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The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-18
1T FLOATS.


Commodore Perry had not yet
electrified a grateful nation with his
immortal message, eve have met the
enemy and they are ours" While
The battle was in progress the sound
of the guns was heard at Cleveland,
about sixty miles away in a direct
line over the water. The few settlers
there were expecting the battle and
listened with intense interest. Finally
the sounds ceased. They waited for
n renewal. None came; the lull was
painful. Then they knew the battle
was over; but the result, ahl hal was
the point. One old fellow who had
been lying fat with his ear to the
ground soon settledthat point. Spring
ing up he clapped his hands and
shouted: "Thank Godl they are
whipped they are whipped"
"How do you know?" the others in
quired.
"Heard the big guns lastl"
Perry's guns were the heaviest
The Buckeye.
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zone Years Seeding,
Nine Years Wsedinq. >

5yegtected impurities IN your blood quM
soEv SEEDS Of disease Of gyhtch you may
reVer get rid. If yom Blood is ever the
least bit impure, do rot delay but take
Hoods SarsaparaIa at once. In 50 doing
there is safety; IN delay there Is danger
Be sprs 10 get orIv Hoods. because
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MINISTER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Che Rev. George McArdIe Had Broodet
Over Financial Affairs.

Troy, N. Y. (SpecIai).-The Rev. George
McArdle, of Mechanicsville. cut his throat
n the presence OF his wife. The minister
lad been broo ling over a wrong that had
been done to him some time ago, and this,
n connection with financial difficulties, led
lim to commit the deed.
Some time ago Mr.. McArdle, while pas.
:or OF a church in Reynolds, became inter
ssted in a patent with q Johnstown man.
There was trouble over the partnership,
md criminal proceedings were instituted
against Mr.. McArdle. He was arrested, but
vas acquit ed.
He left the house on the morning of his
Heath with a razor In his hand. His wife
followed him toward the barn, and took
The razor away from him. He gave 1t up,
and told his wife that he was going into
The barn. She followed him, and found
hat he had another razor.
She attempted to take this away from
aim, but he brushed her aside, rushed to-
ward the garnet, and barred the door.
Then the minister opened a small win
low, through which his wife could not
get, and, In plain sight of her. drew the
.azor across his throat and fell dead. The
ioor was forced, but the man was dead.
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Agood ironer in a London laundry earns
50 to $2.50 daily.
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to him from the War Department at Wash.
ington OF the loss OF life and property
in the great hurricane In Porto Rico,
and directed that the War Department
officials take such action in the mat,
ter of relieving distress as seemed
proper to them under the circumstances.
Tho Secretary OF War, in obedience to this
order, has taken comprehensive action in
n circular appeal for aid addressed to the
Mayors of cities in the United States, and,
while waiting for substantial replies to this
address, he has directed the immediate
distribution of army rations.
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ToodJ SaaJab0l2a
:alNs1FTgI


Here is a new way of holding your
seat on a train when you have occa-
sion to leave it, The other morning
a travelling man of this city got on the
train and was walking through look
ing for IL seat, when he discovered one
which to all appearances vas unoccu-
pied. He went to it, and imagine his
surprise when he saw n siX-shooter
calmly resting on the cushion. He
passed on and found a seat in another
part of the car, He says that people
came in and started for that seat, but
as o as they saw what it contained
marched on. Try it some time,-Ar.
kansas City Traveller.
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Watch on Fllibusters.

HAVANA (By Cable). Lieutenant Schaum,
Collector OF Customs at Baracoa, in the
Province OF Santiago de Cuba, has seized
l43 carbines and 5000 rounds Of ammuni-
ton that were evidently intended for San
Domingo. Twenty-Five men, Cubans and
Dominicans, arrived by there on board the
Mortera. They have been kept under close
watch, as they are apparently planning to
take arms to San Domingo.
Maior-General Brooke is making every
effort to check tiibustering. All the col.
lectors had been duly notified from Ha-
ana to keep Il close watch upon the
twenty-five men who left this port on the
Mortera. Consequently, when the landing
was made at Baracoa, it was no surprise to
headquarters here. No attempt will be
made to prevent them from leaving Bara-
ooa IL they do not try to carry arms with
them.
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BRYAN ON NEW ISSUES.
The Results of His Conferences with III,
Iowa Democrats.


Dies MONIES, Iowa Especially. AT -four
different meetings William Jennings Bryan
approved the ourse adopted by the Iowa
Democrats in planning the campaign this
tall by dropping 16 to l, and substituting
therefor antitrust and -anti-expansion,
In an address to the County Chairmen he
said:
1.-THE Chicago Platform was written for
all time and the Democrat l. not under
obligation to reiterate its details, but as
new issues arise we may turn our attention
to them, take them into the family and
fight on them without apologizing for any
former fight We have made"
Later, before the State Central Commit
tee, he repeated this statement, giving his
approval to a money plank which contains
a simple endorsement OF the Chicago plat
form without giving attention to the ques,
ton Of ratio
In two addresses at night, delivered be.
fore large audiences, Mr.. Bryan gave es-
pecial attention to trusts and to expansion.
declaring that these Two issues are Of ut.
most Importance.
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st.Thomas was touched, but Antigua was
were destroyed.
The hurricane passed over Porto plata
ahu appears to hive ravaged the north of
tue Dominican Republic. The railroad
rom Porto Plata to San Domingo is no
In the Island Of st. Croix, the largest Of
rae virgin Islands, the destruction was ap.
pallfng. 1t was chiefly wrought nj Tho west
end, where the smaller houses are a tapgled
mass OF wreckage. Thirty persons were
kllled and the Inhabitants are In great dis
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London's city directory weighs clever
and one-half pounds.
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A NEW BRITISH COMMANDER.
Grave Situation Indicated by the Sending
of Walker to South Africa.

LONDON by Cable). General Sir Will
lam Francis Butler, who, it was announced
in a dispatch from Cape Town, would b,
relieved as commander OF the Britist
troops in South Africa, as u result of his
alleged Boer s~ympathies, has been recalled,
and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick
Walker has been appointed to replace him.
General Walker is regarded a. one of the
ablest men in the army. His appointment,
therefore, is taken to indicate that the sit
uation is graver.
The Daily Chronicle. which regards
General Buffers virtual dismissal as Fan
indication that the country is being hurried
into war, says: His offense was that he
spoke rough words of truth about that
precious organization, the South African
League. W. are convinced that he acted
for the honor and clear interests OF the
empire"
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PENSION ROLL A LITTLE SMALLER.
Report Shows a Decrease of e195 In til
Number.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Special. The ro-
port OF Commissioner OF Pensions Evans
for the fiscal year ended June 80 last
shows total disbursement OF sl9s, 25S, 1913
leaving a balance of 1857, 18S in the
Treasury out of the $40 900. 900 approprI-
ated. The total number of pensioners or
the roll June 80 was 991 SIG, Il decrease o,
2l95. There were 40, 99l names added te
the roll and 40. 1856 dropped. The report
shows the pension roll is decreasing.
During the year sixty-tbree pension at.
torneys were disbarred, ten suspended tive
dropped and one application for admission
to practice revoked. The total number OF
attorneys standing disbarred July !, 1899
was 1853,
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Sleeplessness from overwork, and
especially from literary work, says
the Hospital, requires rest and change
of air and scene. OF the measures
which conduce to sleep, matters OF
diet and nursing, and what may be
called management" one cannot be
too studious, for by their aid much
may be done to avoid the use OF
drugs.
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RELIEF MEASURES ADOPTED.
FAMINE Is impending and General Davis
Asks Immediate Aid,

WASHINGTON, d. @. Especially The War
department received a cablegran from Gen.
etal Davis giving fuller details OF the dam.
ase done In Porto Rico by the hurricane.
ueIeral Davis says a famine is impending,
Snu asks authority to issue rations to the
destitute. The message is dated at San
Juan, and saws:
Later reports show that the hurricane
was tar more severe in the interior and
southern part Of the island thai here. Data
LOT an estimate of the number of Porto
means who have lost everything are def
eleDt, but l am forced to believe the num-
Der on the island cannot fall below 100, 900
sous, anu a famine is impending. 1 ask
that $500, 900 pounds of rice aud beans,
equal quantities OF each, be Immediately
shipped on transports to Ponce and here.
Urgent appeals have been made to all post
commanders for food for the destitute. Am
L authorized to relieve distress by food Is
sues Rice and beans only desired.
Ihere nave been many deaths OF ma
tlyes by falling walls. So fur only one
soldier is reported dangerously injured.
several towns ore reported entirely de-
molished. As yet 1 have reports from only
tour ports-complete destruction of all bar
RACKS at two, and at two others one
company of each had barracks detroyed.
troops are in canvas.
NO reports yet from the largest ports,
and M~ayaguez, but they were In the
vortex OF the storm. At least half OF the
people in Porto Rico subsist entirely on
frult and vegetables, and the storm has
entirely destroyed this source of support"
The Wal Department tool prompt ac-
tton on General Dayis's report. The army
transport Mcpherson was ordered to sail
from New York to San Juan and Ponce
with supplies to relieve the destitute In
Porto Rico. Acting Commlssary General
Weston purchased in New York six hun.
dred thousand pounds of rice and six hun,
dred thousand pounds of beans for ship.
ment on the MCPHERSON.
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Fires on a~utocars are said to be be.
coming numerous in France with the
increase of automobiles. Many of
these fires are due to inexperience, or,
Tor instance, in q recent case, where
The attendant foolishly tried to fill the
reservoir with petroleum without ex-
tinguishing the burners.
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Miss Frances Day, formerlya nurse and
clerk in the New Jersey State Industrial
school for Girls, in a sworn statement
which was corroborated by Mrs. Mary G.
Miller. another former employc, accused
Mrs. Eyler, the superintendent, of beating
and otherwise ill-treatlng the inmates and
charged her with responsibility for the in
sanity Of Sadie Weisman.
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Mistook Him For a Ground Hog.

Hampton Predmore, Il farmer and we'll.
known milk dealer OF Stroudsburg, N. Y,
mistaking the head OF his neighbor, God
frey Transue, for u ground hog, shot and
instantly killed Transue on his farm.
Transue was in search Of u ground hog and
finding traces OF one laid down among a
lot of weels to awa the arrival OF the
animal. Predmore mistook the crouched
form OF Transue for a ground hog anil fired,
killing him almost instantly.
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Casearets CANDY Wa gisis refund money.
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MULES FOR ENcLAND's ARMY.


New ORLEANS, La, (SpecIal).-It has be-
come known that the English military
commission here, composed OF Major SEQ.
>eli and Captains Sonetly, Marsham and
F~enton, who were sent here under sealed
orders, and who were supposed to be in.
'estigating the Texas fever, are really
lere for the purpose of purchasing mules,
md perhaps other stock, for use in South
Africa, in the event of war with the Beers
some 5000 mules were similarly purchased
n 1892, in the Southwest, for use in the
Egyptian campaign, but got there too late
% be of any service.
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THREE KILLED AT A CROSSING.
Train Strikes a Carriage Containing .
Man and Two Women.

READING, Penn. Especially. - franklin
aassier, aged thirty-three years, soa OF
he proprietor of the Highland House
ibove Wernersville, n two guests.
Misses Hilda II. and Gertie Flelshman. OF
Harrisburg, aged twenty and TWENTY-FIVE
FEARS, respectively, whom he was driving
% the station there, were killed by the
Lebanon Valley express near that place.
I is said that Mr.. Hassler was warned not
% cross, but he thought he could make il
when the train came along at a high rate
# speed. The horse was also killed.
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IN the case OF Mrs. Annetta Flanders.
who died at Chicago of blood poisoning
..linn Home" a "divine healing" estRb-
usbment n Coroner's jury decided that
"Fldern Dewitt @. Holmes and Mrs. Hen
liz Rrateb. assistants to Dowie, were re.
anonsible. Both were placed in jail to
wall The Grand Jury's action, but were
~snbseauently released on bail.
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"Where did the dog bite the plain.
tih?"
"Just outside the planning mill"
81 asked you, sir, where the dog
bit-b-i-t-the PLAINTIFF
"Ohl In tie small of the back"
"Well, why didn't you say SO in the
first place."
81 did say So
"You claim you said small of the
back in the first pl0ce?'
"No, said lumbar region. "-Cleve.
land Plain Dealer.
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Do Your resr 1che nnd Rnrnl

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease
n powder for the feet. 1t makes Tight or
New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bun,
ions, Swollen, Hot, Gallons, Aching an
Sweating Feet. Sold by all Druggists,
Grocers and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent
FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy,
n Y
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Charles II. Bliss, Of Washington. cashier
Of the New England Mutual Life Insurance
Company, was drowned while bathing in
Ssyinp Station, He was cut in the breakers
and. having beer swimming for some time,
had become exhausted, W en- he was sud
dsnly thrown in an eddy. This, with a
strong current, soon took him beyond his
danth-
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PoxcE, Porto Rico tBy Cablol.-It is now
.nown that Ponce was the greatest suf-
'erer by the great hurricane. The rivers
Portuguese and Caaas flowed though the
,lty, drowning thousands Of people. Five
hundred bodies have been recovered.
The southern coast was swept clean as
lar as Yauco, eighteen miles, The towns
II Tallaboa and Juanadiaz were destroyed.
Only the large churches are left standing.
The storm Of 1867 killed 5000 people and
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The steamer Albion has arrived at San
Francisco, fifteen days from Cape Nome.
She reports that 100 people, men and wom.
an, without food or means, were picked IN
IN the Kotzebue beach by the revenue cut.
;er Bear and taken to st. Michael's.
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Held in a Coil of Red Hot Wire.

Joseph Moody, an employee of the Tren.
ton On. J.) Iron Company, became en-
tangled in a coil of red-hot wire that was
being drawn. Before he could be rescued
one of his legs was severed, being burned
in two by the wire.
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The British torpedo %gunboat Leda found
a French fishing boat, the Etoile de Mer
ashiug of Folkestone within the three
mile limit. The fisherman attempted &c
escape. and did not stop when a blank shot
was fired. The Leda then fired a shot
which disabled the Etolle de Mer ane
Killed the ~latter's helmsman.
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The royal mound of the HUI of Tara, in
County Meath, ON which the Kings Of Ire.
land for 1000 years were crowned with
great pomp, has been destroyed by II gem
tleman of the amt of Glover, who hoped
to find the Ark of the Covenant bur ed
there. 1t is needless to say that he did not
find II
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Many Cities, Towns and Vii
lages Destroyed and Hun
dTedS Of It's 9}tr
adds 70 HORROR
The War Department at Washington
Sends immediate Aid to the
Destitute islanders,

too ooa Persons in stricken Porto Rico
Must Have Help at once swollen
Rivers Sweep Through the City of
Ponce-5OO bodies Found on the Day
After the storrn-AII Food supplies De-
stroycd-TerriBIc Destitution Through
out ths Is~iand-General DAVE Ieie-
graphs Tor Aid-Hurricane General
in tn. West ladies and Many Towns
Completely Destroyed.
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Representative Warner said in Washing.
on that he believed Thomas B. Reed
would remain In Congress, and only de.
slined the Speakership because he wished
20 advance views contrary to the Admins.
;ration's policy on the floor OF the House
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Five New Regiments.

Plans have been completed by the Wa,
Department, Washington, for the enlist
ment OF five additional volunteer regiments
to be known as the Thirty-elghth, Thirty.
ninth, Fortieth, Forty-iirst and Forty
second Infantry.
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There + in Boston "A, 207 persons
born in British America, including
Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Prince Edward Island and Newfound-
Io~
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Two Million Bushels of Wheat Lost.

Two million bushels of wheat are esti-
mated to have been lost by the hailstorm
which partially destroyed the crop on
nearly two hundred and fifty thousand
acres oil land in North Dakota.
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William Waldorf Aston, announces Lon
don Truth can never be an English peer,
as a law passed in the reign of william
III. deprtves the Crown OF tho right of
comforting the honor ON natnrnllzeh aliens.
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An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value Of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effeetually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling n
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ky. NEW YORK. N. z.
For sale b. all DrfIggizts. Price SOC. per bottle
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no Educate rlty cuban Girls.

Mira. A. G. Steele, ma'ron of the Steele
o~rphsnage (colored), ut Chattanooga
q,enp.. has arranged with General Fitzhugt
Zee to educate and raise MY CUBAN Or
phan girls.
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Less than two hundred American sol.
diers. who are employed in guarding the
forts. now remain in Havana, all the other,
having been sent to camp at Marianao IL
order 10 avoid tho spread of epldemics.
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. S2trlal bottle and treatise free
DR. r. II. KLINE. Ltd, DBL Arch St., Phila., Pa.
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To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full of life, nerve and visor, take MOTTO
BAG, the w~onder-worker, that makes weak mer
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, chicago or new YORK
There were about $4,000 japanese ii
Hawaii in 1898.
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In battle only one bali out of e~lghty-nve
takes effect.
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Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, ~softens the gums, reduces lnflamma-
ton, nllays pain, cures wind collie, 25c.a bottle.
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There are only $50 miles of railroad in
China.
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Professional etiquette prevents French
Judges and judicial officials from riding in
omnlbuses.
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Ever Have a Dog Bother You

When riding a wheel. making you wonder
for a few minutes whether or not you are tt
get a fall and a broken neck? WOULDN'T yot
means Of driving off the beast2 A few drop,
Of ammonia shot from a Liquid Pistol woult
do it efreciuaily, and sim not permanently
for ffty cnnts in stamps by New York UnloI
supply Co, is Leonard st, New York City
Every bicyclist at times wishes he had one
IL. 1iraoForv vaiohe clever
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Educnte your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathnrtio, cure constipation forever.
iOc, Csc. II c. C. O. fell, druggists refund money.
The fraternities of the United States
have over G, 900, 600 members.
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President Orders Distress Relieved.
PLArTsBURG, N. Y. STANDARDIZATION
Mckinley, who is spending his vacation
here, was shocked at the news forwarded
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Only one person in four in London earns
moro thar So n week.
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A load of two tons can be readily carried
by a fu~ll-grown elephant.
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In 1893 Ell whitney invented the cotton
gin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

Odette Tyler who is booked to appear
here shortly in a dramatization in An
thony Hopes famous story, 'Phroso," is
reaping golden words of praise for her
rendering of the role. Both the play and the
star are to be presented here by Charles
Frohrnan, and 1t is promised that the en-
tire Empire Theater production will be
brought here for the performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21
Hemorrhaue Causes Death.

Edward E. Pugh, sixty-two years old,
who kept a carpenter shop at No. 334 Jack
son Hall alley, died suddenly in his shop
about o'clock yesterday. Death was
caused by hemorrhage The police were
notified and the body was removed to the
morgue.
Coroner Carr gave a certificate of death
from natural causes. The deceased was
unmarried His body will probably be
claimed by friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-21

This week Mr.. Burke is making tour
of all the vaudeville houses in the east
from Philadelphia to Boston. His purpose
is to see all that can be seen of the acts
booked yet to appear at the Grand, and
also to witness the work Of the latest i'm
portations," as the foreign artists are
called. Most of these latter come over un-
der longtime contracts with the managers
Of the great amusement halls in New York
city, where they appear week after week.
until their names 10 longer draw or their
act no longer can be changed. If Mr.. Burke
is pleased by any of these and can make a
suitable contract, Washington will be the
first to see them after New York has had
her fiji. In this respect, the Burke 81
Chase management expect to place the New
Grand ahead of even Boston or Philadel-
phia Negotiations are pending by which
Cissie Lotus. Ada Colley, and all the re-
cent metropolitan successes may come here
at an early date.
Frank Daniels, who will be here soon
with his new opera, The Ameer," is very
much pleased with the success he won in
Its first production last week. Writing to
a friend here of the production he said
Il believe that the opera has succeeded
chiefly on account of its abundance OF
comedy. The disasters of my good friends
who left the paths of comedy for those OF
a more serious character are In no way
responsible for my making this opera strict
ly along comedy lines. Some actors insist