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HOUSE BURNING ABOVE THEM.
Family Did Not Know 1t Until the
Roof Fell in.

Lieut.. Heffner reported 10 headquarters
today that on Thursday night the resi-
dence of John W. Browning, on the Sheriff
road, Dean wood. d. c., was totally de-
Etroyed by fire, entailing a loss On house
and furniture Of SO, 200. The fire started
in the attic from some unknown cause,
and the family, who were sitting down
stairs, did not know the structure was
burning Until they heard the crash Of
the blazing roof falling IN.
A blaze in the shed In rear of Dora
Simms residence, No. 1902 Linden street
northeast, last evening did $40 damage.
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Foot Mashed at Freightyard.

James Downs, twenty-three years old,
of No. Alt Sixth street south west, had his
foot mashed by a heavy, roll of wire at the
freightyard on Virginia avenue, between
Four-and-a-half and Sixth streets, this
morning. He was eakento Providence Hos
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Henson Case Set for Trial.

Judge Miller ordered today that the case
of William Henson, charged with shoot
ing Raymond Beckett on last Christmas
morning, be peremptorily set for trial
on April 8. The case had been postponed
several times. Beckett has nearly re-
covered from the gunshot wound
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Baptist Church Incorporated.

A certificate OF incorporation of the
Union Baptist Church at Mount Pleasant
near Piney Branch road, was filed today.
The incorporators are Samuel Taylor,
pastor; Edmund Chapman, trustee and
clerk of the church, R. Harriday, A. Hill
man, Miles benson, and Daniel Craney,
trustees
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broke 2 to 165. The losses in the railway
list ranged from 1-2 to 2 IA per cent,
Baltimore and Ohio, Omaha, Northern Pa
cific preferred and the Changers leading
Speculation closed weak in tone.
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for one of our S12 and SIS
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We promise you as much
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Cut on the premises-and
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No Branch Store In Washington.
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LEGAL NOTICE.


ESTATE of Anna Maria Buchly, late OF the
meLt z3. Issued March 20, 1897 .-Appi-
cation having been made b. Jhe SuDreule
Court or the District or Columbia, holding
Orphans Court, for probate OF last will
dated March Z 1887, and for letters testa-
mentary On said estate, by Hattie J. Buch-
ly, execut-iX therein named, this is to give
notice To all concerned TO appear in said
court on FRIDAY, the 23d day OF APRIL,
II. ID. 1897, at 10 o clock a. m, TO show
cause why such application should not be
granted.
Attest: j. NOTA McGILL
Register or Wills, ID. @.
j. j. WATERS, PROCTOR for Appnca ut.
2I-oaW-3W-em
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE Dis
trict OF Columbia, TINS 18th day OF
March, A. D., 1897:
lu re che petition or John Edward Todd.
A petition having been filed in this court
Columbia, wherein he prays that his name
may be changed to John Edward Beall, the
surname of his foster parents, il IL, this
18TH day Of March, A. D., 1897, ordered
That public notice be given 20 all con-
cerned To appear in this court ON the 6th
Day or April, A D., 1897, st 10 O'Clock A.
m, TO SHOW cause, II any they have, why
The prayer in said petition should not be
granted and that copy OF this order shall
be published Ia the Washington Times once
week for three successive weeks before
said date. (SealJ w s. cox
true copy test: Justice
j. X. YOUNG, Clerk
mn27 ,ap3, ,ap1U
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CHICAGO LAKE FRONT CASE.
Counsel for Mckee Scrip Claimants
Want the Hearing Postponed.

MeSsrs. Dudley and Michener, counsel for
the Mckee scrip claimants in the Chicago
lake front case, are preparing TO file
motion 20 postpone the hearing of this IA
nous case. The date set was April B.
Commissioner Hermann OF the General
Land office, will grant the representatives
of each side hearing regarding the post
ponement
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SPECIAL NOTICES.


THEOSOPHY-MAJOK JAMES ALBERT
CLARK, editor Free Quill, Laurel, Nd,
VIII address the TheosophicaI Society
tomorrow night, at O'Clock; I4z6 N.
4 ave., Le-sinan building; subject, The
CanOns or common sense seats free;
ali welcome. N
FOX sAias-I hold a negotiable note OF
Dr: L.. Nj. Taylor s, OF 12z1 Mass. ave.
Tor @6l6, which | Will sell for S4OO cash
TOT particulars address A. W. MILLS,
2o4 W. Fayette ST., Baltimore, Nd.
nla26-4t-em
NOTICE TO GROCERs -On and after April
l, 1897, We will discontinue our wagons
going from door to door offering soap
aad ked Seal lye, With tine view OF receiving
patronage from each dealer. Respectfully
f. Z. IOMSON & CO, Philadelphia. Pa.
NOTICE is hereby given that on the
31st day of March, 1897 viii expire all
licenses issued by the District OF Column
bia TO produce dealers trading at large
and peddlers. All persons engaged in the
business specified are hereby notified TO
promptly renew the same. BY order OF
the Commissioners ID. g. MATTHEW TRIM
BILE, Assessor ID. G.. mh24-6t
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Chicago Grain and Provision Ma rkes
Corrected daily by W. B. Hibbs & Co..
Bankers and Brokers. Members OF the
". Y. Stock Exchange. 1921 street.
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EASE OF THE HEART, LIVER, STOM-
ACH OR BOWELS, consult this eminent
by DR.. Walker, whether you have one or
more Diseases, is SO a month. Thisincludes
all medicines
DAILY OFFICE HOURS-1O to 3; Sun
days, to IL; Monday, Wednesda =, Thurs
day and Saturday evenings, 6 10 8.
As- CONSULTATIONS FREE. 7sa
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Brokers and Dealers,
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Rooms 10 ana IL cOrcOran Building.
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Members or the New York Stock Ex-
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CORRESPONDENTS Of MesSTs. Moore x scnley,
80 Broadway,
Hankers and Dealers in Government Bonds
Deposits Exchange Loans
RaiIrO3d Stocks and Bonds and all securl-
ties listed on the exchanges oI NeW IoIks
PhiIadeIphia, Boston and Baltimore bought
and sUid.
A speciality made orinvestment securiIes-
District bonds and all local halroau, Uas,
Insur1nce and Telephone Stock dealt in.
American Bell Telephone Stock bought
and sCld. uln1o-I
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New York Stock Market.
Corrected daily by w. B. Hibbs & Co,
Bankers and Brokers. Members of the
\. L. Stock Exchange. 1921 Z street
On. High, Low. Clos
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Washington Stock Market.
Sales Metropolitan Railroad, 5 att % A; i;
American Graphophone, 100 at 10; Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage, 500 ut 70.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
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exactly the right position, replied with
tremendous broadsides, which not only
forced the Guerrero to stride. but left
her SO disabled that Hull had to blow
her up. The American vessel was @
little the larger, and had more men
and guns, yet the defeat of the British
frigate was such as to create q pro-
found impression both in Euglaud and
our own land. Toward the end of the
same year, under Baiubridge, the Con-
%stltutlon encountered another British
frigate, the Java. off the coast of Brazil.
h fierce naval duel was another tri.
umph for American ~manoeuvring and
Workmanship, and the Java, like the
Guerriere, not only had her masts shot
away and suffered a heavy loss Of
killed and wounded, but was such a
wreck hat she also had to be blown
up. In 1915 the Constitution, under
Stewart, made a double capture of tho
frigate Cyane and sloop Levant In the
same action, afterward, however, los
ing the latter to q squadron which
came to the rescue.
Such, in brief, is the old-time record
OF q vessel dearer to the whole Ameri
can people than any other that floats
b Massachusetts Historical Society,
in o memorial to Congress, presented
a few days ago., said that it had learn.
ed that the Constitution must be re-
built or she would sink at her moor
ings. This seems strange, as it was
commonly thought that her timbers
were sound {; but, however this may
be, the society is right in urging that
the vessel as we'll deserves preserva-
ton as the Victory, that bore Nelson's
flag at Trafalgar, and is kept by Eng
land as u historical relic.
There may be conflicting views az to
what should be done with the Consti-
tutiOL. New Hampshire would of
course like to keep her in the Kittery
yard 1T has at times, also, been pro-
posed to fit her up for the use of naval
reserves, while the proposed transfer
of her to the Washington navy yard,
where che may be employed as Il naval
museum, Is not unlikely to secure the
favor Of Congress.
AT all events, the centenary of Old
lronsides would be we'll cele brate by
putting her in proper repair and az.
ranging for her final resting place
In doing this the aim should be tc
make the fewest changes possible, and
to preserve everything in her tina,
from earlier days. 1t is quite
enough that Farragut's Hartford
should have been altered with a vie
to utilizing her, fitting her up in mod
err fashion. At least the old Constitu'
tion should not b. furnished up with
any view TO eking out her practica
service. We can build modern ships
but she must remain to Us as a speci
men of the navy that has passed away
and as Il vessel whose name, as the
Massachusetts, memorial says, "is
synonymous with ~seamenship, courage
and triumph" To carry this purpos,
out in it's simplest, w%orthiest, and mos
effective form should be the method
Of Congress in dealing with Old Iron
sides. If the plan of u naval museum
Is adopted, it should not be forgotten
that she is the greatest Of the exhibits
and must in no way be sacrificed to les.
important miscellaneous displays.
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steel, and two men, foaming and breath
less, held apart, while a third lay be-
tween, with great spurts Of blood gush-
ing up from his breast.
The boat had landed. There was O
light. slow step on the ganaway; g slen-
der, bowed woman, with a face Of ashes,
paused half a breath at the door, then
ran to the PROSTATE man, knelt and
pressed her hand hard against the up.
rushing blood. At her touch the wound
ed mans eyes opened. Fear, shame and
exquisite content came into them. he
put II feeble hand over hers and said
huskily:
"Sally-you are-just in time"
She fell prone beside him, laid her
cheek softly to his and aaid brokoniy:
ooh, William-my husbnnd-forgive
me-forgive me that / left you to suffer
so many years-alonei'
"God bless you for it, Sally! I'm dy-
ing now-and truth comes easy. If you
had staid with me, [ never could have
spoken-and asked you to forgive. ae,sd
everybody away-evcn JIM can't die
easy until you know ALL"
Hush, hush, my darling. 1 do know
- everything. Did you never think
what kept me 30 long? From the night
you-left us, Miranda Clay was mad.
L helped her husband caro- for her. Three
months ago she died in my arms-saho
penitent-fully, freely forgiven, az J
hope for forgiveness"
Dear heart-truc heart careSsiaa
her hand-''you tried to atone, but In
vain"
tt11Nnbf fl,snI ~ fl,nE NOtllt@-S De-
prayl The time is short, bat God 10 all
merciful, all powerful. Ask him to for.
give II save you for Jesus sake"
"For Jesus sake, " he repeated dream.
lily. II taught Miranda to pray so
when l knelt beside her in the altar.
Raise mel am choking. Now give me
my fiddle. Sing, Sally, as you used tc
do, Rock Of Ages while 1 play"
If Sally sang, only the angels heard
her. Her arms were clasped tight about
her husband, her check laid against his
shoulder, her fingers dabblcd in his life.
blood. Now and then her lips moved,
but no sound Of these pierced throu2h
the flooding melody that death itself
seemed drawing from the strings. Al
last the player paused, with bow in air.
An awestruck whisper, at is Christmas
owe, too" pierced through lis olouded
consciousness.
Christmas eye-eo it is he said,
laughing softly, "and I have a top fol
Jim and a kiss for Sally. She won't
mind. Jim is just 8 years old and has
not learned to do without what he
wants"
pray, my darling, pray. You have
only minutes now"
His breath came In gasps. He gropod
for the fiddle bow and drew it feebly
across the stringa singing:
"Let the water and tho blood
From thy wounded sido that flowed
Be Of sin the double cure
Tho bow fell. There was a convulsive
swapping of strings.
One masque Of the passions was ended.
THE END.
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In THE COURT HOUSE.

"A Woman Tells Her Experience
Among the Lawyers and Court
Officials.
Miss Mary Hemphill in the Abbeyille
Medium.
Men will not tell the truth and we
have bad 1T proven twice there OF late.
Once this summer when we went on 4
visit to the polls and found IL such a
quiet, neat and orderly place in COM
parison to what it had been described
by the people who wero opposed to
woman suffrage, and last Tnursday
when we went to the court house TO
attend the Rowley trial and found it
to 5e a pretty decent place, in spite OF
all the ugly things people say about it.
This trial has excited a great deal Of
interest and u number of womcn re-
solved to hear the evidence and
speeches, if "~somehoiy else" would
go. Somebody else did go and cunse-
quently the crowd grew larger as The
trial progressed. Our first impression
on entering the Don was that it was
very bot and there was a great crowd
of people, and our second impression
was hat the sheriff had very wisely
divided tho white people from the col
ored people. We too q look around
and found the jury men on the left
hand side of the room, the lawyers
scattered all around inside the rafting,
and the judge above looking with calm
Indifference at the drawing of the
jury. The jury by the way is lord OF
all they survey. The prisoner looks tc
them for salvation, the eloquence OF
the lawyers, when they are not cutting
at one another, is flung squarely al
their beads, the Judge makes his
| phorua tn than nnd thoy ,,,ti,.n ,,itl
all the solemnity of a preacher on com
munioH day, and bring back, after Sc
long u time, whether or no in THEN
opinion the prisoner is innocent OF
guilty. We went TO the court house
during she whole trial and looked il
vain for something to uphold the argu
ment that u woman would be out o
her sphere when in a court room. i
is true the aisle was crowded, blu
things were made lovely for us by the
three deputies who passed our crowC
from n TO the other until we took {
very comfortable seat inside the rail
ing. We watched these deputies dun.
ing the day and thought what an cas-,
time some woman would have as DEBUT,
when we get in our fine work and &C
to be judges, lawyers, shcriifs, jury
women, clerks Of court and to ill III
the other soft jobs floating around
court room.
During the three days Of the tria
we were in the court house some par
of each day, and the only Thug tina
could have been questioned was tn,
large number OF men who were chew
ing tobacco. The people in the audi
ence could not be blamed for this, -
the example was set them by num
Der of the Abbevilie lawyer, and b,
all the counsel from Grecnville witt
the exception Of two.
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body OF her subjects arose at Antana-
nariyo and drove the queen from her
castle. The purpose OF the uprising
was to form a small separate govern.
ment for the plumber OF travellers who
IA Madagascar ethics, are thieves.
England has her weather eye" upon
this island, and, it is msliciously stated
by q French correspondent, secretly
incites the revolutionists.
Most OF the wars now going on are
traced to. the love of gold. This is
particularly the case with South
American and African wars. In Cuba
there is a sentimental element, that of
freedom, outside of gold.~
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terested in the odd pair. When the two
appeared in the saloon on the river
bank, there was o chorus of welcome.
It was by far the most gorgeous one in
the place-full Of mirrors and gliding.
with a thick, soft carpet, q wheezy pinuo
and several pictures Of large and liberal,
lovely ladies. The steamer landing was
just beside it. Indeed, whoever came of
the boat had to pass It's open door.
When, an hour later, Colonel Allen
CLAY came through it, he found Jim
seated at the main table, the picture of
radiant verdanoy. He had been invited
to take a hand with the crack players
the nervy set, as skillful az they were
bold. Much to their Advertisements, he
had pulled out a moleskin, orammed
with coin, and risked il as freely az the
best of them. Stranger still, he won
won steadily, his father meantime walk
ing round and round, with the fiddle
tucked under his chin. too restless evil
IDENTIFY for continuous playing, but
striking now and then u few bars from
some old familiar breakdown or reel.
Invariably Jim begged him TO "stop
hat sQucukin." As invariably Badly
said: "Oh, come away, Jim. That amt
no place fer you. You'll get TO losin
directly. an then whar'll all our little
cotton crop be?"
AT first tho rest laughed over IL and
said aside M to another that who.
ever won the poor greenhorn's money
would, Of course, give it back to him,
after he had been taught the folly Of
gambling. BY the time Colonel Clay
came OH the scene this benevolent inten-
ton had vanished in thin air. FOOLS
luck did not begin to express fortunes
favors to the greenhorn. Yet it was luck
pure and simple. There was no sleight
or palming in those awkward, from
bling hands. Two or three times the
limit had been raised on purpose to
scare him away. AS the colonel came In
the table was fairly heaped with gold
and notes.
whats in the pot?" he asked caro-
lsssly.
GA thousand in cash, two niggers and
q wagon and mules" said ~ player
who had not "come in" tho game.
Outside, through the warm fog, a
steamboat came down stream, putting
and churning in to the landing. Nobody
needed 1t. All eyes were rivoted on the
play-the players.
AS Colonel Clay looked, a slow dawn
Of recognition came into his ayes. He
glanced back from Jim to Badly.
Rock OF Ages, cleft for mo,
Let me hide myself in thcol
The fiddle seemed to say it palmer
than human speech. Jim half started
from his scat, then dropped back, say
ing, 81 call you"
Better stop your game, gentlemen.
There is cheating at the board" Colo
mel Clay said, folding his arms and
looking down from his 6 feet 3.
Jim faced him, white with rage.
"Who says SOP"
II do"
"Why?"
because there must DO when the
son of q horse thief is found playing
with g~entlemenG'
There was the leap of a panther, 8
choking gurgle Of breath, a wild cry
"Jim, Jim! Don't touch him for your
lifel' then a swift, deadly CLEAN OF
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-" How often do you present your
b''. to that young fellow ?" said a gen
tleman to a cigar man when n dude
odd him to charge him with a package
OF cigarettes. Quarterly" What
You don't mean to say you trust him
Tor three months? ?" ooh, no, OF course
every time'the bill amounts to q quar-
ter"
AT the funeral OF an unmarried
woman In Brazil, scarlet is the MOURN
ing hue. The cof,n, the hearse, the
trappings OF the horses, and the livery
OF the drivers musg be scarlet.
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seriously sick the alarm paralyzes
everything about the house. We
whisper our anxieties in sad voices.
We walk lightly and close the door
gently and breathe u prayers silent
ly. II she dies there is an aching void
the world q never fill.
What is the value Of a child ? When
the railroad train kills a man the law
yers sue for his value. 1t may be a
thousand or ten thousand or fifty
thousand according to his consequence,
but that is nothing when compared
with the value OF q little child. How
rich these mothers are-rich In their
children How utterly poor VIXEN
they lose them BILL ARP.
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THE WARS NOW RAGING.

There T. Nine Fierce and Bloody
Contests Going ON in Different
Parts of the World.
At least nine bloody contests are
waging in the beginning of the year
81. The fiercest of these are in the
tropics. If a belt were drawn round
the earth taking in the torrid md the
south temperate zones, it would nearly
embrace every war country.
The very latest sword swim! ing is
being done off the Clarion islands.
England spi d these islands AID thought
they would make good coullng stations
True to her grab all. annexation prin-
clpics, England proceeded TO take pos
session OF these lovely spots. TAILOR
tunatcly they belong to Mexico, auo
England was asked TO move of. She
Is now preparing to remain aud the
MeXicans are loading their guns.
Spain is between two fires, for its
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The Columbia Register, in al}ud.
ing to a rumor that had ban gtvcu
currency to the effect hat Mir. Seth
w. Scruggs sill be djschar ed from,
bis position as chief clerk at nD State
dispcnsary, makes the follow ny state.
meht: Dame Rumor is aiu ~ on the
&c, but it will not do to pluc- implicit
crcdcncc in what she says. or coara,
there are people who would like for
MIR. Scruggs 10 lose his job, u they
are not likely TO lie %r8titicd or h" l.
in no immeciarc danger OF Off ia
dccapitation. The uukinGest 81 ufaI
is the charge that ho is 'p. fed up.'
If holding Office has changed aim one
iota, those who are in da. contgc;
with him have rot discovered il. He
Is just the same Seth Scrug&s he has
always been, and as plain as aunld shoe.
Thore is q thing about which there
al be no disputc-hc is oneu, the mos,
expert bookkoepcrs IN the Sta'e. TnOoc
who have had OccGs!un 10 examine tn,
~DiSpensary books since he took Charge
Of them will vouch for that fact. IL"
knows lis business thoroughly AMI his
~liicicncy has in 10 small degree con.
tributed to the success with which tie
new State board Of control has man
aged the affairs OF the Dispeusary."