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The evening times., 1897-11-20
MARYLANp,s GOLD MINES.
Gratifying Yield From Those In
Montgomery County.

Gratifying Yield From Those Ia
Montgomery County.
'Rotkville, Mn r Nov. 20 1.-The belt 81
Montgomery mines which sse in operation
in the low er section OF THIS count y, between
Watts and Cabin Johns branches, with
the Great Falls as backbone for the belt,
are being operated with great success.
The mines in operation are: The Rust,
Eagle, Maryland, Brady and Ford. The
Maryland mine. which has teen in operi-
tion for uiout four months, is DOWN 19O
feet, and drifted 900 feet one way anu
$50 the other; there IL atput 1000 tons
Of ore on the dumps, 100 tons of which
have been tested, ana will run Mt $19 rer
ton.
Many miners WHO have had iEuch expc.
Fienoe IN the business, soiBe having been
at IL over thirty years, say that the chunks
of quoits which have been taken from the
Maryland mines which would carry from
three TO five hundred dollars of free gold.
is something marvellous. AMI which, had
they rot strn them, would have been re
yond their comprehension. Rocks haze
been taken cut OF there mines weighing
from forty 10 ninety pounds, heavily i'm
pregnated with gold, running from the size
CT a grain Of shot to the size OF finger
The Maryland vein is from four to six feet
OF ore. In there mines there are steadily
at work from sixteen to twenty men.
Tie other mines are carrying first-cls SIS
ore, and vii. run from So to S12 of free
gold. These mines are worked steadily
by ten or twelve men. The veirs Mine.
which has i,een steadily and thoroughly
prospected with shafts from fifteen TO
twenty feet deep for over a half a mile.
has shown a vein Of ore which is well
defined the entire length and which Will
run about 50 per ton.
The football team Of this place which
vii! play the Frederic team at that place
on Thanksgiving Day will line up az fol
lows: HenGe, C.: POss, r. g.; Eagle. !. e !;
snaw, r. t.: Dongherty, :. t.. Green, I.
e.; Beard, l. e.; Nicholson, q. D.. Mackey.
H.; Norcum, |. H.. and Kirby,f.b: Kingdom,
and Scherier, subs.
IL Is stated here on irfeprOachabie au-
thorit, tnat the Mont gonery delegation in
the next houre 'of delegates will endeavor
to do their utmost to have the legislature
pass bili creating the office of treasurer
for this county. The proposition is very
favorably received by the people through
out the county, principally because, IL
enacted into law, 1t will save the COUNTY
the $1,000 now p5id annually IL the tax
collectors.
The evening times., 1897-11-20
Musical and Literary Entertainment.

\ musical and literary entertainment WAS
given last night at the Confederate Vet
Grams Hal! tor the benefit of the young men
Of Epiphany Church. Prof. Leo Wheat
rendered musical selections and was FOL
lowed by Mr.. w. h. Morsell with his comic
songs. Master Milo Denlinger recited In
gerson's address On Napoleon, and Miss
Pearl Evans rendered a vocal solo, ac-
ompanied on the piano by Miss IDA Gunion.
Musical selections were given by Miss
Blanche Muir and.fnstrumental music fur
nished by the Madrid Quartet and Mr.. u.
Clons b Leighter. The program closed with
onea't comedy, entitled where's My
Hat after which the entertainment closed
with a dance.
The evening times., 1897-11-20
EairH.Tale Time.


Once nponce tfmeImy mamma telled in
Stories
The was awful gi- UNITS; the was fairies
too! -
The was da-riller; and Jack the Gi-unt
Killer; 81 ~
Babes in Woods: Hop p-My-Thnmb lots of
Once upon time was man named Blue
beard;
Killed his wives and all. and hung 'em up
to dry!
And the beas st ifk ed Beauty cause she did
her duty.
Then the was the Beanstalk growing
up su high! -s--,..I
Once mponce n time she told me Rum pel-til-
ken
Spun the gold from straw. And Thumb
ling that was found.
And Snow drop in the glen, too, with the
seven wee men. too.
And the ween-ty Brownies living In the
ground - - 80 -.l,ssss.,s,4- =
Once uponce time l wish was princess,
Wish l was enchanted in some fairy
cline.
Mamma glad her kirlie wasn't born SO
eahy.
But .tD.. nestest stories w ere once uponce
timei
Chicago Post.
The evening times., 1897-11-20
GREAT RAINS IN THE WEST.
Much Damage Done TO Property in
Washington State.

WHSHIHStOH StHtt.
Tscorla, WASH, Nov. 2O.-Several days
heavy rain have caused the Washington
rivers IN overflow theiI banks, carrying
away bridges and fences, covering the rail
road tracks, and causing much damage to
property. During the three days ending
lest night, over five inches Of rain had
fallen over the Puget Sound country.
stanwoUd,' snoheInish county Is under
water, and every business house In Sultan
has one to three feet OF water over the
floors At wenatchee. the storm was the
worst ever seen there, causing the We
na.chee River TO rise several feet in six
hours Bridges across the White River
have been washed out ON the Northern
Pacific, thirty miles east Of Tacoma, caus
ing suspension of traffic.
The evening times., 1897-11-20
BABY SETS THE BED ON FIRE.

During the Absence Of Its Parents
il Used Matches as PiaythingS.
The infant child of william ;. Simms. Of
No. 1871 street southe asst, was left for
few moments alone in the house last
night, and to amuse itself during the
atscrce of its parents foun'l some matches
and began playing with them. it was
great spoIt, and finally one of them be-
came lgni.sd and the babe threw il IN
the bed.
Almost instantly there was a blaze. which
SO frightened the little one that ii began
to cry, and the attention of the leighbors
was attracted, and some one ran into
the Il, use IN time To save the chile from.
being burned to deaui, and the house IRON
dc strnction. There was but little damage
aId the child was uninJured.
The evening times., 1897-11-20

There il a great deal of iconoclas.n aud
unseiitirreE,a! destructiveness In this coun
try. anJitis refreshing to meet now andthen
with q bit of fresh unspoiIed feeling that is
net ashamed ~ itself. or such q nature is
the expression of opinion by the Charleston
News and Courier on the subject of native
The evening times., 1897-11-20
TRUSTEES SALE.
THOMAS BOWLING s CO., Auclione

THOMAS BOWLING s. CO., Auctioneers.
BY virtue of deed of trust recort, ed in
liber 2IO5, folio sol ct sea, Of TIE land
records of the District of Columbia ans,
at the request OF the party secured thereby
tdefault having occurred i'll The terms ami
provisions thereof. the unGersign ell trrs-
tees Will offer for sa ie at public auction, in
front OF the premises, TUESDAY, the Both
Day or November, 1897. at y. m. tie fol
lowing described real estate. situate in I lie
city or Washington. District Of Columbia
to wit: All of Original lots u uin bere'i went v
t.OI and twenty-Une GID, III square six
hundred and ninety-three tS93i, eXcep:
.he part on the east and north Condemn eel
for alley
Terms: Sold subject 10 4 prior deed OF
trust OF S3 900, balance over and iov : ifl
trust, cash. Deposit of $500 required at
sale: Conveyan cling and recording at
purchasers cost.
BURR r. TRACY.
JOHN 4. BUTLER.
mol &, s,2o, ,24,29. Trustees.
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Certainly.

tFrom the New York Evening Post.)
If Germany mas any complaint to make
of IIaiti let her address 1T to Washing
ton. which is tie great clea ring house for
all unciviliztd squab bbles on this continent
and adjacent islands.
The evening times., 1897-11-20

DO you know that you can have
The Morning, Evening und Sunday
o.ily COMPLETE news
paper published In Washington
served to yOu by carrier for fifty
cents q month";
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The Reason.

(From the Detroit Free Press.)
"Were you beaten for that office by the
use of money. Birdley?'
''No, sir. The whole trouble was that we
didu't use enough money
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Ihe Usuul Result.

From the Chicago Recordl
''Onc.. friend of mine and l agreed
thai IL would he helpful for each OF US I'd
tell the other his fauiss.''
How did i6 work."
"We haven't spoken for nine years."
The evening times., 1897-11-20

hari woods The South, among her varied
resources and natura! products has great
variety of trees, and three Of these trees
are said tc he OF great virtue. Black gun
is good for making hubs Of wagon wheels,
because the woodis very hard TO split J.
was ror.;.erly aIrnost the only materiaI
used far this purpose. sassafras in good
for the ruaking VI bows, but the archery
Il, Is II thing OF the past. And the wool
Of the persiniinon tree is good for wood en-
craving. Just here the editor OF the News
AMI Courier puts in plea for the persirlmon
tree. Tie pcrsimInon. lie says, is
link with the past, associated with the
dearest rienio-ies Of childhood. Moreover.
it furnishes the chief snstenance of the
'possuIn, and this rat-tailcd wild porker
is also link with the past. Therefore, tns
editor says, do not let US reduce the reIn-
nant of the past by destroying the pos
sun. which, with the rabbit, Is almost the
only game left i'll South Carolina. THIS ed:
tor hollis out for sentiment, and is not
ashamed of it either. 1t would be good
thing il there We're few more such people
i'll America. Or course, II the wood OF the
p.rsinllncn tree should prove really valu-
able, dro.es of hogs and carloads Of
timed pork could be Imported into the
State to take the place Of the 'possum, and
the woods and upIands would he strewn
after a picnic, with tin cans instead of
'possum bones, and all the modern I'm
provements would follow in the siin;ag
wake of the tin can. There are sOnie
people wno would like 10 abolish COWS il
they could, and raise babies IN COLI
densed milk, and who regard Ill creation
as simply { candidate sooner or later for a
tin coffin. But 1t is u joyful thing that
tins gospel is not yet preached I'm South
Carolina. Ihercisnne state In the Union IN
which d rnan may still plead for the pre-
servaticn of iimehonOred tree, and
storied and lesenJed animal ON account OF
their association with the past, without
being how lee, down a. a sentiInentalist.
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A wistful wish.

from the A tchison Globe.)
We wish someone had bone 20 pick
with US that lad meat on II.
The evening times., 1897-11-20
Legal. NOTICE.

ESTATE OF ZEPHANIAH JONES, LATE
OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. No.SO21,
Docket "a. Issued November 8, 1897.
Application having been made to the SUI
preme court OF the District of Columbia,
tration on said estate, by Rebecca Artlella
Jones ct al, praying for the appointment
OF Robert V. Belt as such administrator,
this is to give notice to all concerned to
appear In said court on FRIDAY, THE Sd
DAY OF DECEMBER, A. d. 1897, at 10
o clock, a. m., to show cause why such ap-
plcation should not be granted.
Attest: j. NOTA McG1LL,
no6-1320 Register of Wills, ID. c.
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Readers OF The Times ,rho may at any
time be unable to procure copies OF It at any
nelcs stand, railroad station Or on railroad
trains CW confer a Jaror upon The manage
ment by sending 10 Ibis Office information o,
the fact.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-02-22

or both finally come here, was a mat
ter of conjecture he added.
There will be several questions of
more or less Importance, but with no
particular political significance, touch
ed upon The gathering will be called
to order Monday morning at 10 o'clock
by Chairman RoZelle, who will make
a brief address setting forth the mo-
tive of the call. Among those who ar
rived today and who will participate
in the meeting are Grand Master Work
man Sovereign, of the Knights Of
Labor; Editors J. w. Murphy and
Heath, Of Kansas City: J. Edgerton,
secretary Of the national association.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 21.-Hundreds
OF delegates to the annual convention
of the Reform Press association have
arrived and more are expected on the
early morning trains. The convention
will be called to order by Gen. Paul
Vandervoort, president of the associa-
ton, at 10 o'clock, and addresses of
welcome and responses will occupy the
entire morning. At the afternoon ses-
sion Mr. Vandervoort will deliver his
annual address.
Va, Silver Tribune, was among today's
arrivals.
Mr.. Spence is a thorough Peoples
party man, but he is not one of the
middle-of-the-road faction. He said
that he was for fusion when it
strengthened the principles advocated
by the third party and could be effect
ed on equitable and honorable
grounds. He intimated that if the meet.
ing which begins here tomorrow un-
dertook to read Senator Butler and
other Peoples party men thinking like
him out OF the party, there would be
a bolt from the meeting.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-02-22
THERE'S DISCORD In REFORM
Rival PopuHist Conventions.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 21.-Re-
form. editors have been arriving all
today to attend the conference of the
National Reform Press association
called by Chairman Arthur Rozelle, of
the Missouri state Peoples party COM
mittee, and also secretary trea surer of
the national association, to meet here
tomorrow. Chairman Rozelle was
among the first to arrive About 100
delegates will be here" he said to an
Associated Press representative, "anG
everything looks bright for a success
full meeting
Continuing, Mr.. Rozelle said that
they would proceed with their business
without reference to the Memphis gath
ering, which would be entirely ignored
1--WE are in the right" said he, land
any overtures for peace must come
from the Memphis people,
Apparently, such overtures are ex-
pected, Mr.. Rozelle giving the sub
stance of a message he had received
from Senator William A Allen, at
Washington, in which the latter coun-
seled holding open the Kansas City
meeting for a day or two after the
Memphis meeting.
"Washburn goes to Memphis" the
message read. His mission all right.
Hold open Kansas City meeting for
day or two after Memphis meeting un-
til you hear from him and Vincent"
This would be DONE Chairman Ro-
Zelle said, in answer to a query, the
local meeting lasting for at least two
days. Whether Washburn or Vincent
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-02-22
Abb HUNGRY FOR OFFICE.
Civil Service Threatened.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-If the Re-
publican politicians can have their way
the civil service rules will be ig-
nored by the incoming administration.
The Republicans are hungry for office,
hungrier than they have been before.
The clamor for spoils is greater now
than at any time in the history of the
government. The spoilsmen are pre-
pairing to flock to Washington in such
numbers Immediately after the inaug-
uration of Mckinley as to make re-
sistance to their demands a dangerous
experiment.
The political bosses realize that some
preteXt must be provided under the
law for overturning the merit system
which has been successfully establish
ed under the administration of Grover
Cleveland. The amendment to the sun
dry civil bill, offered by Senator
Chandler yesterday, will, if adopted,
make it an easy matter for Mckinley
to surrender to the spoilsmongers If
the Chandler amendment should be-
come a law it's effect would be en-
tirely Subversive of the present sys-
tenn. 1t would enable Mckinley to fill
all the offices now embraced in the
classified service with Republicans,
and then by again putting the civil
service rules in force perpetuate them
in office
The Chandler amendment authorized
the president to examine all the vari-
Gus rules promulgated since the civil
service law was passed and to revise,
modify or enlarge such rules in accord
ance with the conditions Of good admin
1strat1on and the true purpose and eff
feet of such examination and revision.
The adoption of this amendment would
bring about worse conditions than
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-02-22

thusiasm. The Greeks took ten Turk
| ish soldiers prisoners
| p. m.-An engagement has occurred
just above the village Of Mournies. be-
tween the insurgents and a Turkish
band.
AT 4:45 the insurgents at Akrotiri.
having attacked the Turkish garrison
at Halepa, the joint fleet bombarded
the Cretans. for twenty-five minutes.
The insurgents fed, taking their flag
with them.
BRITISH TAKE A STEAMER.
Canea, Island of Crete, Feb. 21.-
British torpedo boats have captured
and brought to this port the small
Greek steamer Laurium which was
carrying victuals and tents for the in
Surgents.
The forts fired two rounds of blank
cartridges yesterday at the Greek gun
boat Peneus. A Turkish frigate also
discharged blank shots at the Greeks.
The Greek gunbOat- Peneus quickly re-
piled to the blank shotes fired by the
Turkish frigate. The frigate then with
drew from the scene of operations.
The German flag was hoisted on. the
ramDarts here on the arrival Of the
cruiser Kaiserin Augusta
OFFERS TERMS TO TURKS.
LONDON, Feb. PA dispatch to
George ordered Col. Vassos to offer safe
conduct to Canea for all Turkish gar
risOnS besieged by Christians Col
Vassos made the offer to the VOukelies
garrison. The troops at the garrison
refused to leave without arms and the
fortifcatiOn therefore was bombarded.
But for the large supplies of pro-
visions which the powers allowed to be
landed for the Greeks and the fnsur-
gents at Platania and Akrotori, their
position would have been desperate.
They can now afford to ignore the
threat Of the foreign admirals to stop
further supplies if hostilities are re-
sumed."
ATHENS, Feb. Glover 10000 per-
sons participated in demonstration
this afternoon on University square in
favor of the union of Crete with
Greece. The greatest enthusiasm pre-.
vailed. An address was adopted, de-
claring that the king and the people
were ready for any sacrifice of blood
and treasure to bring the present Gre
tan policy to a successful issue. The
crowd then marched to the palace, and
2 deputation presented the address to
the king. The king addressed the crowd
as follows "You are executing the
true mandate of the Hellenic people.
l thank you for this imposing display
of your feelings. May God protect our
beloved country and strengthen our
common efforts. Long live the Hellenic
nation"
Seven hundred Greek soldiers with
artillery have landed near Kissoto
Turkish transport, accompanied
by British torpedo boat. is ngaged
in conveying 1,500 troops from Gambia
to Canea.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. PA dispatch
from Janina says that the authorities ara
arming the Mussulman population for de-
scent uron the Greek frontier near Arta.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-02-22
King Declares the Action of the
Powers to Be Infamous.
FLEETS FIRE ON CRETANs.
An All Days Battle Between Insurgents and
the Turks-British Boats Capture
a Greek Steamer.

LONDON, Feb. pa dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Berlin says: The
queen of Greece recently sent a mess
age to the czar, requesting his support
for the national cause Of Greece. The
king also wired the czar, stating that
he would declare war on Turkey and
himself lead the army before he would
yield to European coercion. Princess
Marie of Greece also telegraphed her
fiance, Grand Duke George of Russia,
that the action Of the powers against
Greece was Infamous.
Another dispatch to the Daily Mail
from Berlin says: The Nord Deutsche
Allgemeningezeitun asserts that the
Turkish cabinet last week decided to
declare war on Greece, but the sultan
vetoed the decision ON account of the
finances of Turkey.
A dispatch to the Times from Athens
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-02-22

those which prevailed under the spoils
system. Under the old regime it was
possible at times for the heads of de-
partments to resist the demands of the
place hunters and to retain good men
in office, but under the Chandler amend
ment it would be difficult to prevent
the ousting Of any officeholder whose
removal was desired by the politicians.
There would be no way Of meeting the
argument that the amendment was
designed expressly to restore the old
rule Of rotation in office with every
change Of administra tion..
The first effect of the amendment
would be to demoralize the present force
of employees. The protection afforded
by the civil service law to the office
holders has greatly improved the eff
cheney of the service and has saved mil
lions Of dollars to the government The
claim that civil service reform acts as
an advantage to the other political
party is without foundation. Under the
merit system the offices are almost
equally distributed between the two
parties.
The friends Of the system are conf
dent that the Chandler amendment will
not become a law at this session Of
congress. They have no doubt that
President Cleveland would promptly
veto the sundry civil bill if it should
go to him containing such a provision
1t is not certain that he will approve
the bill even if the Chandler amend
ment is not adopted, on account of the
extravaganza and unnecessary appro-
priations it carries. But it is evidently
the purpose of the Republican mana
gers to pass a bill early in the extra
session covering the same ground as
the Chandler amendment and they be-
lieve that Maj. Mckinley will approve
it. If he should sign such a bill it
would mean a complete abandonment
of his position during the presidential
campaign on the issue of civil service
reform.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-02-22
CORRUPTION IN DULUTH.
Grand Jury Reports.
Special to the Globe.

special TO the GLOBE.
DULUTH, Mimi, Feb. 21.-Last night
after a session covering a period of
over six weeks the grand jury COM
pleted it's labors of Investigating tho
affairs of the city of Duluth and the
county of st. Louis, and before it's ad
journment returned a report to the dis
trict court containing the most sWeep-
ing charges of the careless and negIi-
gent use Of public moneys in the con-
duct of county business, and negligence
on the part of the city officials in not
suppressing gambling in the city Of
Duluth, and other abuses which have
been rumored to have existed The re-
port also contains the statement that
the grand jury has found traces of the
use of money by the Duluth Gas and
Water company to influence the bond
elections of 1894 and 1896, and that it
is convinced that sum in excess of
$4,000 was expended by the company
in these elections. Specific charges of
the misappropriation of public funds
are made against Register Of Deeds
P. J. Borgstrom and County Auditor
Odin Halden, against whom indict-
mentS charging conversion of fees col
lected in their offices were returned
by the grand jury some time ago. The
report further charges that up to the
first of the present year the county
commissioners have been negligent in
the expenditure of public moneys, espe-
cially in providing relief for the des-
titute.
1t is claimed that during the past
year over $55,0OO has been expended
upon the destitute, that much of this
sum has been paid out without the taxi
ing Of receipts to show where it has
gone, or the itemizing of the accounts
upon which it was paid. that $4,000 has
been expended as salaries to assistants
in the poor department, for which as
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-02-22
MeekIy Agrees to Plans of the
Republican Machine.
TO MAKE HANNA SENATOR
All Is Now Plain Sailing for the Appoint
nent Of Sherman to a Cabinet
Position.

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 21.-Chairman
Hanna was at the Union club this
evening when he was shown the AS
sociated Press dispatch from Colum-
bus, containing Gov. BushnelIs an
nouncement of Mr.. Hanna's appoint
ment as senator, to succeed Mr.. Sher-
man. This was the first information
Mr.. Hanna had on the subject. OF
course he was pleased at the termina-
ton of the controversy, but he showed
his pleasure only by a genial smile.
When asked if he would discuss the
governors action, the chairman de
clined to say anything, remarking that
he could not talk about the matter for
publication until he had received Of
fetal notification Of his appointment
from Gov. Bushnell Mr.. Hanna re-
mained at his club during the evening
and received there the congratulations
Of such of his friends as had heard
of his appointment.