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The evening times., 1897-04-15
PARIS POLICE INTERFERE
The Princess Chimay Not to Be Al
lowed to Pose i'm Public.
Friends of the Prince Had Arranged
Warm Reception, Including
Eggs and Vegetab bles.

PATS, April ia sensation was caused
here today by the disclosure of the fact
that the police authorities had forbidden
the appearance Of Clara Ward, the former
Princess Chimay, and now the mistress
of James Rigo, the Hungarian fiddler, who
was engaged to appear in a series of poses
plastique at the Folies Bergeres this
evening.
It appears that the police learned that
friends of the Prince of chimay had deter
mined to create q scene when the former
princess appeared on the stage by pelting
her with live rabbits, rotten eggs, etc,
aud some of them had even determined
to invade the stage and horsewhip her.
Upon learning this the prefect Of police
tried to induce the woman not to appear
At first she was inclined to resent the In
reference Of the prefect ana adhereu 10
her determination to show herself on
the stage at any risk, but the prefect
Informed her that If she attempted to do
SO he would close the theater and eXpel
her from France. This warning had the
desired effect and her stage engagement
in this case at least is at an end. 1t is
said that the former princess is suffer
ing from influenza today, though this re-
port may have been put into circuiat tion
to explain her non-appearance as an OIL
set to the real reason.
1t is understood that the Prince CT
Chimay and several of the members OF
the jockey club exerted the highest influ-
ence to induce the prefect to forbid the
exhibition.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
GOOD TEMPLARS' SESSION.
Quarterly Reports Show the Order
TO Be I'm Excellent Condition.

District Lodge, No. 8, 1. o. G. T., held
their regular quarterly session at stohl-
mans Hall, West Washington, last night.
Representatives were present from Res
cue, Goodwill, Perseverance,, Independent,
Star OF Hope, Little Falls, and Silver Star
Lodges, the several subordinate lodges
coming under the cogniZance OF District
Lodge, No. 3.
The quarterly reports of District Chief
Templar John c. Daley, and District Sec
retary John c. Moore submitted, showed
the order to he in a highly prosperous
and flourishing condition, and the subor-
din ate lodges of District No to he
working harmoniously, thereby confirm
ing the effectiveness of the district system
as now in vogue in the District of Columbia.
Sentiments OF commendation for able,
progressive and aggressive work in behalf
of the Order of Good Templars, performed
ny Grand Chief Templar A. E Shoemaker,
were endorsed by the District Lodge. A
series of official visitations to subordinate
lodges was also arranged
The evening times., 1897-04-15
THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES
President Mckinley Will in Due
Season Modify Existing Orders.
BAD EFFECTS POINTED OUT
General Grosvenor Considers Them
Absurd. tension Examining Boards
an nple-RidiculOus TO Re-Ex-
anime Physicians Who Have Once
Passed the Board.

In the last Congress Gen GIosvenor, of
Ohio, offered a resolution looking to an
investigation OF the civil service so as 10
ascertain definitely how many Democrats
had been protected in their places by CIeve-
land; how many Republicans are left, and
the treatment OF ex-soldieTs of the Union.
For lack Of time, nothing came OF the
resolution. Gen. GTosvenor S looking into
the subject. and yesterday was asked IL he
could authoritauvely state what, If any
action, President Mckinley will take in
the direction of modifying the civil service
regulations made by Cleveland II have
not had any conversation with the Presi-
dent said he, ''but / am confident he will
in due season materially modify the orders
of his predecessor.
Now take, for instance, the pension
examining boards Cleveiands orders
fastens Democrats in the places for life
In case Of resignation, or deaths, or
moving away, before reputable physician
OF good practice can be appointed. he must
stand new medical examination perha ps
by the commission. On what can such
men be examined? They have their
diplomas from the test medical colleges,
and large percentage have also passed
State hoard examinations years ago. To
examine them again is an imputation IN
the professional honor and integrity of
the physicians and surgeons Of the coun-
try. 1t implies that while they have their
diplomas they are really not capable 1
say that no respectable doctor, enjoying
a paying practice, would go Before an
examining board.
II was told only yesterday by South
erD Congressman that three-fourths of the
boards in his State are composed of ex-
Confederates. They control absolutely ev-
cry pension board in his State, and they
are holding the positions under Cleveland's
edict The Union soldiers OF this country
will not stand it and will take action to
wipe out the regulations In this respect.
In Ohio Republicans on the boards are not
l per cent There are eighteen exam
liners n my own district, and only tw are
Republicans in the lot There is not a
soldier on the boardin my district have
no doubt the same ratio holds in all the
Northern and Western States
Tine absurdity of this civil service bust
ness is that doctor who has gradual ted
with distinction years ago must again be
examined on lines laid down by theorists
outside of our universities and colleges
I know of no additional examination for
them, unless they are made to hop twelve
Government Printing office of applicants y
The evening times., 1897-04-15
SILVER ENJOYS DILEMMA
Possible That Senator WOlc0tt
Is Legally Disqualified.
NICE LAW POINT INVOLVED
He Was a Member of the Senate
Was Commissioned Was Enacted.
Senator Ranson's Similar Case
Brought to Mind.

There is a possibility that Senator Ed
ward o. Wolcott will be restricted from
service as member of the Monetary Com
mission. The trouble is not that he would
be drawing two salaries if allowed to serve,
but that his service would be in violation of
section 6, article / of the Constitution
which contains the following:
mo Senator or Representative shall, dur
ing the time for which he was elected, be
appointed to any civil office under the au-
thority of the United States which shall
have been created or rtheemoluments where
Of shall have been increased during such
time
The office of monetary commissioner or
envoy was created March last, W hen Presi-
dent Cleveland affixed his official signature
to an act of Congress. On January 20 the
measure as passed by the Senate. Senator
Wolcott was then absentin Europe, but was
paired with one of his associates so that
he was TO all intents present and voting
for the creation of a new office and title to
which he probably expected later to receive
appointment.
1t is pointed out that Senator Ransom
was appointed minister TO Mexico one
month prior to the expiration of his term
in the Senate, and that the Attorney Gem
eral held him ineligible, because the sal
ary of minister to Mexico had been in
creased during his term as Senator His
reappointment after his term had expired
was necess ary.
In onpnSftion to tbic piuior, with ra,o -a
to Senator Wolcott, there is the strong
possibility, however, that the Attorney
General will hold, if the question is raised,
that an office on the present commission
does not constitute an office under the
civil service Of the United States in the
meaning of the Constitution
The appointment Of Mr.. Van Buren, of
New York. as commissioner general to the
Vienna exposition, in 1S78, is cited That
case was decided in favor of Mr. Van
Buren by the Attorney General 1t is
also pointed out that Senator Morgan was
a member of the Bering Sea commits
sion while yet a Senator. Both of these
cases are said to be parallel to the present
one.
The fsent will be made, however, and
a decision obtained from Attorney General
Nick emma.
Senator Wolcott was found at the Ar
lngton Hotel last night. He came out of
the meeting Of the Senate Committee on
Finance to say to a Times reporter that
he had not heard the suggestion of his
possible ineigibiity before: that he had
not considered it before for a moment, and
that now he did hear it, he did not worry
over it.
Commission:
THE commission is distinctly a diplo-
matte body, and any discussion of it's
work in advance would not be permissible.
However, we are all bimetallists, and will
work for bimetallisn But we wish and
expect the support of all good Americans
in our mission
The evening times., 1897-04-15
DYRENFORTH d CO.'S OPENING.
The Firms Large New Clothing
House Formally Dedicated.

House Formally Dedicated.
Messrs. Dyrenforth & Co. s large new
clothing store on Pennsylvania avenue,
between Ninth and Tenth streets, was
form ally dedicated last night with a
brilliant reception and concert by the
Marine Band, under the personal direction
of Prof. Fanciulh
From o'clock until 10 one continuous
thronG OF visitors filled each of the four
floors to its utmost capacity.
A small army of the fiInls employees
looked their best n evening dress, and as
sisteG in the distribution Of many souvenirs
of the occasion, among them a wealth Of
roses for the lady guests. The interior
of the building was a fragrant bower Of
growing flowers and potted plants, which
were grouped in every available nook and
corner
The walls were made beautiful with trail
ing vines, forming the framework toa floral
picture which only GUIDE is capable OF de-
signing and executing. In the great show
windows in front were many exquisite
floral tributes, expressing the friendship
and good will OF the sendeTs. Altogether
the occasion was one long TO be remem-
bered by the thousa nds who were there.
Mr.. e. NJ Dyrenforth has returned TO
washington and will be identified with
the house in the future. MI Mitchell
Dvrenforth, senior member OF the firm,
has been engaged in the clothing business
in this city for a number Of years. Both
nave the well wishes of a host OF friends
in their new enterprise.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
PREsBYTERIANs CONFER.
An Effort TO Bring Church Organ
zafious Into Closer Harmony.

Chicago, April 15.-Many distinguished
Presbyterian ministers met here Today 70
consider methods OF bringing the various
Presbyterian church organizations Of the
world into closer harmony.
The object Of this worldwide alliance is
to unity the different branches If Presby-
terianisrE as much as possible. There Will
be DO attempt 10 interfere with complete
autonomy in each body. The judicial ad-
ministrative work Of each is distinct. An
effort is being made Uo have the variOEs
bodies cooperate in home and foreign
missionary work, Sunday-School work,
and other features of religious work that
are common to all of them.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
JEWEL FOR The PRESIDENT
Token of Honorary Membership in
the Pennsylvania Cincinnati.
Brought Here by a Committee From
Philadelphia and Presented to
HIN at the White House.

President Mckinley was formally present.
ed yesterday witha beautiful gold enameled
insignia, as a token of honorary mem
bership in the State Society OF the Gin
cnnati, of Pennsylvania. The presenta
ton committee was composed of Col. j.
Biddle Porter, DR.. Charles p. Turner and
Richard c. Dale They came to Wash
ington for the double purpose Of present
ing the insignia TO the President and in
viting him and other distinguished men to
attend the unveiling OF the Washington
monument in Philadelphia on Saturday.
May 10.
1he three Philadelphians were met ou
their arrival by Representative Adams,
who escorted them to the White House,
where they were received by the Pres
ident.
Col Porter extended to him the invita-
ton of the society to be present at the
unveiing, and Ma jor Mckinley replied that
he would take the invitation under con-
Sideration, and If his engagements and
the public business would permit he would
accept The insignia of honorary member
ship was then presented to the President,
who accepted it in q brief speech Of
thanks.
The insignia is in the form of a bald
eagle, with body and extended wings OF
gold, the head and tail enameled in white,
sprigs of laurel added to the wings en-
ameled in green, the eagle supporting on
its breast an oval shield enameled in blue
and white with raised figures in gold.
The design on the shield is Lucius Quintius
x.frb
presenting him with sword In the
background is the wife of Cincinnatus
standing a the door of their cottage Near
81 a plow and implements of husbandry.
Around the whole is engraved: "oni-
MIA ReliQuit ServaIe Republican, on
the reverse is the sun rising and a city with
open gates Fame, with trumpet atmouth,
crownng Cincinnatus with a wreath iri-
scribed "virtutis Proemiun.' Around the
whole, "Societas Cincinnatorum Institute
A d. 17S3.'
The insignia or order is suspended by
deep blue ribbon, two inches wide, edged
with white, emblematic of the union of
America and France. After leaving the
White House the Philadelphians called On
Secretary of War Alger and Secretary OF
the Navy Long, and extended them invi-
tations to witness the unveiling They
then visited the French embassy and form
ally invited Ambassador Patenotre, as
the representative OF the country which
contributed Lafayette to the American
cause, 10 attend the ceremonies in honor
Of Lafayette's friend, Washington. Ali
the gentlemen invited promised to con .
slider the matter and to respond by letter.
The evening times., 1897-04-15

Kansas City, Mo-, April 15.-Since 8
O'Clock last night this city seems TO have
been at the mercy of band oflncendiaries.
Between O'Clock last night and O'Clock
this Thursday morning seven fires start
ed in the very business center OF the city
At least four, and probably all, of these
fires were OF incendiary origin
While the majority OF the blazes were
extinguished in their incipiency, two of
them resulted in heavy damages The big
five-story Scarritt block, on Walnut street,
near Ninth. was destroyed, entailing loss
of S60. 600. and from this structure the
flames spread to an adjoining structure in
Main street, also owned by the Scarritt
estate, and occupied by the Campbell x
Eaton Crockery Company.
The building ON Nam sJIeeu was damaged
to the extent of 10000, and the crockery
store suffered an equal damage. only
byanarrow margin werethe adjoining build
ings saved from destruction. 1t was while
this dangerous fire was raging that the
torch was applied in various other parts
of the business district. In several of
these fires coal oil was freely used 10y the
lncendiaries..
At 1 O'Clock this morning fire was dis
covered in G. W. Lovejoy's planning mill
at Fourteenth and Main streets. The
planning mill, with Tits valuable machinery
anda big st ock of turedlumbeT, was
burned The loss was very heavy
About three weeks ago fires were started
within two lays at Twelfth and Walnut
streets, but all were extinguished without
serious loss.
1t is believed that there was prec0n-
certcd effort to burn the city. The first
fire broke out in the building next TO the
World office, and ten minutes afterward
flames were discovered issuing from the
fourth story.
For some time it looked as though the
World plant was doomed, but the firemen
bv desperate efforts succeeded in confinlng
the fire to the building in which il broke
out James Horn, fireman, was knocked
from ladder by a stream Of water, and
fell headforemoSt from Il Sec0nd-story Win
dow. His injuries are not dangerous.
The total loss is roughly estimated at
quarter of a million dollars. Whether the
cOnflagration was the work OF robbers
or an insane person or desperate men, who
resented the recent appointment OF
Pinkerton superintendent OF police, is only
@ matter of conjecture.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
suicide of Count Gnldo zichr.

Vienna. April 15.-Count Guido Zichy
committed suicide at Sereg ellyes, u vii
Iage near notwithstanding, Hungary, yes
teriay, 10y shooting himself with re-
volyer. The act was committed on the
grave of his mother. He WIS twenty one.
years OF age, and a student In the Law
Academy at Pressburg. Ii is supposed
that grief over the death OF his mother led
him to end his life.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
ABRAHAM LINCoLN'S SOUL.
Spiritualist Barrett Says 1t Is How
ering About Washington.

Syracuse. N. Y. April 10. AT the second
days session of the New York State Spirit
ualists II. d. Rarr EFT, president of the ma
tional association, in the course Of an ad-
dress, asserted that Abraham Lincoln was
a Spiritualist and that his spirit hovers
about Washington today.
Mr.. Barrett said he had seen him at
many seancesin that city, where he watches
the political affairs of the nation as closely
as when he was on earth in the flesh.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
Alleged Forger Brought Back.

Salem, N j., April 15.-Theodore Fox,
the alleged forger, who has been operat-
ing SO extensively in South Jersey, under
the names of Silas Whistler and William
Reeve, and who was captured in Camden
last night, was brought to Woodsto this
morning, and after hearing before Mayor
Richnan, was handed over to the authori-
ties OF this place.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
Suit for Sale of Property.

Mary A. Reed filed q bill in equity to-
day against william Grayson, a resilient
OF Oberlin. Ohio, praying that a certain
lot of ground. in square 1891, West
Washington, inherited from the estate
of Phoebe and William Grayson, throug h
the life estate of Nancy Lee, be sold, and
the proceeds divided among the parties in
interest.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
IN AN EXPLODING FLUE.
Terrible Predicament of an En-
pIoye at Furnace.

pIoye at a Furnace.
Robesonia, Pa, April Is. Charles KEEP
ley, aged twenty-four, employed at the
Robesonia furnace had terrible expe-
rience yesterday. One of the gas flues,
which is about so feet long, became choked
up and Kepley entered it for the purpose
of ascertaining the cause of the trouble.
When he had crawled in about 30 feet
there was an explosion. Kepley's cloth
ing was instantly enveloped in flames and
he was terribly burned about the face,
neck, hands and arms.
The young man became terrified, and,
although he was in great agony, moved
backward and after some moments sue
ceetled in reaching the opening. He was
almost exhausted from inhaling the gas
The evening times., 1897-04-15
Three Killed by a Train.

Lafayette, Ind, ALru ia passenger
train on the Wabash Railroad, east-bound,
near West Poin., yester Jay struck buggy
containing James Hol.on, Plymouth Field,
Misses Nah Wilson and Laura Smith, all
colored Both OF the men and one of the
women were killed -
The evening times., 1897-04-15
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued today az
follows: n
Charles F. Smith and Lula Alberta Moore.
Abram W Harrod and Louise ]. EvenA
James II. Matthews and Louise Toler.
James II. Baylor and Julia Jones.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
Hawaiian Commissioner Coming,

San Francisco, April 15. Among the
passengers on the steamer Australia from
Honolulu, which arrived here yesterday,
was william A Kinney, wholeft last even
ing, as special commissioner to Washing
ton. His principal work will be to iook
after the reciprocity treaty, and he will
endeavor to secure renewal OF the same.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
Searching for the Missing samaria.

San Francisco, April 15.-The revenue
cutter Rush viii be sent in search of the
missing ship samaria. The samaria lers
Seattle for this port twenty-five days ago,
and has not since been heard from.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
FIREBUG's VICIOUS WORK
A Night of Wild Alarm at Kan
Sas City, Mo.
ATTEMPTS TO BURN THE CITY

Fires Started at Seven Differeat
Points Cause a Total Loss of $780,
oO0-The Miscreant May BE Some
Insane suspicion Against
Disgruntled Politicians.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
BLACK MAY Be SUPERSEDED
Possible Change in the Office Of
Engineer Commissioner.
In MAJOR SIMONDS' INTEREST

Secretary Sherman Tried to Have
Him Appointed as the Successor
of Powell and FaiIed-Capt. Black
Energetic in the Performance Of
His Duties.
The evening times., 1897-04-15

There we're thirty-one prisoners in po-
Hna court this NOR ming.
The evening times., 1897-04-15
God Gave Us Two Kidneys
Insteadnfn one.

Instead OF one.
IL was for a purpose.
The Kidneys are very
important organs, for
upon their activity de
pends our health. They
are the scavengers and
sewers of the body. To
their lot falls the duty
of constant filtering all
poiSons and impurities
out of our blood by way
of the urine.
They work every sec
!
The evening times., 1897-04-15
DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills

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The evening times., 1897-04-15

ond, every minute, every hour, day and
night.
They work while we Sleep
The evening times., 1897-04-15

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sizes 4 to 10 years Go for $3.50
, 1897-03-06
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. J. j.. Lindsay is in the city to-
day.
Mrs. w. E. Towle was in from her
Little Laramie ranch today.
C. E. Blydenburg. the Rawlins attor,
ney, passed west This morning.
w. J. Hills left for Denver on the noon
train. He will return in a short time
and will stop over for u couple OF days.
f. 7. COnboy. representing the Rail-
way officials and Employees Accident
association. is doing business in the city.
Miss Hattie Bungu is home from a trip
to Chicago. where she went for the pur-
pose Of purchasing a spring stock for
the Laramie Dry Goods company.
w. II. Frazee returned from a trip to
Chicago. Kansas Cily and other points
Today. He brought n neice, Miss Lizzie
Love Of Kansas City, home with him.
Chas. Swanson. the well-known repre-,
sentative from Sweetwater county was
a w~est-bound passenger today. ole OF,
sen" a the fun-maker of the legisla-
ture.