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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-12

The morning OF the soth dawned.
The paymaster was due at the post at
ten o'clock. Shortly before guard
mount Sergt. O'Brien took the morn
ing repOrt-book to Capt. Gresham's
quarters for him to sign, as was his
daily custom.
Those rolls are done, sergeant2"
'Yis, sir, all except one or two
changes to be made" answered the
sergeant.
well, I'm going on officer of the
day, and I'll come ovc- after guard
mount to sign them. After the pay
master comes, you can take nat guard
of and put Schuyler on duty : gain"
Guard-mount came, Capt. Gresham
reported to the commanding officer as
new officer of the day, and started for
the orderly-room. The sentry was
pacing to and fro in front Of the door,
and, as the captain approached, faced
out and came to ''preset,t saber." which
the captain Acknowledged by a slight
motion of the had toward his helmet
Sergt. O'Brien approached at the same
tine and followed the captain into the
room.
A strange sight met their eyes.
Stretched upon the floor, near the desk,
and with the chair lying partly under
him, was the inanimate form OF Private
Schuyler. His face, neck and hands
were covered with a bright, reddish
fluid.
my Godl Sergeant, what's this?
Has the man cut his throat? He seems
TO be dead" exclaimed the captain.
Blood apparently covered everything.
The precious muster-rolls were lying
upon the desk, drenched and dripping
in apparent gore, and on the floor was
a large red pool. The captain went TO
Schuyler, felt his pulse and listened for
the beating of his heart. Hes alive"
he said, in a relieved tone, ''but what's
all this red stuff? It isn't blood" Just
at this moment he got a Whit of breath
from Schuyler, whose mouth was open.
whisky, by thunderI or something
very like it. Sentryi"
Sir" came through the open door.
''Has this man had anything to
drink"
''No, sir. He was writing there not
half an hour ago." answered the sentry
''Well, this beats me. Sergeant, what
do you make of it?"
Sergt. O'Brien had been pursuing hiE
Investigations, and his first discovery
was that a quart bottle of red ink
which he had drawn that morning foI
office use, was lying upon its side OF
the desk, except for some rivulets of rec
which still flowed over the muster
rolls.
well, sir, it's this way. That maj
there is drunk, and he got drunk OIL
red ink. Red ink you know, sir, il
about three-quarSers alcohol; he prob
ably knew it and drunk it up" and TIL
sergeant picked up the bottle and con
temptuously poured the little remain
ing red ink upon the PROSTATE FORM
This explains why the paymaster dit
, not pay off M troop that day. Their
were no muster-roIls to pay of with
It Also explains why the general court
martial, which tried Private Schuyle
. some time afterward, sentenced him I
a year at Fort LeavenwOrth militar.
prison, for violation of the sixty-seS
: ond article Of wsr."-San Francisc
I | Argonaut.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-12

'.How much do you wRnt7" he asked
his wife at the breakfast table last
Monday. make it light one, for I
couldn't get hand last night and
dropped $12 in anteing."
''Gambler!" she Missed. ITO think
that I should be mated to q gambieri"
AT got into those fellows for SIS Last
night" he remarked at the breakfast
table yesterday. Pack up few things
to-day and wen go down to the heach
over Sunday"
when are you going to keep your
promise and teach me poker, dear?''
she asked him sweetly, coming around
to his side of the table.-Washingt
Post. a.
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Car No. So of the "a" belt line picked
up party of demure-looling school
girls somewhere on the north half of
its run. After they were seated COM
fortably, one Of them called the con-
ductor and asked: ''Does this car 60
to the African NJ. e. church," The
conductor said, politely: ayes, ma'ans-"
Whereupon the speaker turned TO her
companions and remarked in q tn
umphant whisper that did not need a
megaphone to be heard at the other
end of the block: ''There, girls, what
did I tell you? This car does go tc
church. You've no idea how good cars
are in Albany Albany Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-08-12

fcFlD III IN JllYC q
TRAIN LEAVE RICHMoND--UNIoE DRlOI
. 80 A. "a, Daily Arrives Petersbnrr. On
NJ, Norfolk II rs A. NJ stcps oni1
~ Az, fesersorrg. Wavsrly ana spk--
s:cs A. n. Daily Arrives Petersburg s.@
NJ. Weldon a AS A N. Fayettrvt
a:15 p NJ. Charleston 10 20 s1ver
nah II 90 A NJ. JacksonvfIlef
4 NJ Fort Tampa 8 10 p nj Con
rixtzg at Goldsboro $40 p
s MIsl%spg no. y SO 2. n: PulIgass;
IL 30 A ~ Daily except Sunday ArrIvos N.
tsrsburR y % p NJ Stops Manche.
ter. D ewry's Bluff, Centralfa' ana
Chester on signal
SSs p Il. Daily. Local. Arrives Pet.rs-
burg f:le p NJ. Makes all stopx
s.So Z. NJ Daily Arrives Petersburg s 20 p.
NJ; Makes all local stops. r. 4 p.
ESQ P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburv 40.
M, connects with Norfolk and
western for Norfolk and immedi-
ate points. Emporia $40 ICON
meets with A. and d. for stations
between kmporfa and Lawrenoe
Yliie). weldon o:42 M Favettes,
vile 1907 a. m. Charleston so2 a
M. savannah 8 &c ., M, Jackson
vllle 90 p, m, Port Tampa 3 as a
NEwLrNE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA
fOINTS--Arrtving Aiken :96 A
M. Augusta 10 A. M. Macon III
s;m.. Atlanta ls:16 p III. PuiIman
sieepers New York t0 Wilmington
Jscksonville. Polt Tampa, Aiken.
o.oon =. Augusta and Macon.
~" n. baiiy, arrives Petersburg p.ss
M, Weldon II ;20 P. NJ Makcs
Local stops between Petersbu -
sbt Weldon. Arrives Lynchbu re
215 NJ Roanoke. Va. f:xO A NE
bristol, Va. 1910 A N Pullman
sleeper Richmond TO Lynchburr-
1Vto r NJ, Daily. Arrives PesersDurs AZ 80
p. M,
Trains Arrive Richmond.
S'zo A. NJ, Daily, from Jacksonville, Savan-
nah, Charleston, Atlanta. Macoa-
- Augusta. and all points south
e'1e n NJ, Daily except Sunday Atlanta
Athens, and Raleigh. Hendernoa,
- LynchburG and the West.
S.Ss A. NJ, Daily Petersburg Local
CIV A N, sunday only. From Atlanta Ath-
ems, and Raleigh, and Hendersea.
Lynehbrrg, and the West.
~ 10 a. NJ Daily. Norfolk, suffolk and Ps-
1:85 p. M. Daily except Sunday from, D.
tersburE. Stops Chester. Central
ia, Drewry's Blur aud Manchester
on signal.
10 +. n, Daily Jacksonville. Savannah
Charleston, Wtlmington, Gc.dsborc
and all points south.
''oo e NJ. Daily Norfolk. Su6olk, Wayerly
and Petersburg
s:oo z. NJ, oatly. Petersburg, LynchburR ana
I. N. EMERSON,
- G = AzTL -, Trafic Manager
HIM EMERSON.
General Passenger Agent
y. .. CAAknELL,
Division Passenger Agent
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A Kansas boy with the regulars going
to Manila writes thus to his folks:
For a time this morning we were very
badly frightened because we thought
we were lost at sea. One of the sailors
told us that the captain had neglected
to wind the compass the night before;
that it had run down. and that nobody
knew where we were or which way to
sail. After awhile we found 1t was one
of those fool sailor jokes. "-Kansas
City Journal.
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WANTED-Twenty industrious col
ored men to hn positions in Richmond,
Petersburg and Newport News, Va.
Must be able to read and write. Steady
employment and good pay to right par
ties. Full particulars cheerfully fur
nished on application Apply by letter
in own handwriting.
UNITED M'F'd FURNISHING, Co.,
11O7, & 1109 E. Main st. Richmond Va
8,18-4m
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Southern Railway
SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE
IN EFFECT MAY. 16, 1899.
Train Lsaves Richmend. Va.
i1.oe M-No II SOUTHxRNExPRESd ally 70,
Atlanta. Augusta Jacksonville. and
points South Sleeper for DAnvtlle.
Greens boro. Salisbury. and Charlotte.
sleeper open II Richmond $50 y. N
steps for passengers nt local stations.
Connects 40 Danville ed Charlotte.
with New York and Florida Express
INC ISL carrying through sieepers be.
tween New York and Tampa. with con
nections for all Florida points. also
connects at Danville, CharIoIte with
the Washington and Southwestern Lin
tied (Ho .S11 carrying eleepere New
York and Nashville New York And
Memphis and NewYorh and New Or
leans. with connections for all points
in Texas and California.
- "a No. z, solid train daily for Chat
lctte, N. G. Connects ct Hoeeley WITH
EArmvtlle and PowhatAn railroad ~
Ke9svtlle for Clavksville. Oxford Zen.
dcrs0n and DurhaB and at Greenaboyo
for Durham, Raleigh. and winston.
salem at Danville with NO. IS UnAted
new Orleans and points South, which
carries sleopers New York 70 New Or.
leans ana New York 70 jacksonville
and Miami for Nassau and Habsua.
phts also. Pullman Tourist Nleeper
every Tuesday and Friday, Washin gton
30 San Francisco without change.
90 r. ~, NO IL, LOCAL. daily except sunday
for Keysvtlle and intermediate potnt1
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
rs ?. NJ. from Atlanta Augusta. Ashsvifi'
and all points south.
| 20 p. NJ, from Reysville End local stations.
LOCAL FREIsET TRAINS.
NOS. 81 aud 81. between Manchester ana ~
L aDol1a. Va
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Father-Who is the best writer IN
your class, Bobby2
Bobby-Jack Bulger. He writes the
excuses for every Teller in the class
Judge.
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YORK RIVER LINE, WEST "a Po1S1
The Fsvorite Route North.

LEAVE RICHMOND
Train Ne. 16, 4:SO d.
BALTIMORE LIMITED, Daily, except sunday.
for West Point, there making close connection
at West Point with steamer for Baltimore.
Train No. 10, also P. u.
LOCAL EXPRESS, daily except Sunday, for
West Oing and intermediate sta tons. con.
meets with stage at Lester Manor To walker
ton and TappahaDnock: also at West Point
with steam ers for Baltimore. Stops at al sta
tions.
Train No. 20. SEQ A. n.
LOCAL MIXED, leaves daily, except sunday
and intermediate stations, connecting with
stage at LestoR manor for WalkertoA and Tap
pahannock,
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
0s2oa IN. Daily,
io:4S A. m except Sundays and Mondays.
6:80 D m. Daily, except Sunday from Wese
Point and intermediate stations
Steamers leave West Point West Point dai
~ except sunday 800 p. n. Arriving Baiti'
more s 80 following morning; returning leave
Baltimore at IA daily except Sundsy, ar
irving West P5iet : 80 and RIct mond 9.2J TO-
lowing morning
steamers call az Almonds Wharf and Gleu-
cester Point Tuesdays and Satu rdavs at Clay
bank and Yorktown Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
@. w. WESTBURY,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
o2o E. xain IS Richmond. We.
J. n. GULF, ". A. xurks
Trafac Manager. eea- PASS Ags.
FRANK 8. CANNON.
Third vioe-President and General Manage
Washington, ID. q.
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- y ~ Chesa peake and
0aWU$ Ohio Railway.
ROUTE.
EFFECTIVE JAN. 10, 1899.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND,
RROA ET,T GTAT1ON


TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND.
BROAD-STREET STATION
200 Z. NJ, DAILY, With Parlorcar, for princi-
pie stationa. Newport News old
Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth.
Connects at Norfolk with New York
steamers. except Tuesday.
las P. NJ, Daily with Pullman. for local
stations, Newport news, old Point,
Norfolk and Portsmouth. Connects
ut Old Point with Washington
steamers, daily with Baltimore
steamers except Sunday.
10 s20A. NJ, Day Express except Sunday
for Clifton Forge. Connects At
Gordonsvtlle for Orange.
Calverton, Manassas. AlexaR-
dria, and Washington, at Union
Station, Charlottesville for Lynch
nurg:at Basic for Hagerstown-
AIS Pi NJ. Daily with Pullmans TO Ctnctnna.
Il. Louisville end 81. Louis Stops
only at important stations Con-
meets at Gordonsville for Orange
and at Orange with Southern Ry.
northbound; at Covington for Va.
Meals served o. D1niE.s cars
No. Local Trains oxcept sun
day. following above train from
C3ordonsvtile to Stanton
80 p NJ. Accommodation, except Sunday for
10 10 .. m, Daily, for Cincinnati, with Pull
man 20 Hinton w. Va, and Cor
louisville 20 Cincinnati and Leu
tsville. Heals served on Dining
Cars. Connects at Staunton lex
cept sundaylfor Winchester, Va,
and At Covtngtcn, Va. daily for
Virgins BOT bpfthkt-
TRAINS LEAVE EIGHTH-STREET
STATION.
ic.so A n, Daily, for lexington Lynchou re-,
and Clifton Forge. Connects ex-
cept sunday with Buckingham, Al
berene, aud Branches, and a. Cliff
ton Forge With No. lfor Cincinnati
80 r ~. Except Sunday. for Columbia.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND,
BROAD-STREET STATION.
500 A. a., Except Sunday from Boswell.
$50 A. ~. Daily from Cincinnati.
1870 a. n, Daii from Norfolk and old
Point
$50 ?. NJ, Daily. from Cinoinnasi and Louis
Csc =. n, Daily. from Norfolk. and Old
T,4s y. r.. EScsps Sunday. frsz clifton
Forge.
TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET
STATION.
L asse A. n, Except Sunday from Columhia
70 ?. n, Daily from Lynchburg, Lexington
and Clifton Forge, and except
Sunday Kew Castle, and Rosney
JOHN d. POTTS,
Asst. General Passenger Agent
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The same Girl
Graham and EaSleyS
.sE- CREA1 PARLOkS,

500 h. - Richmond Va
D.s 'papNE. 1904
Steam lce-Crcam Mandatory
lev Cream made daily both " .ntv
and Summer, and we can supply you
with any quantity at all times. Salts
action guar an eed, Special attention
given to all orders. % Sm.
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Crawfcrd-What's that fellow doing
who invented all those puzzles2
Crabshaw-He's devising new ways to
fold railroad time tables.-TowD Top
les. *:
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He Knew.

Teddy (who has just begun to go to
schooD-Papa, do you know what six
boys and five girls make?
EYES," answered his father, "a rack
et."-Harper's Bazaar.
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the offending sentry would go.
The plan seemed to work very we'll.
Thanks 20 the vigilance OF the sentries,
there seemed no possible way in which
Schuyler could get anything to drink.
His meals were brought to him from
the troop kitchen three times a day,
and he worked steadily on the muster
rolls. Capt. Gresham visited the order
| ly-room several times daily. and no
ticed, with much satisfaction, that
| Schuyler's work was progressing favor
ably.
Four sets of muster-rolls were re-
quired-one for the troop records, one
for regimental headquarters, one for
the payynaster, and one for the adjutant
generals Office. 1t was imperative that
the rolls should be clean and accurate
and, as they are written on parchment
they should last for ages. Schuyler
seemed in every way equal to the task
and the work went steadily on. His
craving for liquor increased the Longer
he was away from it, and he urged tht
sentries to get him something to drink
but they sternly drove him back to his
work. The peyrnaster was to appear OF
the both of April, and the rolls had to b
Heady on that morning.
Capt. Gresham went to the orderly
room ON the evening Of the goth ant
: found the muster-rolls completed
with the exception of some trifiing de
tails which could only be inserted Of
? the following morning.
Schuyler, those are the neatest mus
ter-rolls I ever saw. Why can't you lie
a whisky alone? If you only could I
make you troop clerk at once" said tn
captain.
; Captain, can't. I've tried pr
h tried, but liquor has got such ho.a G.
: me that 1 can't give it up" and Schu.
t Ter, what with the weakness due to h
unaccustomed abstinence and, possibl
d some recollection of his wasted hf
d broke completely and began to cry.
/ The captain looked at him kcenly Z.
n a moment, then said: schuyler, T.
e sorry for YOU" and went back to h
IS quarters. -----------.-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
CAMILLE" IN CHINESE.
[From the London Chronicle.I

TF'rom the London Chronicle.1
Mrs. Archibald Little on Saturday ex-
pressed a, hope that the intellect of
China would not be debased in the near
future by a course of Balzac and Her
bert Spencer. So far as anything can be
ascertained as to the tendencies of liter
airy taste in the Flowery Land, there is
not likely to be any craving just yet for
such strong meat as is supplied by eth
er of those authors. Sentimental rO-
nance seems to appeal more strongly to
the reading public of China and g, flavor
of decadence has its attractions, while
the ''goody gOOdy'' enjoys wide popu-
larity.
Nevertheless, a Frenchman has just
succeeded in translating La Dame aux
CameHas' in to the Mandarin dialect
under the title of THE Lady with the
Tea Flowers: A Study of Partisan Man
ners.'' So great has been it's success that
a leading native paper in Shanghai has
offered d good round sum for the serial
rights But a critic thinks that some
thing a little more insipid, say, LIE
Roman dun Jeune Homme Pauvre,'
would secure wider appreciation and a
larger sale.
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the most seriously hurt, but their
wounds are not fatal. Mr.. Belize is a
stenograp her in the Office of Traffic
Manager Thomas, of the Erie system,
with headquarters at Cleveland.
Several thieves from Port Jervis, who
it is supposed reached the scene of the
wreck on the relief train, ransacked the
clothes of the passengers during the
period of excitement
E. View, a millinery decorator, of
New York, lost clothing containing $500
in bills and a gold watch. F. S. Gill
patrick, of Denver, lost 800, a gold
watch, diamond pin and a diamond
stud. On the way to the hospital he no
ticed a man wearing his trousers. They
went through the pockets together, but
found the money gone. The man said
that the trousers had been given him
that the money and valuables must
have been distracted before he received
the present OF the garment.
After several hours search the bodies
Of Engineer Outwater and Fireman
Sells were found under their engine by
persons attached to the Wrecking train.
Both bodies had been burned to the
waist The men were identified by their
watches.
Conductor Welse, who was removed
to his home, was not seriously injured.
He had a train check in his possession,
showing three persons as yet unac-
counted for. Two were from Cleveland
and one from Cattaraugus. The Cat
taraugus man Travelled on an editorial
ticket. 1t is believed that they took re-
fuge in the vicinity of the wreck and
that they will be heard from later.
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A GREEN ROSE.
ISir Edwin Arnold in The London Tele-
graph.l

rSir Edwin Arnold in The London Tele-
graph.
In the spacious and shady garden of
a relative, not far from Meopham, I
have seen this week a bush of green
roses. The buds and blossoms, be it
understood, were not merely greenish,
nor striped or Variegated with green.
but perfect green roses in shape and
make, with calyx, corOlia, petals-every-
thing, all alike-of a, bright, vivid color,
exactly resembling that of the ordinary
green leaf OF the rosebush. Some of the
blooms were of the ordinary size, and
fashioned like a tea rose, or small GlOire
de DIXON, and many among them were
most symmetrically formed and finish
ed. Perhaps, since have the honor of
the friendship of the Dean of Rochester,
and know his most delightful books
about roses, I ought not to have been
so astonished at a green rose. Dean
Hole is sure to have written something
wise and learned about this particular
vagary of nature, which I may have
forgotten; but, certainly, the great, bold
rosebush at Meopham, with its score or
more of grass green flowers, was at the
time a true surprise. There exhaled a
faint perfume of briar from these en-
erald colored mOnstrOsities-but what
could possibly induce the queen of the
garden thus to abdicate her lovely col
ors and splendid traditions and look
like a tuft of grass or a button of St
Johns wort? After that bush, I, at
least, am quite prepared to hear Of
blue roses and black roses without in
credulity
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POOLING KIT CARSON.
CFrom the Ch1cago RecordN

(F'rom the Chicago RecOrd-)
Kit CarsOn's rifle, which was carried by
never failed him, is now a precious relic
in the possession of the MOnteZuma lodge
of MasOns at Santa Fe, of which he was
As an Indian fighter Carson was match
less and no one understood better than he
the habits and nature of the savage He
deceived but. once by Indian tactics He
said that he was hunting with six others
after buffalo in the summer OF 1885, that
they had been successful and came into
their little biVOuac very tired, intending to
start for the rendezvous at Bent's fort
the next morning. They had a number
mails. These barked a good deal, and
seemed restless, and the men heard
wolves.
I saw said Kit, 1.-TWO big wolves
sneaking about, one of them quite close
TO US Gordon, one of my men, wanted
to nre his rifle at it, but 1 did not let
that / had a sort of idea that those wolves
might be Indians, but when noticed one
of them turn short around and heard the
claShing of his teeth he rushed at one
tain that they We're wolves sure enough.
But the red devil fooled me after all, for
hands under the Wofskin. and he ratified
them together every time he turned to
make q. dash at the dogs Well, by and
Dy we al dOze0 on, and 1t WASH I long be-
fore was suddenly aroused by a noise
and a big blaze I rushed out the first
thing for our mules and held them. If
could have killed US in a trice, but they
ran as soon as they fired at US They
killed one OF my men. putting five bullets
IN his body and eight in his buffalo robe.
The Indians were band of Sioux on the
war trail after a band of Snakes. and
found US by sheer accident They en-
deavOred to ambush US next morning, but
we got wind of their little game and killed
three of them, including the chief"
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ATTACKS IT'S MISTRESS.
Woman Over 20 Years Old Fights For
Her Life With Vicious Dog.

Galesburg, Ill. July 31.-Mrs. P. B.
Bennett, who lives south of this city
and is over 20 years old, yesterday ar
ternOOn had a terrible struggle with
large and vicious mastiff and is in a
serious condition. She gave the dog a
piece of chicken and then brought it
some water, when the brute sprang
ferOciously upon her and bore her to
the ground, and by its great weight
kept her down, trying meanwhile to get
a [ her throat.
Mrs. Bennett is strong and vigorous
for her years, and fought desperately
for her life. No one was near at the
time, and she was near complete ex-
haustion when at the end of half an
hour she was rescued.
Physicians from here report that her
arms were terribly torn, and the cuts
had to be seWed up. Her face was
scratched and bruised also, and the top
of her head had been bitten. There are
bites and scratches about the body. 1t
is deemed a miracle that she escaped
alive.
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WHERE LINCOLN DIED.
House to Be Overhauled and Repaired,
Except Two Rooms

Washington. D. c., July s1.-The house
where Abraham Lincoln died the morn
ing after being carried there from Ford s
theater, where he was shot by John
Wilkes Booth. located at No. SIC Tenth
street, between E and f streets, north
west is to be put in first class repair.
The work of OVerhauhng is already in
progress under the supervision of Colonel
Theodore Bingham, the superintendent of
public buildings and grounds. The work
was commenced July and it is expected
to be completed some time in September
The last congress appropriated 50, S33 for
the purpose and it IS expected that all of
it will be used in carrying out the pro-
posed alterations. The building is to
be thoroughly overhauled and placed in
good condition; Two or three rooms viii
not be touched The room in which Lin
coin died, on the first floor at the end of
the hall will not be changed in any way.
The entire building, with the exception
of the, rooms mentioned, viii be newly
papered and painted and the floors re-
paired where necessary The house is
one of the principal places of interest
to tourists who visit the city and thOus-
ands go there and pass through it every
year. In it is a collection of relies of
the incidents with which Abraham Lin
coin was connected, which is the most
valuable in existence.