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The record-union., 1899-04-09
NICARAGUAN TROUBLE.
This Government Will Not Toler.
crate Extortion on Americans.

WASHINGTON, April S.-The cruiser
Detroit got away yesterday from La
Guayara for Port Limon, Costa Rica,
where she will receive instructions from
the Navy Department as to her future
course, the cable to Nicaraguan ports
bing interrupted through the arbitrary
action of General Torres.
Nothing has been heard at the State
Department from its represent atives in
Nicaragua since Consul Sorsby cabled
from Port Limon three days ago an ac-
count of Torres action, and appealed
for two warships
The Detroit is due at Port Limon
Tuesday morning, and unless there is a
decided change for the better in the
situation in Nicaragua, she will push
on with all speed to BluefieIds. Our
Government is determined not to toler-
ate the extortion practiced by Torres
upon American merchants there
A disquieting feature of the situation
is the reimbursement by President
Zelaya of Torres contention that he
has right to collect duties which have
already been paid by the Americans to
the de facto Government of Bluefields
under General Reyes, the leader of the
late insurrection. The Nicaraguan Gov
ernment's contention is that foreign
residents of Blueffelds having been
warned by the Government not to pay
custom duties to the insurgents cannot
now claim exemption from a re-collec-
ton by the Government of duties so
paid
The State Department, however, has
satisfied itself that the insurgent gov
ernment at Bluefields was a de facto
government, and also that the mer-
chants paid the duties under absolute
compulsion. Therefore. it is determined
not to tolerate a recollection of these
duties on the part of the Nicaraguan
Government. 1t is pointed out that if
the Nicaraguan Governments conten-
ton is correct. and the duties were ille-
gaily paid to the insurgents. then Presi-
dent Zelaya's Government is fully re-
spons1ble to the merchants for every
cent collected by the insurgents.
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ANDREWS HOUSE FIRE.
Evidence Brought to Light That
It Was of Incendiary Origin.

NEW YORK, April S.-Despite reti-
cence on the part of the police facts
became public to-day which made it ap-
parent that the fire which DESTROYED
thirteen persons was Of an incendlary
origin
1t transpired that a few hours before
the flames We're seen a policeman was
sent for from the Andrews house. and
was mysteriously dismissed by a SER
want, who said he was not wanted. Let
ters threatening the lives of the An
drews family and the children of Mrs.
ST John were found. 1t is believed that
the motive for the incendiarism was re-
Vehse, and that the affair arose out of
quarrel among the servants. Feelv.
ehe putier in the Andrews family, is un-
uer surveillance, and the police are hard
d. work investigating the clews which
cnieny rest upon the anonymous letters.
WARY Flanagan. the dead maid servant
seems TO have been central figure in
'nis diieged plot, and the chief object
ol the supposed perpetrators was hate.
Inc police to-day gave out three sour
iiious letters which had been sent to
members of the Andrews household
One was addressed to the servant. Mary
f1anagan. The letters made charges
against Mary Flanagan and the bnt-
ier. In a letter addressed to Mrs. ST
John the writer said:
nope you and Mrs Andrews don,t
think for one moment that am recon-
ciied or pacified with Mary F1anagan
Tor indeed I am not. and what is fur,
ther, l Will not be until 1 get NV re-
venge. feel that I have given warn
ing enough, and ! am going to fix her
Tor life, and because you and Mrs. An
ore"s ala not give heed to warning. I'm
gong TO NIX you, too I'm going to
make some one throw sometime IN
your nurses and children,s faces tbot
VIII disfigure them. and eat all the f1esh
to the bone. This I will do for snita
because You did not let Mary go as +
told you to. You had just as we'll let
her go first as last. You will have No
girl alive when get through with bar ;,
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Fair Oaks
is Thrivinq
(Corresnondence "Record-1rnio,

Correspondents "Record-Union'
S. l.. Watkins, who has three
nurseries already planted in this State,
has leased land of N r. Smith of this
place, and will at once put in large
variety Of tropical plants and citrus
fruit trees.
Mr.. Stitt has returned from San Fran
cisco, whittier he went with Mrs Stitt
a week ago, and is now busy in re-
ceiving his stock of goods. He will
open his store next week.
The Farmers Institute on the Doth
inst. has for one day a treat for all
who come. H. Weinstock will address
the institute on THE Benefits of Organ
lied Effort" Mr. Weinstock's reputa-
ton as speaker and thinker will give
him a good audience. The Folsom
Quartet and the Fair Oaks singers have
some good singing prepared for this
occasion
No fairer spot can be seen anywhere
than the traveller can now see on
drive through Fair Oaks and Orange
vale-in Fair Oaks. the growth of trees,
with a beginning of fruit; in Orange
vale, the full bearing trees
There is much transpiring now to give
Fair Oaks good cheer. The water
question is settling itself in a very sat
isfactory manner; good roads and many
improvements are going ahead, while
everything planted in the rich soil is
forging ahead with an energy that more
than keeps pace with the growth of this
community.
A committee from the Improvement
club met the County Supervisors last
TT, 5,x 1ai hQf
ter of making North avenue a county
road and grading it and bridging the
ravines, and making a direct road to
Sacramento. While it is well known
that no roads can be made till after
next July, the committee feel confident
that the board will give this matter a
favorable consideration 1t certainly is
matter of simple justice, in considera-
ton of the amount of taxes paid by
Fair Oaks, that one good road should
| be maintained by the county The
| committee will take the necessary steps
to act in the legal way of securing this
road
blackberry vines to be seen anywhere
The growth of the new canes is simply
wonderful. He has also some of the
finest strawberry plants.
| Mrs. Thomas Wards hens have made
record which can be accounted for
only on the ground that they are of the
LAYING kind, or that they scratch rich
| lands. or Mrs. Ward knows how to
feed them From eighty hens the
product of eggs last Friday was sew
enty. Whose hens can beat that rec
| ord anywhere outside of Fair Oaks?
! Tree planting and cultivation Of the
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tend the Punchestown and Leoparos-
town races, the Vice Regal ball at
Dublin Castle, the Dublin Society's cat
tie show, and viii also pay short
visit to the Marquis of Ormonde at Kill
kenny Castle.
The Government has decided to re-
lease the three Irish political prison
ers, Munett, Fitzharris and O'Hanlon,
now undergoing life sentence in May
boro jail for participation in the Phoe-
nix Park murders. A deputation from
the corporation of Dublin, headed by
the Lord Mayor, went to Dublin Castle
in state on Friday and presented
petition for the release of the prisoners.
The Lord Lieutenant replied that he
had resolved to release them, but could
not fix the date of their release. 1t is
generally expected that the prisoners
will be set at liberty within a. short
time.
A so-called "up-to-date" rector of
church of st. Mary's. in the center OF
Billingsgate, announces that his SER
mon tomorrow night will be Million
aire Marriages. with particular refer
ence to the Vanderbilt wedding, accom-
panied by limelight views of the Van
derbilt mansion and the interiors OF
Ameiscan millionaires' residences. The
rector intends to dwell upon the world
liness of worldly goods. contrasting the
gorgeous surroundings of the Wander
bilts and other millionaires with the
lilies of the field.
The visit of the King and Queen OF
Italy to Sardinia next week will be an
interesting occasion, and from some
standpoints, significant The event Will
shape the naval reunion at Cagliari.
capital of the island of Sardinia, of the
fleets of Great Britain and France, and
it is hoped the opportunity will be selz-
ed upon to emphasize the better under
standing now existing btween the two
countries. Altogether there will be
fifty warships in the. harbor, twenty
British and fifteen each from France
and Italy. There will be no review, but
the King of Italy will hold a ceremo-
nious reception of the principal officers.
| 1t is announced that the Prince of
| Wales has succeeded in definitely ar
ranging for the Queen to open, in May
or June, the Royal College of Sciences,
| in which the science collection of he
| South Kensington Museum viii be
| housed. The collection at present is
| lodged in the part of the museum
known, from it's hideous shape, as the
'Brompton Boilers The ceremony of
opening the college, will be on the same
scale as imperial institute Inaugural
tions, the route will be lined with troops
and there will be a procession, which,
however, will have a melancholy side,
as her majesty has determined that it
viii be her last public appearance at a
ceremony Of this nature
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THE POLICE HAD NO PICNIC.
BUT THEY LANDED THE BIG
THIEF ALL RIGHT.
A Little Episode That Gave Some
Of the Officers an Appetite
For Dinner.

! Early yesterday morning Christoni
| Baptiste, who conducts a boot-polishinx
| establishment on Third street. between
and K, missed a valuable brush. ard
reported the loss to Officer Bagley. who
started in to locate it.
| About the same time a burly indiyid-
ual entered a saloon on L street and
while ordering something to quepch his
parching thirst dropped some papers
from the pocket of a coat he was carry
ing under his arm. The bartender
picked up the paper, and finding that
1t belonged to the manager of a tanele
factory on Second street, sent for the
owner who arrived a few minutes later
and claimed the coat, in the pockets of
which were a handbook, worth good
deal to the owner, several collected and
uncollected bills and other vaIuables.
He got the coat, but he also got a black
eye from the burly thief who then de-
parted
| Officer Douglas started on the trail Of
the pugnacious thief, and in the mean
time Bagley, on the trail of the brush,
was making progress. He located the
stolen brush at Blombergs secondhand
store on lower X street, but found the
proprietress highly incensed at her Gus
toner. She had bought the brush for
l0 cents, but the seller, in passing out,
stole an cyercoat which was lying on
a counter near the door.
| So the officer started out on the trail
| OF the overcoat, and located ii at an
other secondhand store, where it had
been sold for a quarter, and then the
two officers met, compared notes, agreed
| that they were after the same man,
and few minutes later found and ar
rested him, after considerable resist
ance. in the course of which Douglas
dealt none too easily with the prisoner
| The big fellow was recognized by all
1.-The parties who had suffered as the
person who stole their property, and he
was landed at the station. He still re-
membered that Douglas had not been
careful with his anatomy in making an
arrest, and. watching his chances he
swung his right for the officer. He
failed to land, but Sergeant McManus
had better success, and landed ON the
| belligerent thief with great effect, and
Douglas got in on the neck at about
the same time. He was finally subdued
When asked what his name was he
replied Smith, and three charges of
petty larceny were accordingly entered
up against Smith
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BEAUTIFULLY BUNCOED.
Merchant Baird Swindled by a
Smooth OPERATOR.

The plausible bunco man was in town
yesterday, and o. H. Baird, who con-
ducts feed store at Twenty-first and
H streets, was the victim.
Yesterday morning a prepossessing
stranger called at Mr.. Baird's place of
business, represented himself to be a
railroad contractor, and said his outfit
was encamped near the American River
bridge, northeast of this city. He ex-
planned that he had several teams
which he was going to put to work in
day or two, and asked Mr.. Baird to
give him credit for a ton and a, half of
hay and ton of barley until he should
receive payment for the contract he had
on hand.
Mr.. Baird was agreeable, and the
trade was made. The stranger, who
had given no name, was ingratiating
himself into Mr.. Baird's good graces
every moment, and when ready to "go
down town for a roll of blankets sug-
gested that Mr.. Baird loan him $40
until pay day.
Baird, according to his tale, told to
the police, advanced the plausible man
the coin, and the latter took a. seat in
wagon driven by an employe of the
store to ''go down town for the blank
cts"
At Fifteenth and l. streets the
stranger left the wagon and went into
saloon. He emerged from a side door
moment later. was seen by the driver,
and informed the latter that his blank
cts had been taken farther down town
by friend and that he would go and
get them and then arrange for remov-
ing the feed.
He wended his way and he never
came back, and Mr.. Baird would like to
see the color of his eyes.
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ADJUSTMENTS. A

''The Hot Old Time company, with
1.-THE Rays Johnny and Emma, in the
lead, presented the farce of that title
at the opera-house last night The
performance will be repeated this even
ing. The farce is the most outrageous
ly extravagant thing ever born of hu-
man fancy. 1t is like nothing that has
gone before and nothing to follow will
ever resemble it. 1t is rightly named.
AS rough and tumble farce goes, it is
decidedly original and extravagantly
funny, uproariously so. Ray is exceed
ingly grotesque, and presents bur
lesque on the IriShman such as con-
fronts one in the comic almanac only.
Mrs. Ray is a magnificently large wo-
man with a voice like a trombone, into
which she puts the virillty of whole
regiment of men. Surely, the pair are
wholly original, and ridiculous out
rageously absurd as they are, one can
not help laughing at them. There are
fifteen other people in the company,
and not stick in the lot. That is to
say. they are clever specialists, an,l
dance and sing and fill their parts with
a spirit. earnestness and abandon quite
unprecedented. The Levinos are nota-
bIy good. While the woman sings the
man does rapid charcoal slzetchings and
he does it we'll, remarkably well. When
he flashed out Deweys portrait, the
house fairly rose to him with cheers.
Miss Bailey and Dave Genan are
lighting dancers, coon song singers and
champion cake-walkers. AT the close
of the second act they lead the entire
company in about as neat cake walk
round as one could wish to see.' Harry
Hayes is a good speciality grotesque
dancer. and the Rays themselves pose
well. Frank Laler is very clever IN
disguises In fact, the speclaltles are
all clever and serve to make up lively
entertainment, while the farce Itself is
a roarer of noise domestic riot. ridIcu- :
lous disguises and impossible adven-
lures. and provokes sideaches of laugh
fla1N
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A CLOSE CALL.
Sheriff johnson Nearly Had a Col
1ision With a Train.

Sheriff johnson and his two sisters
nad a narrow. escape from being killed
last evening. They were in a buggy,
and We're about to cross the R-street
railroad track, in the eastern part of
the city, when a train swept by.
Mr.. johnson had to rein his horse in
suddenly and turn him sharply to one
side to avoid being struck by the loco
motive In doing so the buggy was
overturned and its occupants thrown
out, but they fortunately escaped seri-
GUS injury.
The record-union., 1899-04-09
No argument
needed when
GRAPE-NUTS
are served for
breakfast.
At Grocers.
A TooTHsOrlE NOVELTY.
At Grocers.

The food expert who invented Grape
Nuts, the pre-digested food, struck a
public fancy. This novelty has had a
surprisingly rapid sale. Many people
do not eat grains for breakfast because
they are too often poorly prepared, but
Grape Nuts, being thoroughly cooked
and ready for the table and with a
crisp, charming flavor, appeals to the
good Judgment and taste of all particu-
lar people.
Leading grocers sell Grape Nuts.
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Lin,
Battle Creek, Mich.
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Last Nights Fire.

The fire at midnight last night was
on the roof of small frame structure
on Front street, adjoining the Union
Iron Works. The firemen did good
work in checking the flames, as there
are many wooden buildings in that To-
cality.
The damage AMOUNTS to about $3.50
The building is 1407 Front street, Is
owned by a Mrs. Klotz, and is occupied
by Henry Pedit The fire was caused
by an oil stove in the upper story
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rhe scotchmen Are Preparing.

Saturday, June Sd, has been selected
as the day on which the Celedonian
Club will hold it's annual picnic and ath-
letic sports These are always on an
elaborate scale. and the club is already
at work preparing for the event.
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planted tracts leave no idle men or
horses in the community.
The hotel is so full of boarders and
visitors that many are turned away.
Surely this year is Fair Oaks year Of
Jubilee.
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Taxpayers, Take Notice.

But little over two weeks remain in
which to pay up the second 1nstallment
of taxes for 1S98-AprH 24th. Tax
Collector Bugbey is prepared to receive
taxes up to 4 p. m. each day.
The record-union., 1899-04-09
Warming Up.

Yesterday was the warmest day of the
season. the mercury reaching 81 de-
grees. and straw hats and light cloth
ing were much in evidence.
The record-union., 1899-04-09
One vagrant Sentenced.

Fred Cole was sentenced to seventy
days in the County Jail in the City JUS
tice Court yesterday morning, the
charge being vagrancy.
The record-union., 1899-04-09
Not the Assessor.

1t was the Tax Collector (not the AS
SCISSOR, as stated yesterday whom
Grand Jury Expert Maslin reported as
having overpaid the county a small
sum of money. Assessor Berkey SAYS
his books are correct to cent
The record-union., 1899-04-09
Enmet Clubs Picnic.

The annual picnic and games of tht
Robert Emmet Club will take place a
East Park on Sunday, July I'd.
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BIuerncks Tn-Dax-

AT East Park this morning, com
mencing at 9 O'clock, there will be
bluerock shooting at Eckhardt's S
grounds. Several matches are on the
program, and it is expected there will
be a good attendance of shooters.
The record-union., 1899-04-09
Change in Railroad Time,

Tonight and for the future the train
for Oregon that has been leaving here
at midnight will leave at II p. m. 1t
will consequently leave San Francisco
at Z p. m instead of 8. as heretofore.
The record-union., 1899-04-09

First Cabin Passenger = What shall
we do after we eat dinner?
Second Cabin Passenger-T'u give it
up.-New York Weekly.
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o lent is paper.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

The semi annual meeting of the Mary
land Geological Survey Commission,
composed of Gov. Lloyd Lowndes, Comp
troller Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Presi-
dent D. C. Gilman and President r. W.
Sylvester, was held Wednesday at the Of
flee of the survey, at the John Hopkins
University, with Gov. Lowndes presiding
Prof William Bullock Clark, the State
Geologist, presented report regarding
the progress of the investigation during
the past six months. The work inaugu-
rated at the opening of the field season in
various lines has progressed rapidly, and
much advance was shown in the aIcal
mapping and investigations Of the topog
raphy, geology, photography, forestry;
agricultural soils ond terrestrial imagine
tism of the State. Surveys have been
made of portions of Garrett, Allcgany,
Kent, Hartford and Washington counties
Special investigations of an economic
character regarding the coal formations
in Western Maryland, and the CLAWS and
marls in Eastern and Southern Maryland
have been way. In the latter area pre-
liminary maps of different scales that will
be later transferred to the new topogra-
pic sheets.
The most important economic question
which the survey has had under consider
alton the past year has been that of high
way Improvement. The work upon this
subject has been carried on in conjunc-
ton with the geological surveying, as we'll
as independently by the members of the
highway division under Dr. keid. An
elaborate report upon Maryland highway
condit ons and the best means for the i'm
provement of our highways has been pre-
pared, in accordance with an act of the
last Legislature, and advanced copies
were laid before the commission. The
book will be ready for distribution with
in the next few weeks. This book Will
treat of methods used in other States and
in foreign countries to get good roads. 1t
will also show that trained highway engi
neers will be needed to maintain high
standard of roads. 1t will also show that
for the $7,000,00O spent during the past
10 years in taxes, tolls and private contri-
buttons the State could have macadamiZed
the 1000 miles of highways that connect
leading towns and shipping ports,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-12-01
RUMOR OF CUBAN RISING.

A dispatch from Havana under date
of Nov, 9th, says: Nothing is known at
headquarters in that division or in General
Lees to justify report which has been
put in circulation to the effect that a thou
sand armed Cuban insurgents have taken
to the woods IN the province of Pinar del
Rio, and that general uprising against
the Americans has leen planned for
Thanksgiving Day.
The story is absolutely discrcdited by
the American authorities, who say it is
impossible that anything of the kind
should have happened or should be in
prospect without knowledge of it coming
to some army post.
Rumors of a mere or less alarmist char
acter have been plentiful around Havana
for some time. 1t is said, for instance,
that this general or that is about to take
to the woods, and it is apparently true
that certain men are nursing programs
hostile to the American administration.
In any event no trouble is likely to occur
until after Congress meets,
Many Americans here believe that if
nothing is done toward giving the Cubans
some definite assurances, if not precise
date, regarding the independence of the
island, there will be rising of some sort,
although opinions differ widely with re-
gard to what it will amount to. Some
believe that the malcontents will be
practically bandits, easily controlled by
few troops. Others hold that the Using
would be formidable and would call for a
large American force.
There was gathering of 1000 persons
Monday at the cemetery to commemorate
the anniversary of the execution of eight
Cuban students by Spanish volunteers in
1871. Father De Val, who celebrated
mass, spoke briefly, declaring that the ex-
ecution was an act of murder. He said
that he himself was "more Cuban than
a priest, and ever ready to sacrifice life
for the independence of Cuba A pro-
cession was formed at the school of medi
cine and moved to the Punta, where the
memorial stone was unveiled.