struction bureau that the government make
contracts for a complete ship, armor in
cluded, in the interest of economy. No
foreign arnor can be supplied and the
successful bidder may be required to salts
fly the Navy Department of his ability to
carry out the engageme The quantity
of armor wanted is set down about
5000 tens more or less with bolts and
certain hollow forgingS connected with the
armoring of vessel. The bids must state
the time of commencing deliveries. In
awarding the contracts due weight will
be given to the needs of the government
as stated in the specifications. and all
order required to carry on the work on the
battle ships properly" The proposals will
be opened April next. Each bid must
state separate price for each group of
armor bid upon, although the Secretary
of the Navy is authorized by Congress to
contract with the contractors for building
the battle ships for the supply of the entire
amount of armor at q cost not exceeding
$500 per ton. The successful bidder is al
lowed ten days after the acceptance of his
proposal to make the contract.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
DENIES THE STORY.
The Wife Fought the Proposed An
nullncnt of Her Mnrrtaxe

nullmcnt OF Her Marriage
Susan Is. Marconnier today filed an an
swer TO the suit of John "A. Marconnier re-
Gently entered against her in which her
husband prayed that the marriage. between
them be annulIed.
They were married here September ao.
1919, and her husband charged that she
Was previously twice married, March 10.
1872, and February y. 1876, alleging that
Gle or both. of her previous husbands lived
undiVorced when the third marriage took
Ilace. Those charges Mrs. Marconnier de-
MES, stating that her first husband was
Killed in a railroad accident i'm 1874 and
tnat her second husband, with whom she
declares, she did not live day died about
eleven months after the said second mar
rage All that, Mrs. Marconnier asserts.
ter third husband well knew from her be-
fore their marriage.
For about nineteen years. she saws ho
uNed with her SO satisfied and informed
came infatuated with another and Younger
woman. That woman. she charges he
wishes to marry, and for that reason she
submits, he wishes the annulment of the
marriage between them. She declares
that their marriage was a legal and hind
ing one, and asserts that he has frequently
offered large sum if she would sign a
paper stating that she knew one of her
t"o huspihuS was nflng when she was
married to him (Marconnier. Upon her
last refusal to sign such a paper, says
Mrs. Marconnier, he told her he had plenty
of money, and that before he would paw
her cent he would give up his work and
go where no court could make him paw
aiimony. She says that while she is pen
niless. she has been good. true wife 10
him and has helped him to accumulate
property. Therefore, she prays that mis-
suit for the annulment of their marriage
be dismissed.
Mrs. Marconnier is represented by Attor-
ney Campbell Darlington
Evening star., 1897-03-12
LIKE WILLIAM OF ORANGE.
Chnrn cterizatiOn of DIR. Jameson b!
Investigating Committee.

LONDON, March 12.-The inquiry of the
parliamentary committee into DIR. Jane
sens Transvaal raid was resumed again
today in Westminster Hall. There was an
exciting scene during the examination Of
Sir Graham Bower, the imperial secretary
and accountant to the high missioner
of South Africa. Mr.. Henry Labouchere,
replying to objectlon upon the part of
the chairman to one of his questions, said
Il consider that Sir Graham Bower is not
telling the truth, and j claim the right TO
examine this gentleman. If the committee
like to stop me they can do So
Mr.. joseph Chamberlain said he thought
the committee was bound to protect the
witness from irsult, and Mr.. Labouchere
irsisted he was convinced that Sir Graham
was untruthful.
Thereupon the chairman said that Mr..
Labouchere was out of order.
This caused the latter to remark: Then
l will clear the room exception. 1 am
going to see whether this committee Is 10
be sham or not.
After further fencing Mr.. Labouchere re-
iterated that Sir Graham Bowers story
was an extraordinary one and asked: do
you are the high commissioners secretary,
you are bound by your promise Of silence
rot to reveal the intimation Of the pro-
posed raid given you by Mr.. Rhodes?"
Sir Graham Bower lifted volume from
the table and said:
"Ycu are going rather beyond the in
quiry, but / should like to quote historic
precedent. When William of Orange land
ed in England, upon what we may call a
Jameson raid'-'
Here Sir William Vernon Harcourt sharp
ly interposed. saying:
Il am surprised that such parallel
should be drawn by official of Sir Gra-
ham Bowers position. and 1 think the
committee is entitled to ask for an expla-
nation upon what ground he considers the
Jameson raid to be historic parallel?"
This caused Sir Graham Bower to eX-
claim:
Il beg your pardon. l withdraw it."
Finally the portions of his remarks re-
lating to the parallel were expunged
frcm the record.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
THE FOUR-YEAR TERM.
some Protest in Regard to Fourth
Class POktmasters.

Class POktmasters.
number of republican members, of Con-
sfess have decided to protest against the
Iccr-year term rule in the appointment of
iourh-class postmasters. These republicans
cialm that during the last few months Of
MI. CleVeland's administration many
1ourth-class pcstmasters, whose terms
were to expire in the early months of Mr..
Mcklnleys administration resigned in or
oer that their relatives or friends might be
appointed to their places and in that way
be entitled to serve practically through
dne coming republican administra tion
Ihey claim that this was a technical eva
sion OF the four-year term rule, and tka:
IL Will only be just to promptly remove
all such incumbents
number of members of Congress pro-
Icse asking the Postmaster General TO re-
appoint all the fourth-class postmasters in
"nlch tney are interested without any re-
gard to the four-year rule. They propose
bringing heaVy pressure to bear upon the
Post once Department in order to carry
their point.
This sentiment among the politicians is
Tar from unanimous, as quite a number. of
republican senators and representatives
Under Mr.. Mckinley's administration. Some
OF the representatives have written to their
constituents informing, them that under no
circumstances will they, recommend ap-
pcintments to places in which the incum-
bent has not served his. four-year term
telling them that theySnIay as Well gave
themselves any trouble m getting up in
corsements for candidates before the ex-
piration of such terms
Evening star., 1897-03-12
Childrcn's Guardians, n ,

Lincoln. Robert and Maud Brown three
pretty little children, Were today commit
ted by Judge Mills to the care of the Board
OF Children's Guardians until May L. upon
the petition OF Agent Parkman, who said
they did not have proper home or ade-
quate cans of support II was stated
thai the father is out Of employment and
the mother sick in hospital 1t is un-
derStood also that the children have an
aunt IN Wheeling. w Va. who IS in com
Portable circumstances, but who at this
time mas typhCid fever in her family. She
expects, II Is said, TO come to Washington
in the course OF a month or so and ar
range for taking proper care of the chill
dren.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
EXECl TION AF ST. JOHN.
John e. Sullivan KanuSd for n Double
Murder.


Murder.
ST. JOHN, n. B., Marcni 12-John E. Sui
Ivan was hanged today sat Dorchester, n.
B. . q
His crime was the murder of Mrs. Eliza
butcher and her SOM Eight Years old. at
Meadow Brook, on the night of September
II, 1896. Mrs. butcher rte4.t a small tavern.
but the only inmates fpf 1.-The place at the
time were herself, her little son and a
daughter, ten years oid.ta Sullivan entered
the place for the purppsesof robbery. Mrs
butcher was awakened by the noise and
made an outcry. The robher thereupon at
tackled and killed her with an AK after
which he assaulted the children. killing the
boy and badly injuring the girl Sullivan
next fired the house and fed. The flames
aroused the neRhbors, and one was able to
enter through a rear door and rescue the
little girl. The charred remains of the
other two were found in the ruins. The
rescued child remained unconscious for
several weeks, but finally recovered. 1t
vas her evidence that convicted Sullivan.
The authorities, after a brief inVestiga-
ton, found that Sullivan, an ex-railroad
brakeman and former seaman in the Unit
ed States navy. had been seen in the vicin-
ity several times before the murders. 1t
was learned that he had been spending
| money freely in the city of Moncton. his
home. the day following
BEFORE a warrant had been secured, how
ever, Sullivan fled to small village near
Calais, Me. There he changed his name,
but was arrested a week after his depart,1re
by the Maine authorities
He was folnd guilty Of murder in the
first degree.
sullivan was native of this county and
was thrty-seven years old He had good
appearance and was well educated His
parents live in Moncton N B. and two sic
terS reside in Boston,
Evening star., 1897-03-12
FIR AND COLDER.
The Weather Predicted for Tonight
and Tomorrow.

The Weather Predicted for Tonight
and Tomorrow.
Forecast till 8 pm. Saturday-For the
District of Columbia, Maryland and Fir-
ginia. clearing during the afternoon, gen
orally fair and colder tonight and Satur-
day; brisk northwesterly winds
Weather conditions and general forecast
The barometer has fallen rapidly from the
lake regions southwark to the south At
lantic states, and it has risen from Texas
northward to Dakota and from Dakota
westward to the north Pacific coast. There
is a depression of considerable energy CEN
tral over Lake Huron, moving to the north
eastward. and the barometer is highest
north of Montana.
The tempera ture has risen generally over
the southern and middle Atlantic states,
the Ohio valley and the lower lake region,
but it is much colder in the central Missis-
sippi valley, and from Texas northward to
Dakota.
Unusually cold weather for the season
prevails in the northwest. where temperd-
viously recorded by the weather bureau
during the second ten days of March, oc-
Cured last night.
Following are some of the minimum tenn
perat reported. viz: Below zero, Bis
marck, IS degrees; Moorhead, IA degrees;
Williston and Havre, % degrees.
General rains have prevailed over the
districts east of the Mississippi, and snow
is reported this morning from the upper
lake region. The weather is generally fair
west of the Mississippi, except at northern
Rocky moi ntain stations, where local SHOWS
reported.
The indca tions are that the weather will
he generally fair in the central valleys and
thence eastward to the middle Atlantic
coast by Saturday with colder northerly
winds.
The temperature will fall about 20 de-
grees in the lower lake region, the Ohio
valley and western Tennessee by Saturday
morning.
The following heavy precipitation Gin
inches) reported:
During the past "a Chattanooga,
24S; Raleigh, LOG; Adairsville, Ga, 10;
Florence Ala, 1872.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
BICYCLES STOLEN.
These Young Thieves Were Exceed
ingly Rash and Reckless.

W Roy Mitchell, the agent in this city
for the Sterling bicycle. this morning swore
out warrants against John Walsh and
Daniel O'Neil of New York, charging them
with the theft of two bicycles. The story
of the theft was told yesterday in The Star
Mr. Mitchell intends to go to New York
tomorrow morning and have the two Of
Tenders arrested and brought to this city
for trial.
There several circumstances about the
affair, said Mr.. Mitchell today, that in
dicate that the act was a deliberate one
on the part of the two young men, rather
than its being due to any lack of system
in the method of renting bicycles to
strangers. 1t appears that the young men,
who are said to be about seventeen and
nineteen years of age, were well dressed
and bore an air of refinement. However
| when they applied to Mr.. Mitchell for the
rental of the bicycles references were re-
| quired of them in lieu of a deposit of
money They gave their temporary city
| address. and referred the bicycle dealer TO
a liveryman from whom they had hired a
carriage.
| In reply to a telephone inquiry the stable
keeper assured Mr. Mitchell that the young
| men had dealt squarely with him. Appli-
cation at the city address brought out the
| information that the strangers seemed to
| be very nice young men and bore them
| selves properly. Under these circum-
stances Mr.. Mitchell had no hesitancy in
| renting the wheels, especially since earlier
| in the week ne had hired bicycles to the
same young men and received his pay
| IT would seem that jus. soon as the
| wheels were secured the young men rode
| to their boarding place settled their BILL
| took their grips and left for New York.
| The records at the depot show, Mr.. Mitch
\ ell says. that they checked their baggage
| and the wheels also. Indicating deliber-
l ate purpose to carry them away. Mr.
| Mitchell has the New York address of the
| Offenders and apprehends no difficulty in
| having them arrested and brought here
| for trial and punishment.
| The Wheels Returned.
| Becoming alarmed at the steps taken by
] the local detectives, James O'NeiI and
| John Walsh. who Tuesday hired the two
| bicycles and removed them to New York.
have decided that honesty is the best pol
| Icy, in this instance, at least. Mr.. Mitchell
| this morning received by express the stolen
| wheels with all charges prepaid.
| The address of a relative of one of the
| young men was secured and the New York
! police. at the instance of the local author
| tiles. began an investigation. Within a
| very short time thereafter the wheels were
| on the way to Washington.
Evening star., 1897-03-12
Arrested In Norfolk

Inspector Hollinberger this afternoon re-
ceived word from the chief of police Mt
Norfolk. Va. that Alexander Graves. who
il is alleged stole sealskin sacoue. valued
at 500 from Mrs. j. ". Bischoff of Sl3 X
street northwest. was TODAY arrested il,
thar city. The sacque was recovered in
Washington by Detective Barnes of the
second precinct. Graves will be brought
here for a disposition OF the case