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AUCTION SALES.
AUCTION SALES.
THOMAS BOWLING 4 CO., Auctioneers,
Gig E Street y. W.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE LOTS
ON THE PALISADES OF THE PO-
TONAC-INTERSECT OF CON
DUIT AND NEW CUT ROADS, Dis
TRICT OF COLUMBIA

By vir tue of a certain deed of trust, dated
the 18th day of Move mber, n. D. 1891 and
duly recorded in LiEer No. 1888, folio
326, ct seq, one of the land records of the
of the party secured thereby, we Will sell
at public auction, in front of the PREMISES,
on TUESDA Y, THE 2STII DA Y OF SEP
TEMPER, 1897, at O'CLOCK Il. IL, all
those certain pieces or parcels OF land and
premises situated in the county of Washing
designated as follows, TO wit. Lots mum
bered one ID, seven "a ito fifteen Il 81, both
incl, twent y-three (2:}) and thirty-five 800
TO forty-siX 49,, both incl. in the subdivis-
lon made by Jacob p. Clark and Edward
b. Cottrel, trustees (0f part of lot No. one
white Haven" among the heirs of Abb
ner Cloud for the Palisades of the POto-
mac Land Improvement Company, said
subdivision being recorded In the office or
the surveyor of the District OF Columbia IN
Book, County 8, page 3.
Terms of sale. One-third cash, and the
balance in one and two years, the deferred
payments TO be represented by the notes OF
the purchaser, bearing interest a the rate
Of six t6 per centum per annurn from day
of sale, pa va ble semi-annualiy, ana secured
by a first deed of trust on the property sold
-or allcash, the option of the purchaser.
All conveyancing, recortIiag and notarial
fees at purchaser $ cost. deposit OF 500
on each lot Will be required at time OF
sale, and III terms of sale are not cuinplied
with within ten days from day of sale the
trustees reserve the right To resell the
purchaser, after such public advertisement
as they may deem proper and neces sar y.
WILLIAM w. AYREs,
WILLIAM Z. LEWIS,
Trustee.
an tSdcds
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points inexorably to the law that no man
can live TO himself or can die 10 himself,
and that it is Only little less dangerous
TO have "a neigh5or living under unhealthy
conditions thar it is To have those con.
Gitions H. ones own home. New Or
leans paper once remarked that il was
time e. look after the back streets, not
to put the show streets in order Tor q
Mardi Gras carnival. And as il In com
mendatiCr of this laudablc idea a par
ticularly big rain descended tNew Or
leans L. used TO showersl and did great
part III the serubbing gratis, flushing
the sewers and clearing the air. The rain
did not stop with cleaning up the show
streets. l.. scrubbed the alleys and the
humber pieces where the poor people
lived. And that is what every town ought
to do. The town, like the nation, should
enact lars for the good of all its eiti
zens: rs the rain descends upon the just
and the unjust. Neither town nor nation
can affor1 10 have any sort of plague
spot within its borders.
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Judcilg from the little that State depart
lnent officials are willing to sa ON he sol'-
ject. there IS no room for Doubt that our
Government authorities are satisfied that
japan is Sending regiments OF troops Gis-
guised a. Immigrant lalorers t. the IA
waiiaE Islands, with the purpose OF Over.
turning the Dole government at the first
Favorable opportunity. In japanese eN-
pe,tation such an opportg unity would lie
tween this country 8ad Spain. Japan wi
IDENTIFY believes that Austria ii not Ger
many. fully intends to hack Spain i'm the APP
proachiag crisis. In such an event il is
argued that the American Navy would be
fully occupied, and our Government help
less to prevent the seizure of the islands by
the MiSaGo's fleet and soldiers. The gray
its OF tire situation certainly justifies the
''al freSco" Cabinet meetings Which are be-
in. held IN the Plunkett mansion tor on he
roof 81 the Plunkett drag, up in the Bcrk-
shirc Hills As the weather is cool and lc-
Igltfui III Washington, it would be lust as
Wen for the Connlander-in-clIief OF the
Navy TO pat the White House I'm coirnis-
sion again and run up his flag, In times
Of danger the people like to see the adnli. al
walking the quarter deck of his flagship.
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4 SANGUIN AIRY DUEL.
Particulars of the ARRAY at Saline
Con TT house.

s;loain Springs, Ark, sept. 25.-Seyeral
parties, direct from Saline Courthouse, in
Tue Cherokee Nation, the scene Of a tragedy
sicEd day night in which four lives were lost,
report a very grave state OF affairs.
The sheriff FROM Flint aud Goingsnake
dis, riots and several United States narshals
are on tie ground. endeavoring To make
arrests. There is an enmity Of long stand
inc between the white adopted citizens
and the -blooded Indians. Precautions
have been taken to guard against further
bI,odShed. Some Of the white citizens
were notified to leave immediately, and
they went, but the most of them say they
viii renain and fight, II necessary. a
large amount of ammunition was sold here
today t. full bloods, who went In the di-
reution Of Saline Courthouse. They made
nothreats. however, andnobody kno W. their
intertions They were closely followed
by the officers.
Particulars of Monday nights tragedy
show /, ~ have been bloody affair.
Sheriff Ridge, Sheriff-elect Jesse Sunday,
John Colbert, Sampson Bait and several
other full hlooded aud half-breed Cherokees
Ia been drinking and gambling and quar-
rflinE all day. During a row in the store
OF Teehee & Baggott, the latter a white
man, fled to his apartments upstairs. Col
bert folio we'd and sent bullet crashing
through Baggott's neck Killing him in
stantly. sheriff Ridge put two bullets
into Colbert. Then Sheriff-elect sunday
grabbed Ridges pistol and einptied the
remaining chambers into the latter's body.
Sampson I:att Opcne dfire on sunday. The
latter emitted the contents OF his pistol
into BAIT Kidding him.
when the smoke cleared away there We're
three dead men within one hundred yards
of each other. over fifty pistol shots
w"re fired. and nearly every window in the
store was shattered.
Baggott was white-adopted citizen
a merchant of good reputation. Sheriffs
Ridge and Sunday were PROMINENT politl-
clans, 10th having held offices of trust.
Colbert was halfhreed and former
owner IF the Star mail route betw cen ST.
lGan Springs and Tahlequah. Bats was
a ull-bbod of little prominence.
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Acting Secretary Roosevelt is trying 10
arrange it L. have a Eunhoat sent up to
patrol the -Yukon River. Reports have
reached the Government, which show that
there as been an unhappy lot of disorder
and violence in Alaska since the mad Klon-
dixie rush began. Even SO important per
son a. Mr. Eli Gage, son OF the secre-
tary, and superintendent of the Yukon
Transportation Company, did not escape;
but, according a. reports. was stripped and
cruelty dashed hy a vigilance committee for
bringing a cargo of whisky up the river in
place OF provisions. Instances of lynchiEg
also have been heard of, and there is not
2 question that there viii be a great deal
OF narrowing trouble in the region during
the winter. Parties OF disappointed and
Respondent men are arriving in San Fran
cisco ana other Pacific coast points. hav-
ing been compelled TO turn back from the
Alaskan passes Tie people who 20 into
tie region next year will have the benefit
OF what experience those who have tried
and failed this wear, have gained. At least
the next let will be able TO learn in ad-
lance something about the difficulties and
dangers Of the adventure. The rush of
S97 reminds one OF the first wild crusade
OF Peter the Hermit.
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1t Is heartloss To tell Il girl, when She is
in the middle of her first fit of home
sickness, That she will ever really like
school, AMI il is neresy to tell a boy in
his first school scrape that he Is not
everlaSt!nEly ,lisgraced in the eyes Of
himself and tie world, but both these
things are true. Ii is much better, how
ever, To tell them 10 the parents Then
they viii not worry too much for fear
their daughter will make herself sick, nor
will they give their son the mistaken i'm
preston that they have lost all faith in
him Schools and colleges are fine insri
tutions, but some of the very best lessons
learned In both of them cannot be found
anywhere in the catalogues.
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Snnce for the Gnnder.
eFr,n the Cincinnati Enquirer

tFrcIn the Cincinnati Enquirer.)
A well-known artist received a circular
frotn &, whisky firm, inviting him 10 join
in n competition for poster. Only one
prize was 10 be given, and the unsuccessful
drawings were to become the property D:
the firm,
He replied as follows:
"Gentlemen: ! am offering prize of
So for :he best specimens of whisky, and
should be glad to have you take part in
the competition. Twelve dozen hotties
OF each kind should he sent for eXamina
ton, and all whisky that is not a1judged
worthy of the prize Will remain the prop
erty OF the undersigned. 1t is also re
CURED that the carriage be paid by the
sender"
This letter ended the correspondence.
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On the Republican side of the fence there
Is marching and concentrating, and
wars and ruwors OF wars. Gen. Il. F.
Tracy has acquesced in his selection for
the mayoralty candidacy by his good
friend, Mr.. Platt There is some gossip to
the effect that, respectable a figure as the
exSecretary undoubtedly is, lie is 10 be
used by the Senator merely as a stalking
horse. Mr.. Plat in some quarters is cred
tied with cunning little plan in this con-
nectiOn- I: is said that. after the con
vention, when he stall have vindieateI
ms power and leadership, the "Easy
Boss win have Gen. Tracy wit hdr a WIN
aud support Seth Low. This may he only
newspaper fairy story, or there may lie
s5ne,hiug in il. There certainly is some
thing wicked ana PIatty about the idea.
IL would to a smooth anu silky way TO
walk oven the course in the event OF a
serious split in the Democratic party; some
thing winch is among the most brilliant
probabilities ia cHse tie Democratic or
ganiZatlon is turned over to the gold
boilers by Tammany Han.
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EDUCATIONAL.
EDUCATIONAL.
Georgetown University.
BOUNDED 1887
SCHOOL OF LAW.
FACULTY:
Rev. J HAyENs RICHARDS, S. j.,

Rev. J. HAvENs RICHARDS, S. j.,
President or the University.
Hon. HENRY b, BROWN; III, D.,
Justice Supreme Court OF the United
LGgf oa on IA Adnrra,sy TX JppTTisspTndenpce-
associate Justice, Court OF Appeals Of
the District OF CoIumbial,
Lecturer on Constitutional and Interna-
tonai Law and Comparative Juris-
Hon. SETH SHEPARD, LIZ d.,
associate Justice, Court OF Appeals OF
Lecturer on he Law OF Corporations and
Equity Jurisprudence.
Hon JEREMIAH NJ. WILSON, LII. D.,
Dean OF the Faculty and Lecturer.
Hon. LOUIS f. McCoMAS,
Associate Justice, Supreme Court OF the
District OF COlumbia),
Lecturer on Law OF Contracts and the
Law OF Evidence.
JOSEPH }. DAKLINuIoN, LIZ d.,
GEORGE E. h hSMfTToN, IL. D..
Lecturer on Practice. TeStamentarv Law
and Equity Pleading and Practice.
X. ROSS PERRY A. A., LII a.,
Lecturer on Common Law Pleading, CTiTni-
nal Law and domestic Rela tons.
Rev. RENE holland, $. j.,
Lecturer on Natural Law.
TALLMA DGE A. LAMBERT, LII. d.,
Lecturer on Civil Law.
CHARLES A. DOUGLASS, Esq.
Lecturer ON the Law Of forts and Negotia'
MICHAEL J. CoLBERT, A. NJ, LII NJ,
Lecturer on the Law OF Personal
Property.
ID. W BAKER, A. III LII. NJ,
Assist ant United states Attorney for the
District OF ColurHbiaD,
Judge OF the Circuit Court aud Lecturer on
the Law of Real Estate and Ele-
mentary Practice.
Court OF Appeals. MeSsrS. ia LIMA DGE
A. LAMBERT ami JOB BARNARD.
CO.. sos and Henry j, Y. soH6S,
Clerk of Courts; HARRY W. HODGES
Samuel NJ. YEATMAN, A. NJ,
Secretary and Treasurer.
GRAVY LILLE NJ HUNT, LII M.
Assistant.
The twenty-eighth annual session of the
SCHOOL, OF Law opens on wednesday, October
D, 1897, at $50 p. m, IN the Law School
building, Nos. sos and sos street North
west, at which time the in troductOry lee
ture will be delivered and announcements
made for the ensuing term. Present and
prospective students, alumni and all others
Interested are cordially invited 10 be pres
ent. The secretary can be seen at his
office in the law building, daily from . TO
p. m, for Information, enrolment, pay
ment oil fees, etc Those proposing TO
connect themselves with the school for
the ensuing term are requested 20 enroll
their NAMES before the opening night.
As announced at the annual commence
ment IN June last, thc un der era duate course
will be extended TO three years, beginning
with the session of 1SSS99. Stufle uts
entering this year can graduate ia two
years as heretofore
Circulars giving course of study, terms,
etc, can ne obtained at The book store OF
W III. Morrlson's Sons, 320 street north
west; LOWder milk u Co, 424 + street,
and John Byrne & Co. 1872 street north
west, aud AZ W. ;. ThompSon's drug store,
9O3 9Th street northwest, or on applica-
tion personally or by letter 90 the under
signed . NJ. EATMAN.
se2O-3W
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RESOURCES on OKLAHOMA.
Former Delegate Flynn Speaks Of
the Bouuteous Crops.

tic bouOIeOuS OTVps.
Dennis Flynn. ex-Eelegate in Congress
from Oklahoma, Ia IN the city. but he Is
mol here on aIy political mission. lie says
that he is out Of POLITICS, and this Will
probably betrue until politics ga in becomes
a promine nt industry OF the Territory.
Mr.. Flynn was one of the best and most
energetic delegatesthe Territory ever had
and it is said that as soon as Statehood
is conferred upon the Territory he Will be
hOnored With one Of the Scholarships.
Mr.. Flynn brings a glowing report OF the
condition Of affairs in Okla homa.
The crops are greater than ever known
before, and the people appear to be pros
porous aud happy. One thing that VIII
surprise the people of the East is the
remark BILE growth of this Territory, which
a few years back was inhabited solely by
the Indians.
There are now few more than $40 900
people il. the Territory, about seven times
as many live in the little borough rep
resented in the United States Senate by
Senators Stewart and Jones.
About five years ago" said Mr.. Flynn,
"the suggestion was made that our people
raise cotton. / opposed it, not believing
that the territory was suitable for that
staple, and that the experiment would
prove a failure.
II Avn glad TO say that was wrong, AMI
that the experiment which was made. in
spite of tic opposition OF myself and Others.
was most signal success. We bought a
lot of cotton seed and sent 1t out to the farru-
ers and they planted it, 1t did not thrive
at iirst, out they persisted, and this year
we VII have an enormous crop. IL will az
gregatc ESQ 900 bales, not quite second
in quantity, compared with the product Of
other States, but ahead OF every other
state lii quality
The South Sea Island cotton is the
only thing that compares with it, We
expect a. so to export this year 20, 100000
bushels of wheat. We are in good condi
tion and we expect soon to have Congress
take iavorahlc action looking To the adj
mission of oui Territory as state. Weare
far al cad Of manythat have been admitted.
and oar population s M ade up ola goodclass
of people We expect to be able to show
thet VIC arc qualified FOR self-government,
and that the Congress viii grant us that
boon"
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L itesl reports from Bomba disclose tire
unpleasant fact that the bnbonic lIa que
is again rampant over that presidency. II
Was supposed ncarlvt to have died CIT, and
vigilance has been relaxed for some tire;
partly becauses 80 man army surgeons aave
been withdrawn from the various districts.
FOR service with the expeditions IN tie
north. so. the restilence silently has creut
from hamlet to hamlet, until it has cnce
more secured d firm hold on Rom bay. Fears
are acute that we may witness terrible
time again in that part of Asia. IA the
me2uwhile the punitive army of Gen. Sir
William LockhaIt viii not make its zen.
eral atta,l; anon the tribeSinen until the
second week III October. Then il viii -
sault the summer headquarters of the Pa
thans at Tireh. where they are in large
numbers iutrcn,i ell on a rugged plateau,
the approalh to whichis precipitous an' diff
ficult. The position Is not likelyto betaScn
without a heavy Sacrificeof life. The move
ments IF Get. Jeffreys against the Mali
mandF continue 20 tie reported a. Success
ful Ia small way. The Aridis are spread
in report that Abdurrahman Khan has
offered to help them if they " i'll send him
hostages for their good faith.
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dea, which they have made~vith Whitney
To readmir the gold bolters to the party
cU,mcils. and 10 help them to control its
delegation 10 the next national convention.
II dawns upon them now that unless they
change frsnt and come out for plat.
form and principle, the straight party
organizations may, in alliance with the
labor organizations. Put out a ticket very
likely with the name Of Henry George
at It's head. and smash the last chance
Tammany has for victory or future politi
cal domination over the metropolis.
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PEOPLE OUT OF TOWN.

Mrs. j. A. Harold Is on visit to
friends in North Carolina.
MIR. and Mrs. T. E North left Friday for
Chicago, To be absent a month.
Miss Grace Williams Perry left yesterday
for visit to relatives at Bolivar Heights.
Miss Marie Livingston Bayley. of Wash
ington, is visiting Miss Corinne Doyle, Of
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Harrison have
not yet gwen up their summer cottage at
Cape Nay.
Mr.. and Mrs B. b. Hall aud Miss Nettie
Hall are still lingering at their summer
cottage near Oasls.nd.
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This is the time of The year when the
youthful idea, having fairly sprouted and
been watered and ta'en care of for some
ten or a dozen years, outgrows the cen
scrvatory or ;ptue and is transported To
boarding school. 1t is an unhappy time
Of the year for number of people, Patcr-
familias knows that he will have some
large bills to pay at the end or ca Ii
quarter; ElaterfamiliaS VIRTUES with an xsety
as ste thinks %: the association Of
this unknown world of boarding school,
academy or college; the young idea vacil-
lates between natural gayety of anticipa-
tor, worry over examinations and pro-
phetic qualms OF inconsistencies; the priri-
cipal of the boarding-school, seminary or
college is fully aware of the fact that a
large consignment og raw material is about
to lie unloaded, for whose preservation
and manufacture into something re-
spectacle In mental, physical and spiritual
attachments he VIII he held responsible
Altogether, il is an an xiUus time And
To make il worse, each aud every one
of these dear Iaoplc is weighed down
by a heavy burden OF responsibility.
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International Alliance.

Fre1a the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
The young diplomat looked at the lovely
giri.
Ibid understand you to say he softly
asked, that your father was of Rus sian
descent?''
Yes" she said.
He gave q sigh Of relief.
And my great-grandfatber was q
Frenchman," he said.
De took her hand.
Lets form zweibund." he said.
They will be married shortly after the
eaves begin TO turn.
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There is more political fun in progress
in Greater New York than has been the
case in connection with any political
struggle there for many years. The
situation puts on d new suit of clothes
about twice a day, and there is a pleni-
tude of guessing and conniving all around
the board from daylight to midnight. The
troublesome factor just at this moment ON
the Democratic side OF the problem. is
the inexoralle attitude OF the party masses
oB the question of 3n honest Endorsement
Of the Chicago platform and bimetalIisus.
TIE TamInany leaders until very recently
have believed that they could placate
this majority element and carry out the
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Medical School,

1873 II Sc. NV, washington, d. Q.
The 76th session begins September %.
1897. The introductory lecture viii be
delivered by Dir. W. II. Carr, September
%, at %. M. Regular daily lectures
at $40 ID. M. Every facility is afforded for
laboratory and clinical work
The office win be open for further in
formation from 10 a m. to 1 D. m. and
to D. ia. FAN and scholars ship examina-
tons on September %, at 7:30 D. m DR.
e. A. DE SCHWEINITZ, Dean.
ee24-15t-em :
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The coreoran Scientific School.
Charles II. Muuroe. Phi ID. Dean

Charles F. MuDroe, Pm ID J., Dean.
This school offers TO men and women the
IohONlBg fOur-year courses OF study, each
Of winch leads TO the degree OF b. D..
GENERAL Science. Civil Engineering, Electri
cal Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
Chemistry, Analytical: Chemistry, Mathe-
NAUTICAL pm ysical Mathema tics. MrteOFol-
ogy, Biography, Geology and MineralOgy.
Language and Literature There are
tWent y-fiye departments in the school. in
which l % different topics for study are
offered, and special students are permitted
to register for any of these topics that
they are qualified TO pursue. The instruc-
ton is given between s and 0p. m. The
Dean viii be in his office at the Uni
meet students
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Etiquette.
(From the Boston Globe.)

(From the Boston GlObe)
Not long ago d man was being sworn as
a witness before q Glasgow battle, who
was well known as being very strict.
Hold up your right arm" commanded his
worship. II Gamma dae't," said the wit
ness. "Why not?" Got shot in that
arm Hold up your left arm "tanna
dae that, either; got sfotin the other arm
too Then bold up your leg, responded
the irate magistrate; mo man can be
sworn in this court without holding up
somethinCf'
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The oh tect of an Outing,

From the Detroit Free Press
Ibid sou have good time at the Fitz
Browns?'' y
Yes: We talked about cur trip and made
them wish they had gone TO the mountains;
and then they talked about their trip and
made uswiSh we had gone to the Seashore."
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The Law School
The Hon. Walter :. Cox, IL. d..
DEAN

Dean.
This school offers 10 men courses Of study
leading TO tile following degrees. Bach
eiOr OF Law, Master OF Law, Master OF
Patent Law
The entire course OF study In the under
graduate department embraces two years.
beginning with the session 1898 90. the
undergraduate course viii be raised %
three years: this change viii not affect
Students entering this year.
The exercises OF the school begin daily
az p. m. " hiCb enables the University 70
profit by the services 81 eminent iurists en-
gagged IN the public service at Washington.
and gives 10 students the entire day for
study, besides permitting young men en-
gagged in office duties % enjoy the facilities
OF the school
The Dean VIII be present in the reception
room at Tie University building from 4.3O
70 p. m daily. after September is.
Catalogues, giving the courses OF study.
terms, etc. can be obtained ON application,
personally or by letter, TO
CHARLES W. HOLMES. Registrar.
The Columbian University,
Washington. ID. c.
gel g limo
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Fully Prepared.

tFrom the Boston Traveler.)
"Yes, grandma, when l graduate l in
tend following a literary career-write for
money, you know"
why, Willie my dear, you haven't
done anything else since you've been at
college,"
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A Sufficient Reason.
From Harper's Razar.)

From Harper's Bazar)
Little Bob-Aw, could walk the rope
Just as well as the man in the circus, if
il wasn't for one thing!
Little Willie What is that?
Little Bob-Td fan off.