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Evening star., 1897-01-21
COULDN'T CASH THE CHECK.
The German Savings Bank mt De,
Moines Closed.

DIES MONIES. Iowa, January 2I.-Tbe
German Savings Bank of this city has as
signed 10 H T. Blackburn. The banks
capital is $4,000; assets. $611. 600; undivided
profits. Sll.Upo; deposits. $4,000. The bank
suspended payment after having opened
this morning with only 5000 on hand.
Very little money came in. and when VIM
Musson presented a check for 81. 900. there
was not enough to pay. so the bank closed
its doors. The depositors will be paid in
fuH. but the capital stock will be wiped
out entirely, and an assessment will be
made. The failure was caused by inability
70 collect from borrowers. most Of whom
Were small traders and merchants. No
''her banks here are affected.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
BEING WASHED TO PIECES.
DccLhouses and Bridge of the AIyena
Carried on.

NEW YORK, January 21-Nothing can
be seen ION Sandy Hook Of the steams hip
AIvena's deckhouces. Parts OF her masts
stack and the point of her bowsprit are
the only things visible. The sea is washing
between these.
The Atlas line steamer Alps which ar
rived this morning from West India ports.
reports that the steamer Alvena's deck
houses are all washed off and the sea Is
making a complete breach over the vessel
Her bridge and cargo derricks are all gone
also. Her cargo is washing out OF the yes-
sci. and the prospects that she will
:, On go 10 pieces.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Government Bonds.
Quotations reported by Corson & Macart-
pey, bankers,
Baltimore Market..

BALTIMORE, January 2i.-Flour dull unchanged
W1recapts o.n7 barrels: exports, q ,00i barrels.
-recefpts, 1,35S bushels; exports ia,OO6 busheis;
@ @stock, s6. .4e6 busheis.soathern wheat by sample,
and and month, 25Aa25*; Febru1fy. zSsass March.
22eeAaaeh; 2eA April xs:7A; steamer mixed. 2sHs
bushels: stock. 2.zis,ss4 bushels: saiea ios.0oo
6gshelsI southern white corn, 72ta27k: do yellow,
mixed 2ia22.reeeipts. IS .96i busheis; exports,
none; stock. $3.50 bushels. Rye steady-No. !
bushels; exports. none; stock, lSSsss bushels
H%ay-choies Hay timoehy, s1S5oalll.oo. drain freishts
quiet, unchA1Ee4 S1gAr, butter and exEs steady
unchsaGe4 Cheese Arn, unchanecd. Whiahy N.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Fumixntins India Mail.

NEW YORK, January 21.-The mail from
India which is being distributed today i'll
this city. and which arrived on the steam
ship Teutonic from Liverpool. has been
thoroughly fumigated by orders Of Health
Officer Doty. to guard against any possi-
bility of danger from the plague. This
fumigat tion marks the first official recogni-
ton of the existence of the scourge.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
WARRANT FOR A BANKER.
President Mcknight of Louisville to
be Arrested.

LOUISVILLE, KY, January 21.-National
Bank Examiner James Escott has sworn
out a warrant for the arrest Of James NJ.
Mcknight. president OF the German Ma
tional Bank. which was closed Monday
by order of Controller Eckels. The war
rant charges violation of the national
banking law. and was placed in the hands
of United States Deputy Marshal Samuel
Blackburn. who. SO far, has been unable
70 locate Mr.. Mcknight. Examiner Escott
will not talk about the warrant.
Mr.. Mcknight was also president of the
Germania Trust and Safety Vault Com
pany. for which a receiver was appointed
yesterday.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Wants Information.

The police have received a letter from
Mrs. McGarry, who lives at 90 North Mon
roe street. Bay City, Mich, in which she
asked for information concerning the
whereabouts Of her husband. William Nc
Garry. She says her husband and son
william, the latter twenty years old, left
home In June last. Her husband, she says
promised to send her some money, but
failed to do SO. and she IL now In need. A
man answering his description lived In a
Connecticut town last summer, and he left
there to come here.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Mr.. Mansfaeld,s Appeal.

Richard Mansfield. the well-known actor,
now playing an engagement in this city,
today perfected his appeal from the judg-
ment CT $1,000 given against him several
weeks ago here in favor Of Mary Saunders
Winter. Mr.. Mansfield. in order to carry
the case to tho Court Of Appeals, was re-
quired by Judge Bradley to file q bond
double the amount Of the judgment. and
the Fidelity and Deposit Company Of Bal
timore. Nd, became his surety.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Sent to the Reform school.

For the larceny Of a quantity of coal
from John Kennedy, Edward Hall, William
White. Arthur Ferguson and Lindsay Hem
derson were this afternoon committed to
the reform school by Judge Miller in the
Police Court. Joseph Silas and Joseph
Hawkins were fined S each for the same
offense. These boys constituted a gang
that caused much annoyance to merchants
of late. The members have also been in
the habit Of stoning the drivers of coal
carts to such an extent that they we're
compelled to forsake their posts.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
The Rail-. Arrived.

A large consignment Of rails for the Cap
ital Railway Company. to be used IN build
ing their line from Congress Heights to
Lincoln Park, reached Anacostia today, and
President Randle at once put teams to
work, hauling and distributing them along
the route.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Robberie. Reported.

Four persons reported to the police to-
day that their overcoats had been stolen
from their houses. w. 8. Roose 1872 18th
street, complained that one dozen silver
knives. sixteen silver spoons and one oys-
ter fork had been stolen from his house
during the past six weeks.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
The Late Joe wiIliara,. Estate.

The will Of the late Joseph c. Willard
has not been filed and 1t is not known yet
whether one has been found or not. It is
generally believed that Mr.. Willard made
q will three years ago, and II 1t was not
subsequently destroyed 1t will probably be
found in some one Of the repositories
which he pat-onized with the care of his
valuable securities.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Claim. Divorce for De,.rt,o,

Catherine A. Van Patten, by her next
friend. Geo. P. Newton, today applied for
divorce from John G. L. Van Patten. to
whom she was married at Waterford, N.
Y, August 15. 1894. The husband is
1, 1884.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
THE OREGON CONTEST.

OpInIOnS hetsHfUIhE tne FOWcF OF-
ganize.
SALEM. Ore, January Ex-senator Nit
chell states that he has received opinions
from Senators Hoar and Thurston advising
him that a majority of those elected to the
house have the power to organize and to
cast vote for United States senator.
There have been thirty-one republicans and
four democrats in the house ready to Or
ganize. while nineteen populists and six
republicans refused to be sworn in.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
To Pass It Over the veto.

The judiciary committee Of the House
has reported back the Cooper bill. recently
vetoed by the President, to create a new
judicial district In Texas. with the recon-
mendation that 1t be passed over the Veto
Evening star., 1897-01-21
A D,nner for Paul Da.h,.u

Under the auspices Of the Lehigh Unfver-
sity Club Of New York 1t has been arranged
to give dinner In honor Of DR.. Paul J.
Dashiel, formerly captain of the university
foot bali team and fer the last few years
umpire in all the important college foot
ball games In the east. DIR. Dashiell ID
now an Instructor at the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Cu.e of the Child With Many Names

In the contest over the custody of Goldie
Marie Frost, Collins or McCanna, the
four-year-old child of which Robert Frost,
in his habeas corpus proceedings, claims
to be the father, counsel were today en-
gagged in arguing the matter Judge Cole
may dispose OF the controversy late this
afternoon
Evening star., 1897-01-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening, the highest
and the lowest and the closing prices of iha
New York stock market to3ay. as reported
by Corson & Mccartney. members New
York stock exchange. Correspondents
Messrs. Moore K Schley, No. 50 Broadway
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Ocean Steamships Arrived.

BREAKwATER, Del, January 2l.-Pass-
ed up-Netheriands, Antwerp.
BREMEN. January 21.-Arrived-Spree,
New York. via Southampton.
NAPLES. January 21.-Arrived-Wilhelm
II, New York.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Visited the navy Y.rd.

Secretary Herbert. Chief Constructor
Hichborn and Capt. Sampson, chief Of ord
nance, visited the Washington navy yard
today for the purpose Of inspecting the
work In progress there.
Evening star., 1897-01-21

Col. o. H. Ernst, superintendent of the
Military Academy. Is In this city ON bus
mess. He - at the Metropolitan Club.
Major =. r. Warner. retired. Is at the
Richmond.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Grain and Cotton Markets.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. 1927 F ST., members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs.
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Mr.. Crows Contention.

Mr.. Grow (Pa) argued that the House
should hold to the law Of the state from
which the case came, except where the law
voter.
The will of the voters was, he said, the
supreme law of the land, and it was the
highest duty of the House to decide what
their will was.
Mr. Thomas (Mich.), the member of the
elections committee who joined with Mr.
Walker in the minority report in favor of
seating the contestant. Mr.. Yost, advocated
the adoption of that report.
From what he had heard Of the elections
in Virginia, he said, he doubted whel lner In
many years any democrat had been hon.
estly elected. Mr.. Walker CLASSY, In sup
port of the contention of Mr.. Tucker sub
mitted that an appeal for justice at the end
OF the nineteenth century based upon
claims made outside of the law was a start
ling thing. The only hope for the survival
OF good and order by the government must
rest on obedience to the law. 1t was the
law. he argued. not the intent of the voter
which should govern here as elsewhere.
Mr.. Taylor (Ohio). in reply to Mr.. Walk
er, said that he agreed that it was only by
standing by the letter of the law that Mr.
Tucker could hope to retain his seat But
no technicality; he urged, should be s,ls-
tanned by the House il that Technically de-
feated the will Of the people.
MIR. Tucker for Himself.
After some further debate by Mr.. Lacey
Qowa), Mr. Brumm (Pa.) and Mx. Thorpe
Va), in favorIof the contestant, Mr.. Tuck
er, the contestee, ,2took the floor in his own
behalf. rs z
Evening star., 1897-01-21
Setback. Burned Hands.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. January 21-It Is be-
lieved now that the injury to Al. Selbach's
hand will not interfere with his work as
ball player the coming season.
Evening star., 1897-01-21
THE HOUSE.

Without preliminary business, the House
today resumed the consideration of the
YostTucker contested election case, from
the tenth Virginia district, which was de-
bated all day yesterday. According to the
understanding reached yesterday, the vote
was to be taken at 4:3O this afternoon. Mr.
De Almond (Mo). member of the elec-
tions committee. took the floor in support
of the majority report, which favored the
contestee, Mr.. Tucker.
He argued that the House, in deciding
this case. must be governed by the Virginia
law, which, for the purposes of this case
was the federal law. But he admitted that
the House in tine exercise of its power OF
force could disregard the Virginia law in
order to determine the intentions of the
voters. But to do so, he contended, would
be to establish a dangerous and far-reach-
ing precedent
Evening star., 1897-01-21
REFORMS FOR CUBA.

Announcement by the snanish
Premier CanOvas.
MADRID, January 21.-At the close of
yesterdays cabinet meeting the premier.
Senor Canovas. declared that, although
they had full confidence in the success of
the military operations in Cuba the gov
ernment was prepared to grant reforms to
tnat island and to submit decree with
that object In view, to the council of state
Evening star., 1897-01-21

There was a fire in Selbach's house at
Columbus Sunday night, and the baron's
hands were burned while removing furni-
ture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11

Written for The Evening Star
4 Color scheme.
Who is it says that Santa Claus was but a
pagan myth?
Away with all your manuscripts and
books;
Your "ologies" and 'fsms" that you puzzle
people with,
Your lengthy sentences and solemn looks
Science oft has been misled,
And there's evidence in sight
Ihat old SANITY" is patriot stanch and
true.
For the holly berry's red,
And the misletoe is white
And the fir tree in the forest ylimmers
In land of peace and plenty at a time of
hope and cheer,
Shal such unSenerous moods the glad
ness mar?
Shall We relegate the old saint to an alien
atmosphere
When his colors are so plainly flung afar?
Let us cherish him instead,
For the way he read Alright
Our feelings centuries before we knew:
For his holly berry red,
For the misletoe so white
And his fir tree in the forest glimmerinr
blue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11

why, you know, prodigies have a way OF
outSroWing their prodigiousness and turn
ing out to be just like ordinary people"
This boy won't do that He has too
much or start on the rest of mankind
Ihey can't possibly catch up to him Why.
the other day he climbed up on a chair to
table, where there were pen and ink, and
the hrst thing knew, he was writing"
How old did you say he is?"
About two ami haIf years"
Il suppose" remarked the friend. in a.
tone OF sarcasm, that nc proceeded to turn
out comments or Herbert Spencers writ
ing. in Addisonian English"
English" echoaJ the father, on whom
the irony was totally lost. He has gotten
clear past that"
"Oh. suppose he stands up and talks
SanSkrit."
No. He doesn't talk Sanskrit But I'll
tell you something that L keep from most
people, because they would think was
trying to deceive. I've got the paper he was
working with, and the back of the diction-
airy to prove that he can write it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11
Old Annals.

From Lppincott's.
In hooks and corners Of libraries one
now and then comes across small or
nate Early Victorian or Pre-Victorian VOL
ltme bearing in gilt letters some such
title as Friendships Offering" 1.-The
GEN." 1.-The Forget Me-Not." or 1.-The
Book of Beauty" AS a rule, one is not
tempted to Ginger mid it's pages" as the
Annual itself would say; and yet a glance
at its contents suggests reflections which
pr oduction like these one sees most'clear-
ly the popular tastes and ideals of a given
time. Even Jane Austen, the divine
Jane" herself, does not throw as much
light upon those Of her day as the writer's
in the Lady's Books and Garlands Of
Beauty who ministered to the passing fan
cies Of the fair reader and shaped their
conceptions of female perfection to suit the
fashion of the hour.
The exquisitely finished copperplates
show white-robed weeping maidens cling
ing to stalwart lovers who are imprinting
kisses on their gentle brows; devoted wives
half swooning in farewells upon their hus-
bands manly breasts; maidens in tears
upon the bosoms Of their mothers or the
krees of their fathers, or sitting beside
open vine-clad windows and gazing mourn
fully at various objects of melancholy in
terest which they hold in their hands; la
dies with immense eyes raised to the moon,
or with lids lowered, and heavy curls
dropping over one infinitesimal hand, which
supports the pensive head Widows or
phans, the deserted, the broken-hearted,
abnormally small mouths. and with a
wealth Of curls falling about their ivory
necks or yelling the transports Of their
grief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11
A TIE THAT BOUND,
The Sad Experience Which Bcfell
Two Georgia Brothers.

But the funniest thing that have heard
OF lately remarked the drummer as he
fitted from flower to flower of his expert
encCS on the road, was the sad and sor-
rcwful bereavement which befell two broth
ers of my acquaintance down in Georgia.
They are customers of mine, twins about
fifty years of age and bachelors with
srfhciency of gallantry to be great ladies'
men. They are both good looking and for
the past twenty-five Or thirty years their
chief personal pet and pride was a pair
of matched whiskers reaching down below
the belt of each brother. They were really
fine whiskers and were so exactly alike
in every particular as to be the subject of
frequent newspaper comment, which. of
course, only made them more dear to their
pCSSeSSOrS.
every way, but they had one weakness. to
wit, fondness to excess for the flowing
BOWL about once in six months. AS they
INDUCED themselves in this only when
trey went to Atlanta to buy goods, their
falling from grace was not of general note
and knowledge. But the pitcher that goes
often to the well is liable to be broken,
and the brothers INDUCED themselves once
too many. 1t happened about September
ard it seems that they started home before
they were entirely sober, and meeting
crowd on the train, which aggravated it.
they were in bad condition when they
own team for a dozen mile drive home. So
bad. indeed. was that condition that as
they drove along through the soft Septem-
Der twilight. they went to sleep and their
horses stopped to eat the grass of the way
side.
What happened next nobody knows, or
at least nobody is telling, and when the
brothers awoke they found their team
hitched to a tree a quarter of a mile from
tie road in the woods. and they were ap-
parently tied to each other by rope
al ound their necks. They were daZed at
first but their very peculiar situation sob
cred them suddenly. and they proceeded
to diSentangle themselves as fast as pos
sible. But no rope could be found around
their necks. and as the pull seemed to be
on their beautiful whiskers they reached
for them simultaneously, when to their
utter dismay they discovered that some
miscreant had soaked them with mucilage
and they were now an inextricable and
intermingled mass as dry and hard as a
stone. Nothing was to be done. of course
except 20 cut away the debris, which they
did with their knives as best they could
and after a half hour of torture worse
than tooth pulling. the two men fell apart
and looked at each other. One look was
enough. Their beautiful whiskers lay in
a wad at their feet and their chins were
like stubble fields narrowed the wrong
way. Then they went clear back to At
lanta to get a clean shave, and a week
later they appeared at home. with smooth
faces and a hard look out OF their eyes.
which forbade anybody even SO much as
asking what had happened"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11
Mistaken Esteem.

Nanny" said Pickaninny Jim, who had
been very slow about going to sleep. does
yer reckon it I'D do any hahn fob me ter
hang up my stockin's dis here Christmas
Ain you got dat foolishness out'n yoh
haid yit?''
We'll, we knows whut dey says: ef at
fust you don't succeed, keep on a-shootin'
an mebbe yoh numberll come mex"
The patient philosophy of the youngster
seemed to soften the mood of his mother.
Her tone was more gentle as she said:
81 done thought sho you'd be 'scouraged
bout whut happen las Chris mas"
No. L reckons 1 gwineter take another
chance"
You see,'' she resumed. alphabetically
las Chris mas wah a vehy busy time wiz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11

An Interesting Discussion on the SUBJ
ject of the Hours of Labor.

An Interesting Discussion on the SUBJ
ject of the Hours of Labor.
They were very animated The discus
sion was evidently a warm one and the
parties to 1t had attracted a number of
listeners who. though strangers to the par
Elephants. were evidently deeply interested
in the colloquy.
so you are a Knight of Labor and be-
lieve in working only eight hours a day?"
said one.
That's what am" returned the other
with emphasis.
Eight hours a day." repeated the first
with fine scorn. "Why. there's no dignity
in that amount of work. It's mere child's
play. Look at me. I'm hardy and strong,
am I not? l don't look like I'm over
worked, do I? Well, what do do? 1 work
twentyfour hours every day, and every
householder in this city knows it. Yes, sir
When the sun Is shining overhead 1 am
diligently laboring; when evening comes
grow more active, and when night falls,
then l get in my best ticks and keep 'em
up till the sun comes up again. Eight
hours! Why. it's a mere bagatelle."
The other party looked dubious and crest
fallen. At last he said:
Would you mind telling me who you
are?"
Me? Why. everybody ought to know me-
I'm Washington Gas Company meter"
The knight Of Labor bowed low
Pardon me-" he said, "for not recog-
MIXING you, but the modesty of your claim
deluded me into thinking you were some
one else. always believed that you put in
thirty-six hours a day." So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-11
THE INDEMNITY WAS PAID,
Drought About by Moving the Lera
ton to IL Earsi;in

This controversy between Haiti and
Germany over the Lueders case" said an
old resident to a Star reporter recently,
brings to my mind the fact that the
United States at one time at least during
my life showed the same spirit that Ger
many did in demanding an indemnity at
the point of gun. The incident happened
just after the close of the war and was
about the same kind of affair The Brazil
ian government had imprisoned or treated
an American citizen in some outrageous
way. and the American minister at Rio
Janero, acting on his instructions de-
nanded an indemnity. He was put off
from day to day, and finally from week 10
week, until he made up his mind that he
was either going to do his duty or lose his
position, so he said nothing more about
the matter, but waited for a United States
warship to anchor in the harbor When
the vessel arrived he quietly moved his
efects from the legation to the boat and
then announced to the powers in Brazil
mat he had located the United States Legal
tion on the deck of United States war
snip, and that unless that indemnity was
forthcoming in three hours he would shell
the town The indemnity was paid"