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Evening star., 1897-02-06

Greedy will lecture on the Economic De-
veiopment" of the same region.
The rector. Rev. DR.. Conaty, has issued
an address to the members of the various
fund associations and to bcrefactors of the
university. in which he urges earnest CO.
operation by all Catholics to the end that
this may become the greatest university
of America and an honor to the republic.
An informal meeting Of the University
Club was held Thursday evening. An inn
pronptu program was rendered. however.
which contributed to the pleasures of the
evening. Rev. Father Tettermer sang
'Mavoureen." J. G. Mott recited The
Legend of the Organ Builder. and the
University Club Quartet. Fathers letter
mer and Carey. and Messrs. eastman and
McTfghe. sang The Bud is in Bloom Gen.
evieve," and Bridget Donohue." The pro-
gram as arranged for next Thursday even
song. Joseph p. O'Brien 0known to Tho
students the I;ish nightingale): essay.
Joseph Bury: song, University Club Quar-
tet; paper. j. p. Wade; song, University
The Athletic Association met Tuesday
Snd elected ]. G. Mott. president; Thomas
McI1ghe, vice president: Paul Reagan,
secretary. and James Murray, treasurer.
The executive committee is r. kerens j.
T. Wade and }. Gilfoil.
The prospective members of the base
ball team are doing light indoor practice
and the batteries are getting themselves
IN good form The schedule has not yet
BEEN completed. but games have already
BEN arranged with leading university
teams. Negotiations have been opened
which will probably lead to the engage
ment of Capt. Tom Brown as coach. An
enort will be made to secure two or more
games each with the Washington and Bal
timore league teams before the regular
season opens.
Coach Daly says he will have the best
hand ball team in the District this season.
A promising lot of bicyclists are waiting
for favorable weather 20 get down to work,
and 1t Is certainty that the yellow and
white will be conspicuous at many cycle
meets during the coming season. AS soon
as the weather permits there will be a
mile race between Duane and O'Brien; a
three-nile race Scott and Mcclure and
tandem record trial by the kerens broth
erS
Evening star., 1897-02-06
Not Full Yet.
-NV0 II uIH Il GUe
From the Westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gazette.
The world is by no means full up yet
Queensland has still an area of 43O, 900 900
acres 10 a population Of about 10000 peo-
pie. Its government has la tely been offer
ing more tempting conditions to settlers,
who may now hold ordinary land for
twenty years at a rental of three pence per
acre. while scrub land" may be selected
in areas up to 10000 acres and held for
thirty years at an average rental per acre
of very much less than a penny This
ought to be good news FOR many strugg ling
for bare living in the mother country.
OF course the climatic conditions in many
portions of the colony are trying, but so
they are in western Australia, which at the
present time Is adding 40 per week to its
popula ton, and the revenue of which has
been increasing at a rate far outstripping
the calculations of It's treasurer. But this
may b. only temporary, and it may be that
Queensland Will be the home of millions
of our fellow cOuntrymen after the golden
age in the west of the colonial continent
has passed away.
Evening star., 1897-02-06
A LAWYERS TRAP,
Witness Who Forgot All About the
Almanac.

Almanac.
From the Chicago Times Herald
The story of Abraham Lincoln's con-
founding an opposing witness with an al
manac record of the moons phases finds
parallel in the case of waterson. recently
acquitted on charge of murder in an Iowa
court The main witness against him was
one Delafield, who swore he was working
just outside the window of the accused on
the day of the alleged crime. and saw
Waterson open a cupboard. take down a
bottle move about as if preparing a potion.
and then administer the draught to Mrs
Waterson who died in great agony later
in the day.
A lawyer named Bradford, for the de-
fense, had asked the jurymen on examin-
ing them as to competence If they had
falth enough in the weather bureau reports
to attach credence to them, and had found
every man on the panel believed the records
were fair and reliable. The state had rot
understood the drift of these questions hut
had not objected.
When it came to cross-examining, Brad
ford asked the witness DelafieId what he
was doing outside Waterson's window. and
he said he was digging a cistern.
When did you begin digging that cis-
term"
November IL. the day Mrs. Waterson
died.
How much did you dig that day?"
''oh. about three feet
What tools did you use?''
"A shovel"
And a pick?'
No; the ground was mellow"
Work i'm an overcoat?"
mo: my shirt-sleeves. The day was
warm
Have anything to drink"
Had little pail of water on the ground
within reach
Didn't it freezer
No The witness smiled scornfully.
Then Bradford offered in evidence a GER
titled copy of the weather bureau report
for November 10 and IL, and showed that
the temperature had been below freezing
the first day and below zero The day of the
alleged crime
The jury accepted the official document
and to that extent regarded the witness as
impeached, for Waterson was acquitted.
Evening star., 1897-02-06
Majors Wife Wrote Poetry.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Yes said the major. unfolding a batch
of manuscript and handing IL to the editor
my wife has written poetry ever since she
was thirteen years old"
so long that?" sighed the editor
"Oh. it isn't very long, said the major.
merrily. ''She isn't more than thirty-five
now; been that ever since 1 married her;
doesn't age at ALL
Il see." remarked the edition And she
must be very fond of your
'Dotes on met" exclaimed the major
Yes" observed the editor, Il gather as
much from this poem Of hers-'Lines to NV
Husband; Written by a Sad Soul at Three
O'Clock in the Morning After L Had Waited
for Him All Night Long,"
THE devil!' exclaimed the major '.Is
that what 1t says?"
Exactly" replied the editor "And here's
another-'Lines on My Husband Threaten
ing to Throw My Mothers Trunk from the
Third Story When He Was in a State of In
tcxication.'
Here cried the major. excitedly. "gfye
me that darned truck back againi i always
told her she couldn't write poetry. There
amt bit of poetry in the whole blamed
ramily! Let's go out and take something .
Evening star., 1897-02-06
His Ancestors Initials.

A Scotch clergyman named Fraser claim
ed the title and estates of Lord Lovat He
tried on the trial of the case, to establish
his pedigree by producing an ancestral
watch on which were engraved the letters
rs. F." The claimant alleged these letters
were the initials of his ancestor, the no.
torious Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, behead-
ed in 1I4a for supporting the young pre-
tender. The letters engraved under the
regulator were shown to stand for slow
and fast" and the case was laughed out
of court.
Evening star., 1897-02-06
A Wandering Lake.

The Swedish explorer of Central Asia.
sven Hedin. gives the latest Information
concerning the wandering of Lake Nor
In the Cobb desert a phenomenon about
which contradictory views have been enter
tanned. He says that the Tarim river en-
tering the lake from the west brings down.
during the period of high water late in
summer, a great quantity of SILT which has
the effect of driving the lake. lying on the
level foor of the desert toward the south
east. Rut the summer wind. drifting the
surface sand and darkening the heavens
with dust, blows generally from the north
east, and IL, too. tends to drive the lake be-
fore IT. The combined effect of the urging
Dy the wind and the river is to force the
lake southwark. Yet, Sven Hedin thinks
the migration of the lake Is not constant in
direction. but IL shifts back and forth in
termittently. according as the circum-
stances change.
Evening star., 1897-02-06
What He Knew About 1t.

The new woman orator waXed eloquent.
And what" she demanded. as she came
to the climax, ''is to be the result of our
emancipation
She looked around with the calm assur-
ance of one who had asked a poser, and
this was too much for the little man who
was waiting for his wife in a far corner
of the' hall.
81 know" shouted he.
"Ah" returned the new woman on the
platform, scornfully, 1.-The little man with
the bald head thinks he has solved the
problem that we came here to discuss this
afternoon. We will gladly give our atten-
ton while he tells US what is to be the
result"
Gold dinners and ragged children"
roared the little man.
Evening star., 1897-02-06
Exchanging Compliments.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Il see tnat YOU are your own washerwo-
man." said Mrs. Spftely, who was leading
her poodle past the place
Yes, retorted Mrs. Snaply "but thank
goodness, I'm not reduced to playing nurse
girl for a dog"
Evening star., 1897-02-06
In Washington
From Puck.

From Puck.
Resident-''The Senate is in executive
session
visitor"Ah! Going to stop talking and
do something?"
Resident-''Oh. no! Just going to have
quiet talk where the public can't disturb
them"
Evening star., 1897-02-06
The Re.ort Courteous.

From the London Figaro.
Mr.. Elwell-'Isn't 1t strange. but true
nevertheless. that the biggest fools always
marry the prettiest girls?"
Mrs. Elwell-"Oh. now go on, you natter-
er"
Evening star., 1897-02-06
1t Might he Worse.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Sympathetic Friend-"Aren't you worried
because you do not know where your hus-
band goes when he is out late at night?"
Philosophic Wife-"Not so much, prob
ably, as l would be If 1 did know
Evening star., 1897-02-06
Pauper Lunatica.

such is the procedure where the petion-
inS party is private person and where
IN" lunatc Is possessed Of property The
vast majority Of lunacy cases tried here,
however. are those where the lunatics are
penniless. and where their relatives and
friends are equally unfortunate In such
cases the District must file the petition
precedtn TO the inquiry and IT is. there
fOIe. filed by the District Commissioners
under authority conferred upon them ty
statutes OF the United States relating to
the District The Commissioners base their
peutl"n upon represen tatiOns made to them
respecting the mental condition OF the al
legged iunatic by the relatives, friends or
cuStodians OF the unfortunate person. The
petltion hIed in such instances Is as follows
omlttlnS the immaterial portions and using
hchiious name for the supposed lunatic:
In the matter OF the alleged lunacy of Rich
ard Roe To the honorable justice holding
an Equity Court for said District:
The petition of John W. Ross George
Trueslell and Charles F. Powell respectful
y represents:
l. That they are the Commissioners of the
District Of Columbia, and as such. by sue
cess sion 10 the late board of METROPOLITAN
police of the said District. are vested with
the powers and charged with the duties set
OF the Revised Statutes OF the United States
more especially those set forth and pre-
tcrtbed In and by sections numbered three
hundred and thirty-four Cs3D and three
Evening star., 1897-02-06
Catholic University.

An academy for the study of Roman law
is to be opened in the new dormitory FOR
the convenience of the students
Thursday afternoon Gen. A. w. Greely
delivered public lecture in Mcmahon Hall
on ''The Transmississippi Region; Its Geo
graphical Evolution" Next Thursday Gen.
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A Brother Murdered.

The case of the State vs. Alex Boatner ct al was set for trial be- fore the Jefferson County Court to- morrow, on change of venue from Lincoln county. Mr John B. Avery, q prominent merchant Of Warmer, is one of the chief witnesses for the State against against the defend ants, and last night Mir. A .ery re- eeived telegram from Marburg, Mo. s8:i.g taat his brother had been murdered at that place Mr Avery wished to 20 to Missouri on that account, so, by consent of the court, the case was cotinued.
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GA lrEsr.e.EarA
The iac- H as':;s' ss;'i ; CI<1zzz zzzzzz9 F:s5;., ;!iiS

The stockholders, directors and committees of the Jefferson County Fair Associa lion, as well as q num- Der of ladies and visitors, attended the meeting nj the court house at 1 o'clock this afternoon. President Lungford explained the object of the meeting and also explained the pro- gress being made toward the Fair to be held at Jones Park from October 19 to 23rd, inclusive. Short and en- couraging talks were also made by Col. $. NJ. Taylor anu Me:srs. ]. " Adams, A. B. Grace and II. F. Vest brook, after which the meeting ad- iourned, subject to the call of the President. A large number of ladies graced the meeting by their presence. which gave unnistakable evidence Of their interest in the Fair
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THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
Now Oncers Elected This Morn- Resolutions
 AdApted.

The new Board of Health elected by the City Council last night met at the Eiks hall thls morning and elected officers as follows: ]. l.. Goree, President, aud J w With CTS, Secretary.
 The rules and regulations of the old board were adopted and a quar- autine was declared against Cairo.
 A resolution was also adopted re- curing the Cotton Belt railroad to stop all train crews entering this poin from entering Cairo
 Two car loads of sugar and molasses received over the Valley road few days ago, were ordered delivered on condition that the same be fumigatsd.
 A resolution directing the Pacias Express Co. to receive so cxpr@&A packages hare from infected points was also adopted.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-22

For several days past Mir. G. N. Hart, who has been sick in mind aRd body for several weeks. has been growing worse, and on last night ii was deemed expedient and best for him by his family and friends, to have him carried to the as1 lum nj Little Rock. So this morning. in company with Atessrs. Dixon, Phil pot aud Rev. 4. o. Evans, Mr. Hart left for the Capitol, where he will re main until he is restored to health, bodily and mentally.
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HIS BOND FOR FEfTED.
". II. Murdaugh, Charged with Larceny, Fails Co Appear
 for Trial.

This morning the case of the State vs. ". II. Murdaugh was called be- fore the Jefferson Circuit Court, Murdaugh was indicted by the Lin- coin county Grand Jury OF the charge of grand larceny He took a change of venue from that county to Jefferson and the case was set for today. The jury and witnesses were iii readiness, as were also the law yers for the defense and state, but the defendant did not put in an ap- pearaucc. The court declared n for teiturc pn Murdaogh's bond and or dercd 2 bench warrant issued for him.
 It is said thnt Murdaugh was in the city last night, but got out with the boys, imbibed too freely, and it ia supposed that he is asleep some here this morning
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CITY COUNCIL.
The Usual Routine Business Transacted Last Even ing by the City
 Fathers.

The Council met in regular session last night. the Mayor presiding and quorum of the Board ol Alderman being present.
 The minutes Of the last meeting were read and approved.
 A resolution setting aside 3,500 of the clty's future revenues for the payment of time warrants due July 10, 1898, was adopted
 Attorney Bridges naked to be ad- vised as to whnt thecouneil intended to do in regard to the indebtedness due the Water and LiAht Company for water for the past five months, whereupon Alderman Well moved that $2,60o be paid sas settlement in full of the account, their claim being S3, 3,309.75. The vote oil the motion stood ] to , for it's adoption. The Mayor declared the motion lost, holding that it required q two thirds vote of the Aldermen-elect to adopt if.
 Alderman Hightower moved that committee of three, in conjunction with the Mayor, be appointed to confer with the Water and Light Company, with q view to adjusting the clty's past indebtedness to the Company, which motion was adopted. the Mayor appointing AZ dermen Hightower, Owen and Fox.
 Attorney Bridges informed the Mayor and Council that he would notify them in few days what ne tion the Company would take
 The bond of C. ". Harris, as weigher at seales No. 1, was read and approved and ordered filed.
 The City Attorneys opinion as to how the City Treasurer should be paid his commissions was read and ordered filed.
 The Council elected the following citizens to compose the Board oi Health of the city. viz: Drs. z. Orto, ]. c. Jordan, ] r. Stanley. J r. Runyan, J. L. Goree. J ". Withers, P. II. Pendleton. ]. N. Rowland, and Messrs. NJ. Hanf, NJ. ". Tag gart, \. T. Roberts. A. <. Honnet, ". T. Woodbridge, Wiley Jones and Ferd Havis.
 A communication from Mir. Mur ray, showing that he had, unsolicit ed, given the city considerable space in the Fair Catalogue, advertising it's financial. industrial and edl.ca tional advantages, and suggesting that the Council make an approprla ton for reasonable number Q
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Think 1t over.

supplemented pamphlets containing this and other valuable information. was read, and after discussion the Council ordered that 50o copies be purchased for the use and convent enee of the AlnyDf
 Alderman Hightower moved to re- consider the vote upon which Mr NJ. 4. Austln's peterlon was rejected. whereupon, upon motion of Alder man Johnson, Mr, Austin was per- mitted to raise his building as con templated, provided he puts in brick pillnra for foundation, and raise tue sidewalks to grade, aud builds them In conformity to law.
 A1 ordinance repeating an ordi- nance allowing Improvements and ereetioDs in the fire limits. was read and adopted.
 The Board oi Public Affalrs was directed to communicate with the Trustees of tHe Branch Normal Col lege, with view of widening the street ahutting on or adjoining the school property.
 Adjourned.
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0RAT0RICAL ASSOCIATION
Reorganized at an Interesting Meeting Held Last
 Night.

The Young Mems Oratorical As soclation of Pine Bluff was reorgan- ized at an interesting meeting hels at the Court House last night The following officers were elected
 Ben j Aitheimer. President.
 Alex Rowell, Vice President.
 Walter Hudson, Secretary
 II. k. Toney. Treasurer.
 Jno Alexander, Searg. ..at-Arms
 r. C. Meyer, Critic.
 Messrs. Roweli. Toney and Althei- mer were selected to represent the Association in the oratorical con test with a like number of orators from the Little Rock association.
 Hereafter the Pine Bluff assoeia- tion will meet at the Court House every Monday night for debate.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-22
BEAIR,S SLAYER TOLD Mfs. ". f. ACKNOWLEDGMENT HR THAT THEY COST
 HIM $50 EACH.
Little Rock People Wanted 10 Put q Rope Around My Neck But I WaA Too Shck For
 Them,'he
 Said

It has already been intirAnted thar the iury in the Heard ease were bought, but not until this morning has a newspaper representative been able to secure any testimony of direct nature tesdin2 to establish the truth ol such charges. and this rests only upca the statement of the discharged assassin himself. aud the degree of credence which may be placed upon it is dependent upon corrob0rative evidence.
 A Democrat reporter met Ar. ". r. Knlckerbocker this morning on the street. Mir. Knick srb0cker was for several years a passenger con ductor on the Iron Mountain road. and is now a brakeman on the same line. On the Monday night following Heard's acquittal the ex-depaty sheriff went north on the Iron Mountain to Poplar Bluff, and then returned on the Memphis coach to knobel. Mir. Knickerbocker held a conversation with him during this time seated in the chair car. This was about o'clock in the morning. Following is ths conversation, snb- stantially:
 Well, Knlck. am a free man, said Heard.
 "Yes, see by the papers that you are,' was the reply.
 "Those people down at Little Rock wanted to put rope around my neck. but was too slick for then. But I tell you, Kniek, this business has cost me lots of money. Why, that jury cost me $50 each" "
 Alter Mir. Knickerbocker had re- peated this important bit of infor- nation, the reporter asked:
 Do you object to the publication of this natter"
 No, indeed" was the reply, and I will make affidavit to it before 4 notary public. .'-Arkansas Demo- crat.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-22
Terrible Condition in Cnba.

WAsnINGToN, Sept. 21.--In his last weekly report to the SUI geon gen eral Of the Marine Hospital Service, concerning health conditions at San tiago de Cuba, United States San itary Inspector Comine7o says:
 Yellow fever Is slowly increasing, and the cases now under treatment generally take q malignant form, ending in death. Dropsy from ane- mia is very common just now, as food is scarce and high in price, and almost beyond the means of the poorer classes. Over 2,000 people live on a Scent dinner fare provided by charity kitchens. and beggars are as thick ill the streets as the falling leaves are in the woods,
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Embargo on the Mails.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-The post. office department has received infor- nation that the Mississippi State board of health has quarantined all mails from the infected districts of that Statev and refuse to permit them to be dispatched to their des- tination, even if fumigated.
 Surgeon General Wymap, of the Marine Hospital Service, will take action in the matter. with view to raising the embargo so far as possi- ble
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-22
A Cure for Bilious Collie.

RESOURCE. Screyen Co, Gal have been subject to attacks of bill- ious collie for several years. Cham berlain's Colle, Cholera and Diar- rhoea Remedy is the only sure relief. 1t acts like q charm. One dose of it gives relief when all other remedies fail. --G. D. Sharp. For sale by ". l.. DeWoodg < Co.,, Druggists.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-22
YELLOW FEVER.
Encouraging News Concerning
 the Plague from all Points.

Telegrems from all infected yellow fever points are very eacouraging, snd show Chat the spread of the plague need not be feared Only ono case is reported from Mobile. Eigh- teen cases were reported in New Orieant yesterday. but none of them have proven fatal No new cases were reported at Biloxi.
 Edwards, Miss, has a total of 4S cases. The two cases called yellow fever at Cairo are now said to be malaral fever
 Quarautines at all places are being strictly enforced.
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Ny boy came home from school one day with is hand badly lacer ated and bleeding. and suffering great pain" says MT E. J. Schali, with Meyer Bsos. Drug Co, St. Louis, Mo. "I dressed the wound, and applied Chamberlain Pain Balm freely. All pain ceased. and In remarkably short time 1t healed without leaving scar. For wounds, sprains. swellings and rheumatism I know of no medicine or prescription equal to it. l con- sider 1t household necessity. The 20 and 60 cent sizes for sale by ". l.. DeWoody X Co. Druggists.
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Elizabeth, N. j., Oct. 10, lS96.

FiILHUEIIIi V. J., VII. ID IoJO'
 ELY BROS, Dear Sirs:-Please ac- cept my thanks for your favor in the gift of a bottle of Cream Balm. Let me say have used 1t for years and can thoroughly recommend it for what it claims, if directions are fol- lowed. Yours truly,
 Rev. H. W. Hathaway. No clergymen should be without it.. Cream Balm is kent by all druggists. Full size 50c. Trial size 10c. We mailit. ELY BROS, 56 Warren St., N, Y. City.
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rstter, ealt.Rheuz. a:a Eeaena.

The intense itching and smarting iua4 deut to these diseases is instantly allayeC bs applying Chamberlain 'a Eye aBe Skin Ointment. Many very bad caaef have been permanently cured by jj. E is equally efficient flf itching piles an 8 favUcite remedy for sore nipples chappeG hands, chilblains, frost bite and chronic gore eyes. 25 cts. per boz
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-22

Dr. Cady's Condition Powders, are just what & horse needs when in bM3 condition. Tonic, blood purifier an6 vernifuge. They arc not food bu medicine and the best ir use to put 9 horse iZ prime condition, Price 26 cents per nackage.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-09-22

Tomorrow at high noon pr. wm. crutcher, of Forrest City, and Miss Etna Mann, of this city, will be united in marriage at the Main street Methodist church. No cards.