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Evening star., 1898-04-01
PENSION ATTORNEY on TRIAL.


Hearing Gives On Charge of viOlat-
Ing the Law.
Mr.. William Reed was granted q hearing
before United States Commiss;oner Mills
this afternoon for violation Of section
As45 of the Revised Statutes of the United
States. The specific charge against Mr..
Reed is that he accepted and held as coli
lateral for money loaned pension certifi-
Gates. as follows: No. 4J904 issued to
William Bell: No. i3D2f7, issued to Joseph
Blsnham; No. 74SO6O. issued to Isaac Lee;
No. Gs65c0, issued to VIM. yirdin. and No.
S.s'5.0, issued to Charles H Moulton-aIl
Of these pensioners are washingtonians
The warrant agair st Mr.. Reed was issued
on the complaint OF Mr.. J. o. G. Roberts,
special examiner in the pension bureau.
1t Is claimed that Reed and others against
WEcm warrants have been issued have been
ei gagged In loaning money 10 pensioners
ard accepting thst- pension certificates as
collateral, which Is in violation of the sec.
uon referred to above.
William Bell. colofed man with only one
arm. was the first witness called. He
stated that he had borrowed money from
Mr.. Reed on three occasions: that he bor-
rowed $40 and gave Mr.. Reed a note for
$l3. Later he borrowed an additional s.
and gave note for $22.53; later borrowed
his pension certificate with Mr. Reed, tie
latter saving 1t was unlawful to do so.
Jonas Blanham, another colored man,
testified that he had borrowed money from
Mr.. Reed on two occasions He stated
that he had never asked Mr. Reed for hfs
papers since he first left them, when the
money was borrowed.
Isaac Lee, another colored man, told of
having gone to Mr.. Reed to borrow money
-S10. He stated that Mr.. Reed said he
would lend the money If he would leave his
papers with him He said he borrowed
$40. and gave Reed a note for $15.
E.Ya mil 1lx, tal ~ y,a
had gotten the papers of the various wit
nesses from Mr.. Reed. One of the envel-
opes contained pension certificates and
vouchers
Reed was held for the grand jury and ad-
mttted to bail in 500. which was furnished.
Evening star., 1898-04-01
baltimore Markets,

BALTIMORE, April Flour dnll. unchanged
receipts. 5,oSl barrt Is; exports. IL 299 barrels;
sales. $50 barrels. Wheat irm-spot and month";
0S3a9S%; May, S9HaB8N; steamer No. 2 red 95
Sh-recetpts 39.t IS bushels; exports. 5000 bush
els; stock, 1898 bushels; saies, "a 600 bushels
southern wheat by sample. 95al0o; do. on grade
96aoots. Corn easy-spot and month, 231sa33%;
May. s37saSy3s: steamer mixed. 3sa33k-receipts,
fs5 SO4 bushels; exports, 221 ,S5s bushels: stock
shite eorn 34a35; do yellow 33a34. Oats steady
No. white, 33a34; No. 2 mixed, 30a3Oh-re-
ceipts, II. .6S1 bushels; exports none stock z6D.-
$50 bushels Rye hrmer-No. nearby. 55h; Ns.
2 western, 56h-receipts. 35, ,172 bushels; exports
choice timothy, 1260aS1a80
Evening star., 1898-04-01
Good Roads and the Mails.

FROM the Syracuse IN. " Post.
II country roads were generally improved
py the modern plan of road building there
would not be much delay in providing free
delivery through the more populous parts
OF the country. One reason why England
delivers mail from house to house in the
country. as well as in the city, is because
the country roads are in SO fire condition
that the work of delivery is greatly ex-
pedtcd. If there were English roads all
through the middle and eastern states IT
would not be great undertaking for this
government to establish free delivery in
those sections
Evening star., 1898-04-01
Held for Action of Grand Jury.

Frank ]. Cornell, alias William ]. Hunter,
was today held by Judge Scott in $500 bail
for the action of the grand jury, on the
charge of breaking into the house Of A. N.
Middaugh, No. 100 c street northwest,
Monday night last. and stealing some ar
ticles. valued at about so. The accused
is already serving a term in the workhouse
suspicious character.
Evening star., 1898-04-01
Labor Problems fn Japan.
From the WeStminsfpr Gaxeffe London

Japan has advanced rapidly and is now
discovering that industrial development
brings with IT the usual accompa niment
of labor problem. The first number Of
the japanese labor newspaper. the Labor
World has just been issued. ito encourage
the progress of the laborer and the forma-
ton of trades unions" We have heard g
good deal lately about japanese cheap
labor; perhaps we shall hear something
now of the revolt of the japanese labcrer
against being held SO cheap. BY all ac-
counts the standard of wages and subsis-
tence in the land of the rising sun has not
been so high hitherto that the new unions
Will find nothing to do.
Evening star., 1898-04-01
Verdict for Defendant.

A jury in Circuit Court No. 1 this after
neon returned verdict in favor of the de-
fendant in the suit instituted by William
Hitr er against the Metropolitan Railway
Company to recover $4,000 damages.
Hitner claimed that he sustained injuries
BY being struck ny a car of the company
March 10, 1897, at ~ and NJ streets south
vest.
Evening star., 1898-04-01
National Guard Band Rehearsal.

A rehearsal by the National Guard Band
will be held this evening at o'clock at
the quarters of the National Fencibles.
913 L street First Lieutenant ID. B. Mac
Leod. director of the band has extended
an invitation to the officers of the National
Guard to be present.
Evening star., 1898-04-01
Cupt. O.Neil.. Statement.

Captain O'Neil authorizes the statement
that the navy is not short of projectiles.
and that he does not believe that the
Maine disaster was due to internal causes,
ard never has expressed such an opinion,
either directly or by Implication.
Evening star., 1898-04-01

Pocketbook an American Invention.
From the London Daily News.
The nest and handy portemonnaie was
tho invention Of q German bookbinder's an
prentice in America. Karl Heus by name,
and his novel purse first came into the
market In the year 18l7. The inventor me-
elected to patent his new leather portesnon-
raie with . steel clasp and u was quickly
Initiated ea over the world
Evening star., 1898-04-01
Four Hundred Thsasand Cats.
Frcra Tit Bits.

There are said to be 100000 cats in Lon
don. Of which half are unattached" and
I've largely on refuse. In one district near
very large and famous brewery In Lon
con TIE sporting cats go regularly ~ soon
as the brewery gates are omen to hunt rnfs
In the brewery ''stores."
Evening star., 1898-04-01

The peach was originally d poisone3
aimund. Tranaplantati0n ana cultivation
ti<s. bus turned It into the deiicines Euit
Ne nuK enjoy. e 8
Evening star., 1898-04-01
FourfoOfed Newspaper Carrier.
From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.

FROM the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
One of the most faithful and efficient.
although probably the least known. of the
Wlsconsin's carriers it one who notwith-
standing his sterling worth, is barred from
participating in the pleasures which are
frequently provided for the benefit of his
fellow workers, His home is with F. Dow
i.sr of Lake Woods, subscriber to this
paper and he is fine, large Newfound-
land dog. The paper is thrown off from
the 5:30 dummy train at the little station
on the Whitefish Bay dummy line known
as Lake Woods. Just before reaching the
sta ton the locomotive gives as signal two
piercing whistles; and If you look out of
the window you will see, the dogs big,
black body come tearing through the
woods and underbrush and aIight with a
leap on the platform Of the station, ready
to catch the paper which is thrown out,
all twisted up, in convenient form for the
deg to catch. No matter what the whistle
mas found him engaged in; no matter what
the condition OF wind or weather he is
there every time. The aim of the conduc-
tor in in'ffhre~iing The paper from the flying
train is usually good, but on one occasion
recently the paper fell wide of the mark
The bewildered dog stood motionIess for
an instant then dived over a snow bank,
found the paper and set off again toward
the woods his piumy tail waving in great
satisfaction. -.
Evening star., 1898-04-01
To Readiu.t ..Zoo- boundary.

Mr.. Stewart today introduced in the Sen
ate bill to readjust the boundary of the
National Geological Park. and preserve it's
seclusion between Park road on the east
and Cincinnati street and Connecticut ave-
nue. on the west.
Evening star., 1898-04-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the Opening. the high.
est and the lowest and the closing prices OF
the New York stock market today, as re-
ported by Corson & Mccartney, members
New York stock exchange. Correspondents
Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury. No. .
Wall St
Evening star., 1898-04-01

Grain, ProvfsiOns and Cotton Markets,
Furnished by w. B. Hibbs q Co.. bankers
and brokers. l425 st.. members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs.
Ladenburg. Thalmann & Co.. New York.
Evening star., 1898-04-01
Ex-Qucen LIS Worries.

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Queen Liliuokalan has no affairs of state
to worry about. but her state of affairs is
giving her end of trouble.
Evening star., 1898-04-01

Government BOnds.
Quotations reported by Corson & Macart-
rey, bankers
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

after part, where a wooden breastwork
was reared to shield the topmen. Why
only the after part should have been
singled out for protrsrien is open for
speculation; but it is not improbable
that the sails before the mast covered
to a great extent the marksmen in the
top and behind the mast only did they
need supplemental protection. These
wooden bulwarks in the tops were va
riously painted according to the ma
tionality of the ship; and for a couple
of hundred years that style of top
prevailed, and in form, square behind
and rounded in front, still is in vogue
in modern sail powered naval ves-
sells.
During all the frigate actions Of the
war of 1872 the sharpshooters in the
tops of the various ships did excellent
work, and there it was the marine
showed what could be expected of him,
even though he stood out with no
shelter other than a stray hammock
or so hastily triced up for his protec-
ton.
The first of our ships of the new navy
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

modern naval vessels and the cut Of
the Chitoses mast is typical.
AS the ships grew in power their
masts had to be heightened by splicing
on additional spars, and to give spread
for the stays and shrouds that held
them in place, platform was built
at the top of the lower mast. There
the archer and spearman found ample
room for his work, and the Saxon
chronicles of that lusty writer, Sir
John Froissart, in the latter part of
the fourteenth century give as some
very interesting accounts of the dam
age inflicted upon the French, the
Spanish, and the Genoese by the top
men of the British ships. Down up
on the fragile structures of wood they
hurled great stones that bore down
the foe in great bleeding masses, tore
through their decks, opened their
seams, and sent them to the bottom in
style that Sir John makes highly
commendable.
In the seventeenth century we find
the tops broad and open save for the
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

with Az r,s.1 A., ~, -, 49,,
/" IN 'ne riencl lhe lesa has peeh
W eovei en'ireiy inc POSITIONS Oh tno
suns anu ene men IN ehe Tops 10 give
eiie navigator cnance TO gulde MS
snlp - %oeioii rom poine wen ABOVE
80 ~ ~ 'ne guns anu' ZOO 10
opa. ''iTl. tne seafchilshts- Where-
~ - Si0se ST., ~ 'op Is iounu Oh ships
1870 oIe. H"'io4s II Is CT frehch IN
Sp M, 80 p..,.
hoi,i - Ddt'isn nave almost exclusively
n lIe,u W an open Ut uncovered top, the
w. "a plo'ecl,oh 10 eltner guns or
80 Ems 1i4e snieius Carried on the
"I ~, themselves.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

The local spirit is perhaps nowhere
stronger than with the citizens of the
charming old city of Marseilles, France,
which seems to have been abreast of
every one of the twenty-four centuries
through which it has existed An in
stance of the Marseilles philosophy is
given by a French writer. A Mar
seillais and a northerner were travel
ing in southern France, somewhere to
the northward of Marseilles when
they encountered the mistral, or ter
rible "norther" which sometimes
makes life in southern France a bur-
den. The man from the north was out
of patience with this biting and dusty
wind, and shivered and grumbled. The
Marseillais, on the contrary, was placid
and apparently not displeased why
is it," finally exclaimed the man of the
north, that you don't appear to be
fighting angry with this wind" This
mistral?" said the other, with wide
open eyes, why, how can you blame
it? Just put yourself in its place; it
is sisnply in a natural hurry to get to
MarseiIlesl"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

VKERtTE- l.. FULTON, Attorney, Denton Tex,
WKbRk II you have notes or clalms 10 collect,
~ Et l. orlands due you an heir he Will get it.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29
THE EVOLUTION Of THE Fighting TOP.
For Centuries Before the Christian Era They We're
UScd-EgyptianS and the Military Mast.

AS a place Of peril the fighting top
of q modern man-of-war is the most
exposed position in a heated action,
cut off as its occupants are from all
sheltering armor and poised high and
clear as a tempting target for an en-
emy's quick-fring guns. Let that
mast be torn away and swept over
board by the tempest of small shell
that ships of to-day can bring to bear
upon unarmored parts of foe, and
the brave defenders must go to GER
tain death without the chance of bit
of floating spar, as in the olden days,
to hold them up till succor come af-
ter the fierce rush of conflict.
The story of the fighting top reaches
way back centuries before the Chris
tian era; in fact, back to the earliest
time when war craft might pardonably
be called ships by virtue of their sue
cessful struggle with wave and tenn
pest; and, amid the rapid changes of
to-day it is hard to trace the connec-
ton between those ancient craft with
their rude equipments and the modern
battleship fierce and strong, by right
of the power she has pluclled
from the bowels of the earth
and turned to her own purposes Of
might and majestic dominance.
The carvings and drawings of the
war craft of the ancient Egyptians and
Asiatics, two thousand years before
Christ bear the embryo of tire mill
-, ut ba utbpo6 of
the single spars that bore their sails
then. 1t was merely rough basket
like arrangement in which one or two
men might stand and assail the war
riors of the foe where they crouched
behind the shetering bulwarks of
bucklers hung against the sides. Perch
ed high above, the men in the ga
bie," as later it was called, picked off,
like sharp-shooters, the enemy before
he could come aboard or tempted him
into open exposure and the conse-
quences such rashness brought
Down upon the foes deck the hurt
ling spear was sent, while the top
men rested far above retaliation save
from the enemy's topmen, if he had
any. During the time of the naval
struggles between the Greeks and the
Romans the fighting tops disappeared,
for it was customary then to lower the
masts and trust only to the great
sweeps or oars when going into ac-
ton. Strange as it may seem the mer-
chant vessels alone carried fighting
tops then, and for the purpose only
of meeting the attack of pirates, with
whom nearly every sea was then in
tested. Those tops were not unlike
casks, and with two or three men in
them, could be hoisted we'll up and
into position in time to be of service.
Many of our large merchant liners and
all whalers carry a somewhat similar
arrangement well up on their masts
to-day, and, from the crows nest, as
it is now called, most of the lookout
duty is now done. The Japanese have
adopted something of the kind for their
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

had tops that we're practically steel
duplicates Of those of the late war;
and but for the presence of modern
rapid-fire guns, were really of less
defensive value than those of thirty
odd years ago. 1t wasn't till we be-
gan to build our battleships that We
really launched out into regular mod
ern military masts, and then we fol-
lowed in principle the practices of the
French.
The modern mast on fighting ship
is purely for military purposes, name
ly, on such ships that are without a
spread of canvas OF any sort, and its
duty now is principally for a service
that was once merely incidental to
those of the sailing ship. To bear sig
mails is it's first mission, and then to
carry an armament Of rapid-fre guns
with which TO meet the attack of tor
pedo boats, to sweep the open ports,
and to enfilade the unprotected gun
stations of an enemy. With Calling
guns pouring out veritable rain of
bullets at the rate OF 1000 a minute,
and with other heavier automatic guns
capable of hurting hundred or more
of one-pound shell in the same time
the modern military tc3 is something to
be considered where TIE hand grenade,
the stink balls and the rocks of the
past might be dismissed with a shrug.
There is but little doubt that the
French have set the pace for the mod
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29
Afrlca,s Ancient Sea.

Recent studies of the animal life of
Lake Tanganyika have shown that that
lake differs from all other African lakes
in possessing inhabitants that belong to
the oceanic species. Still, these sin
gular denizens of lake Tanganyika are
not exactly like the marine organisms
Of the present day, and the conclusion is
drawn that sea, connected with the
open ocean, once occupied the parts of
Africa where Tanganylka now lies and
that the lake is the last remnant of the
ancient sea.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

When Answering Advertisements Kindly
MentioG This faner.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

MRREERH and WHIsKEY Habits cured
bEBkEEf1N at home without pain. Book
lit EREkgh of particulars free.
~ AO"" b. NJ WOoLLEY. Nj. D., Atlanta, Ga
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29
Substitute.

"You want trip to the seaside? Non
sense, Jones! Put little salt in your
morning tub, eat fish at every meal,
walk up to town and back so as to tire
yourself out sleep on the floor, and let
the house be dirty, and you'll fancy
you're at Margate. -Pick-Me-Up.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29
If man never makes mistakes he
never makes anything else.
Proposed Alliance with England.

IF the United States and England
SHOULD form an alliance there would be
little chance for enemies to overcome
us. When men and women keep up
their health with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, there is little chance of attacks.
from disease, as it steadles the nerves.
and increases the appetite. Try it.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29
Bargain,

Claude-I thought you were not 60
ing to pay more than $50 for a wheel?
Maud didn't mean to when 1 went
into the store, but he said if I'd take
the $50 wheel he would let me have a
dollar pump for 9S cents.-Indianapolis
Journal.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-29

Owls have their orgies while doves
are asleep.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16
JULIUS SYCLE & SON.
TO CLEAN THEM OUT,
All THE WILMINGTON FUSION
OFFICERS MUST GO.
THE ABDERMANlC AXE At WORK.
Many Changes Already Mnde-A
Negro Leader Sent On-Great Feel
ing Against Him-DiGicuity I'm
bringing the Refugees Back.

WILMINGTON, n. c., November b.
fSpecial)-The new Board of Aldermen
were in session until after II O'Clock to-
night electing SUCCESSORS to various city
officials Of the Fusion-negro regime. who
have held over under the new govern
nent. and to some who have resigned
II IS the avowed purpose of the new
regime to make a clean sweepsof every
cItv employee whose influence has been
given 10 the negro party. The board
made a complete change in the cases of
The city market officers, Superintendent
o. streets, public buildings employees, &c.
Tho election OF CSy Clerk and Treasurer.
CITY Attorney. and some other of the
more important officials was deferred un-
M the incumbents adjust their books.
To-day, In the Mayors Court, the negro
Thomas Love. who fired upon the MILL
tary Thursday while the company was
advancing 10 dispense a mob, was given
a preliminary hearing, and committed
under heavy bond for the higher court.
The evidence showed that Love fired from
ambush in Manhattan Park. negro re-
sort. and precipitated a conflict. which
resulted in the killing of one negro ana
the serious wounding OF several others.
one of the negro witnesses testified that
Love fired upon the military, and as he
ran away declared that he had gotten
one OF the white rascals.
There is much indignation expressed
against the negro. and many persons
fear that an effort will be made TO lynch
hiro. A number OF runners, representing
Inc city authorities. were in the woods
again to-day. striving to induce the negro
refugees 20 return to the ty They re-
rort that it is very difficult thihg 10 40
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-16
TRAIN WRECK IN CANADA.
Twelve Persons KiIIed--A Dozen Or
More Seriously Hurt.

TRENTON, ONTARIO, November 10
A Grand Trunk express train, bound for
Toronto. crashed into a moving freight
train near Murray Hill crossing, two
miles west Of here, at $3.50 this morning,
and several cars were smashed almost
to splinters SO far as known, twelve
persons were killed and a dozen or more
seriously injured.
A misplaced switch was the cause. the
east-bound train taking the track on
which was the west-bound train, which
left Montreal at s o'clock last night, and
which consisted of express, mail and
baggage-oars, a second-class car, one
first-class coach, and two Pullman sleep
ers The second-class car was next to the
baggage-car and ahead of the first-class
coach and sleepers. 1t was pretty well
filled with people, there being twenty or
more passengers in 1t, and hardly any
of them escaped without injury. Between
Beleville and Murray Hill crossing the
road is single-tracked, the only piece OF
single track between Toronto and Mon
treal. At Murray Hill crossing the west
bound express usually leaves the single
track and takes the double track, and
IL was about a mile and half west OF
TINS point WItIc the dSNiuthN ONNuiiNN'
Whether the signals were right or not
this morning will never be known by the
engineer or firemen of the wrecked train
for they are both dead.
BOTH ENGINES DEMOLISHED.
Both engines are totally destroyed. and
the freight engine was thrown complete
w over the passenger engine into the
ditch beyond.
The engineer and fireman OF the freigh
engine. Thomas Ivens and Alexander Top
min respectively, both of Toronto, jump
cd and escaped with slight injuries. w
Bradv. engineer, of Belleville. and JONI
Mcdonald, a fireman, of Belleville, wh
were in charge of the passenger engine
were killed
The greatest destruction was wrough
| in the second-class car. The baggage-ca
was driven into and almost completei,
| through ii, the passengers being crushe
| and mangled underneath the timbers o
| the car. The mail-car was forced RICH
| ON ton of the baggage-car, and the ex
! nress-car was partially wrecked. IN
! drst-class car was uninjured, as were ais
! the two sleepers, although the passenger
were awakened by the shock.
The work of getting out the dead an
;riured was commenced Immediately, bu
| II was late in the morning before tn
| bodies were got out. Some Of them wer
ca horribly mangled that recognition wa
almost Impossible. The injured wer
taken TO the hospital at Believilie.