Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1888, Page 6

IN MURDERERS’ ROW. Men Who are Waiting for Trial or for the Noose. ‘TEE ROW BETTER FILLED Now THAN EVER BE- VORE—GOME OF THEM RESIGNED, OTHERS DE- SPONDENT AND OTHERS INDIFFERENT—PRISON- ERS AT THE JAIL WHO ATTRACT NOTICE. ‘There are now more prisoners in “murder ers’ row” at the District jail than was ever known at one time before. Outside of the “‘purderers” there are Mut few prisoners who attract much attention. Newman, the man with many aliases, and many love affairs, who Was arrested because he disappointed Mrs. Kate Smith, attracts the attention of all visi- tors. He spends most of his time reading ‘beoks and papers, and takes great pride in the arrangement of his toilet so as tomake a favor- able impression on female visitors. He admits that his fondness for pretty females is his weakness and the cause of his present trouble. ‘When first incarcerated he lost flesh, but he has since recovered, and is now much stouter than when he entered the institution. While he likes to look at the female visitors he is worried when they —— because he thinks they are coming to identify him. He is ag ester, and on account of his il] health when he entered the jail his fare has been extra Then there is Brown. alias Brick, alias Hunt, who stole Mrs. Potter's diamonds. He is a novice in prison, = = many bones new comers, com) o absence of butter at bis first ba amy very reticent, and has but little to say. He neither sends nor receives aay and never has any visitors to see His statement that he is a Virginian is @iscredited by the guards, who believe he came from the north. RECONCILED TO HIS PATE. Albert Green, who has been twice convicted of the murder of James Lucas, in whatis known as the “broom-drill” murder, and is waiting to receive his sentence, is reconciled to his fate, and says he has made his peace. He reads his Bible every day, and receives the visits of a number of relatives and friends, including Mr. Roberis, his spiritual adviser. Nelson Colbert, the young man who killed Philip Wentzel, at the Columbia-car stables, Fol age a large portion of his time reading the Bible. He is quiet, and has but little to say, He never speaks of his case. ‘liam Bri who killed William Jones on Columbia road during a quarrel about a hat, is somewhat older than Green or Colbert, and is much worried over his conviction. He is badly broken up, so to speak, and does not ex- pect a new trial, He reads religious pay and is visited by many relatives and frien: James Payne, who killed Robert Jackson over agame of “crap,” in Howardtown, is not uber opp | inclined as the others. He has been in jail before, and thinks more of the outside world than he does of his future life. Walker and James Tolliver are held as accesso- ries to the murder. They are less than twenty yearsold. They are quiet, and it is their first time in prison. Their father visits them re; inv, and has employed counsel to look after m. BROKEN DOWN WITH GRIEF. Robert , the wife murderer. is broken down with griéfand is the most despondent One in the “row.” He is much older than the others. He is permitted to exercise a great deal to keep up his spirits, but his mental sufferings are intense. He receives frequent visits from his mother, brother and sister. Frank Pickett, Benjamin Watkins, Alfred Jones and Samuel Broadus, colored boys from sixteen to eighteen years old, are held for the murder of Charles Bailey. None of them seems to appreciate his situation. is Williams, colored, who killed ex- policeman Alder at Benning’s, has grown stout since his confinement. He is indifferent and doesn’t seem to care what becomes of him. Albert Dodson, colored, who killed the old man, Oscar Washington. near Glenwood ceme- fry, is about twenty-five years old. He has been in jail before and is consequently use to life. He has many relatives and friends who visit him. Most of his time is spent in writing to his friends. He is anxious to work, but is not permitted to do so, because the labor about the jail is performed by men who are under jail sentences. Frederick Barber, colored,who was convicted of throwing Agnes Watson into the canal and drowning her, does not take his conviction as bard as Briggs, nor is he as religiously inclined. He has but few visitors and sel inds cause for complaint. William Warren, colored, who killed William Brown in Hughes’ alley over a game of crap, bas but little to say and seldom has any vis- itors. THE ONLY WOMAN. Grace Smallwood, the only female charged with murder, does not appear toappreciate her condition. She is charged with killing her own child. Thomas F. Sullivan, the only white person charged with killing. is under a sentence of one year for manslaughter in taking the life of An- drew Lipscomb. He works hard about the building. His friends are now working to se- eure a pardon for him. —— Wit from Paris. ‘Translated from French Papers. Dr. X. has just come to operate on one of his patients, whose leg he is going to ampu- tate. One of the friends of the victim takes him aside: “Do you think, doctor,” he inquired, “that he will recover?” “He? Not a shadow of hope, my dear ? “Then what is the use of making him suf fer “Eb, how the deuce is one going to tell a sick person allat once that he is a goner? He must be amused a little first!” At the dressmaker’ Dressmaker—‘There is not sufficient ma- terial, madame, for a train nine feet long.” Customer—“Indeed! How much is want- ier—“‘About half a yard.” Customer—“‘Oh, well, make the more decollete, and you will get enough out of it for the train.” Feminine criticism: “What a viper that Mme. Z— is!” “There’s no use in making her out as bad as that, my dear. She only tries to bite in order to make us believe she has some teeth left.” ptamncntndmsr br = sss At a Boston Dinner Party. Boston Letter to the New Orleans Picayane. There were two children in the family, a girl and @ boy of ten and eleven years respectively. Very naturally they were not given seats at the table, but they were present none the less. The cherubs stood at either end of the festive board throughout the long repast, the boy leaning upon his mother’s shoulder and the girl reclining gracefully upon that of her ~The attitude of each was studied— evidently the result of drill—and intervals the; in the general conversaton, 7 ~ Ca paleninepelarsd hostess would introduce the discussion of Browning's poetry, and after each one of had expressed an opinion, favorable 5 H mot elicit , whereat ingens would hides motest than "s bosom. Next came the boy’s FE ut Te I can’t help it. My voice goes of itsown accord. In certain pathetic scene of a melodrama which irises s as Sf, 8 - THE EVENING STAR: THE YOUNG IDEA. Amusing Instances of How It Shoots Under Misdirected Effort. The Listener in the Boston Transcript has given several extracts from a book by Miss Caroline R. Le Row, of Brooklyn, called “The Young Idea,” which contain examples of the results of mechanical rote instruction. ‘Mins Le Row begins in the middle of things with a sample school scene, which simply serves to illustrate the intelligence of the average tenement-house pupil: The definition of the word “wicked,” occur- ring in the reading lesson, is asked of a class of children from ten to twelve years of age, of foreign parentage, and living in a tenement- house ward. “What does ‘wicked’ mean? Some one tell.” “A sick person.” “Oh, no. Wicked means very naughty, very bad. Teil me what wicked persons ms 8, robbers, murderers, niggers, 8 “Oh, my dear children! There is no such thing as @ ghost, and negroes are not all paid know a nigger that steals. Our dog steals, ts steals,” “Is it wicked for » dog or a rat to steal?” “No, ma'am.” “Why not?” “*Cause they ain't got no manners.” The point in the introduction of this little colloquy is this: That the teacher's “grade” obliges her to teach a great many words and ideas which are utterly beyond such pupils’ comprehension. They attempt to learn the pe = before they do the things. The rote- teacher exclaims: “Dictionary!” when the apil asks the meaning of a word. The pupil focks it up: for instance, the word “monopoly.” It is defined: “Monopoly—from two Greek words meaning alone and to sell, Sole permis- sion and power of dealing in any goods or with ® particular country; exclusive command or possession.” And then come the children’s exercises, which show how well they have understood the definition: . “Our grocery man is a monopoly because he keeps on a corner all alone.” on lonopoly is something to clean the floor And here comes in a chance for alittle moral. The boy may be “‘sick with information,” but would he, the author of “The Young Idea” wants to know. if he were asked about things which are to him real things, tell you that a pair of skates was something to eat, a bob-sled something to wear anda piece of pie some- thing to play with? “This early and persistent use of words without ideas,” Miss Le Row thinks, ‘is the worm at the root of the educa- tional tree. and its blighting effect can be traced through every branch of the child’s i mental labor. He is from the first in a state of | bondage to words.” It isn't only in the matter of definitions that this bondage shows itself. It | is-carried into all the branches of the school work. The child studies all his lessons in the light of new words. “The Young Idea” tells how studying is sometimes done: Not long ago a little girl was studying half aloud a lesson in U vpomrmeni rocking herself to and fro, as her glil tongue kept time with the movement. ‘; a of the Deity shouid always begin with a capital. Appellations of the Deity should always begin with a capital.” | An older sister, sewing near by, ventured the juestion, ‘What do you mean gon ee blank e. “I don’t know. at's what the book say: “What do you mean by Deity?” Another stare. ‘J don’t know. Teacher didn’t tell us to learn that. Don’t bother me. I've got to study my lesson.” So the intellectual exercise was resumed, accompanied by the rocking and the muttering, ‘Appellations of Deity should begin-with a capital,” until the lesson was declared ‘‘learned.” Here is the way scholars learn their impor- tant tacts in arithmetic, which, by the way, one of them beautifully defines as “the sins of numbers:” jubstraction is the minuend and the sub- ted end.” “A partial product is one of the things you multiply with.” ‘Brokerage is the allowance for the braker- and leekerage of bottles,” Insurance is when you die or burn up your money and the insurance office pays you for it.” “If there are no units in a number you have to fill it up with all zeros,” “Principal is not valuable like interest and is never paid.” “No man will live long enough to be insured unless he has great expectation of life.” Miss Le Row comes valiantly to the support of Gen. Walker, and maintains that about two- thirds of the truction in arithmetic in the public schools is useless and in the way of more valuable instruction. i Here are some characteristic grammar defi- nitions: Grammar is something to talk good and is divided into digrams on the blagboard. I cant never learn no grammar.” “A pronoun is when you don't want to say a} noun and so you say a ‘pronoun. It is when it is not a pronoun but a noun.” “A conjunction is your very much surprised at something.” “An interjection is throwing words into a sentence o dear is interjection because you can't — it with anything.” “Adjectives of more than one syllable are repared by adding some more syllables.” “An adverb is used to mortify a noun and is & person place or thing.” 8 Medical Hypochondriacs. DOCTORS WHO BECOME CRANKS REGARDING THE STATE OF THEIR OWN HEALTH. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. So many people are hypochondriacs that a physician expects to find one-third of his patients laboring under imaginary ills, It is easy for people to exaggerate symptoms, and by giving themselves into the hands of quacks, become confirmed victims of ill-health. What is not at all unusual is to find physicians who have become thoroughly hyped. Many of them with great reputations and very large ractice and capable of diagnosing any case, ome cranks concerning their own health. They exaggerate the slightest symptoms into dangerous cases and believe they have chronic troubles when they would know t ina atient, it would be but a slight indisposition. Most physicians are not comptent to treat themselves, and many of them are confirmed by hondriacs. edical students begin early to imagine themseives afflicted with the various vases they are studying. I remember I had a room- mate who became thoroughly hyped after en- tering the course. One day he caught a eold, and that night suddenly informed me he be- lieved he heap “aren be die, as he was certain that he wa: icted with a new malignant fever which we had been studying that day. I went immediately for one of the professors, and he not being in I had another come. The second understood the case at once and gave my friend some simple remedy, and later the first came. and he, wi ve the young man a les- son, had me administer a liberal dose of ipecuc. This made him very sick, but cured him of the malignant fever. ——_—_—+e0-_____ At the Car Window. Z.D., in Time. It has been observed before, but it is always interesting to recall that this is the way of women at the car window when they go to see one of their sex set forth on a railway journey: “You're sure you've got everything?” “Yes, I guess so.” “You'll write to me soon as you get there?” indeed.” me’ “Yes, yes.” “Min that you do!” , I will! your d'the tench box?” “You're sure you've “You're going to oni lovely for the the train’s 1 going to start—the bell’s ” “Good-by! fe pain “Tell Mabel “Xe Wi; ” “ Grand of arent old e's word shout Your pected, ” Qe ‘Why Spain did not Assist France in Her Sore Distress. From James Gazette. hare bes nantes to light a curious piece of secret history, dating back to the time of the remembered, had beea a member of the oppo- sition in the corps législatif in the last year of the empire, and who was prefect of poiice in Paris from the 4th of September to the 12th of Qctober, 1870, Upon his resignation of this latter ition he was commissioned by M. Jules Favre, who was then foreign minister in the government of national defense,. to wroceed to Madrid, there to endeavor to ob- Tis ‘stubianes’ foc. surely peeulel “Wraaee. Gen, was, a8 mt of the provis- ional government, at that time master of the destinies of Spain. COUNT KERATRY'S INSTRUCTIONS were, if possible, to arrange an offensive and defensive alliance between the two countries, and to persuade the Spanish regent to im- mediately place a corps of from 60,000 to 80,000 men at France’s disposal. The transpor- tation and feeding of the tr were to be rovided for by the government of national de- fense, and in return for the assistance, France offered, upon the conclusion of the war, to lend ahand in the “pacification” of Cuba, and in the furtherance of a scheme of Iberian union which was then much favored by a certain section of Spanish liticians. jount Keératry, in yursuance of his mission, left Paris on the Tien of October, 1870, in the bailoon Godefroy Cavaignac, starting from the Orleans railway station. ere was a west wind, which threat- ened to carry the balloon towards Germany, and Count Kératry was, in fact, obliged to descend within the German lines. near Bar-le-duc. He escaped, however, to Chaumont, where he found a dispatch from Gambetta, who begged him to goat once to Tours, The count did as he was requested, and after seeing Gambetta hurried on to Madrid. In the Spanish capital he was warmly received by the republican leaders, and especially by Emilio Castelar, who, in the name of his friends, authorized the French emissary to tell Prim that if he would help France as requested he might count upon being made president of a Spanish republic. ‘THE CONFERENCE WITH PRIM. A few hours later Count Kératry called on Prim, laid all the advantages of the proposed alliance before him, and recalled the numerous ood offices which in the past France had ren- feces toSpain. Prim listened silently and cour- teously, and then replied that he failed to see pain, a power of the third rank. crippled in resources, and in a state of transition, could give useful help. Count Keératry answered by citing the case of Italy. which, though then a weak state, had joined Great Britain and France | againat Russia, and had since taken her place | among the European powers. He pointed out, | too, that Prussia herself had not always been a | great power, and that she had only won the po- sition by asserting her right to be heard in the councils of Europe. General Prim, the | count suggested, mignt put Spain in’ the way of following a the path which had been so successfully trodden by Italy and Prus- . He might be a Spanishe cavour or Bis- marck, if only he would take the trouble. Let him declare Spain to be a republic, let him en- courage the iden of Inecian union, and let him afford the desired assistance to France. “Ifyou will do this,” concluded the count, “I am ‘au- thorized to offer your government a subsidy to the amount of fifty million of francs (or two millions csr pa Gen. Prim’s response was; “Iam moved, M.le Comte, by your love o! country; but I, too, love my ndtive land, and, seductive though the program which you lay before me undoubtedly is, I cannot accept it. I | tell you, in confidence, that I hate Prussia and I love France as my second fatherland. Part of | my family resides in France; I myself have lived there during the later years of my life, and here I am known as ‘the Frenchman.” But what you tell me about assuming the presidenc: of a Spanish republic isa chimera, Spain will have nothing to do with a republic. The real conservative party in this country is very pow- erful, and it shrinks from a republic because it has no confidence in republicans.” “This means, then,” said Count Kératry, “that the rumor of the approaching call to the throne of the duke of Aosta is well founded. I | should, nevertheless, have expected Italy to remember a few of the obligations which she owes to us.” “Ah!” said Gen. Prim, “Italy would no doubt move if Spain were to lead the way. For my part, I can only say that if you cau manage that Italy shall’ mere first, Spain will follow her.” Count Kératry begged Prim not to sacrtfice the idea of a republic, but the general remained firm. With asmile he said: “T have preferred the part of monk to that of | Cromwell; and never, while I live, shall Spain become a republic. That is my determination.” County Keratry, much disappointed, returned to France. On the 16th of November the duke of Aosta was elected king of Spain by the cortes, and a little later Gen. Prim, as he was leaving the chamber, was mortally wounded by Carlist assassins, He died three days after- ward, on the 30th of December, the very day on which King Amedeus landed at Carthagena. ss Toilet for an Empress. From the Philadelphia Press. ‘The dress worn by Empress Friedrich is the dress of a German widow, very picturesque, though simpleand severe. The gown is a long, plain one, covered entirely by crepe, and only relieved by two lorig bands of white lawn from the neck of the gown in front to the feet. The widow's cap is black and worn in a stiff point, which comes down low on the forehead, to which is fastened a long, black veil, falling almost to the feet behind. The three wear the same deep veil and without the white bands, which are a distinctive widow's dress, Since the arriyal of Empress Friedrich on a visit to her mother, Queen Victoria, the mourning worn by the royal family and house- hold is in accordance with German customs, Where white crepe caps have been worn hith- erto by some of the ladies, black caps are now the fashion, the only person adhering to the English white g the queen. — oor cea Societies of Women. From the Boston Advertiser. There are forty-eight national societies of women in this country, the Boston woman being well represented in their ranks, ‘These societies have a direct membership of 500,000. The largest is the Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union, with @ membership of 210,000. Then follows the jionary, the peace, the suffrage organizations and philanthrophic and educational societies. Twelve of these na- tional organizations have joined with the na- tional council, which was formed to unite all the women societies of the nation into one great and powerful league. Some of its prac- tical work will be the securing of women ap- | pointes on school boards, upon the different oards entrusted with the care of public insti- tutions for the defective, delinquent and de- pendent classes. Also, the admission of women to local, county, state and national or- ganizations. ——~+00e-____ Moon Mountains. HOW THEY MAY BE SEEN WITH AN ORDINARY OPERA-GLASS, From the Philadelphia Times. Every year more and more attention is given to study of the stars and the other heavenly bodies. If is a mistake to suppose a powerful telescope necessary to show us beauties there of which we never dreamed until we began to look for them. Mr. Garrett P. Serviss recently wrote a very interesting book on this subject, called ‘Astronomy with an Opera-Glass.” Speaking of the moon, he says much will. be revealed to an attentive observer by even a small glass. Of course, the first thing he will want to see will be the mountains, for every- body has heard of them, and the most sh es ee ee WASHINGTON, D.C. M A PIECE OF SECRET HISTORY. SACKVILLE’S SUCCESSOR. | fear that speaking of the circumstance as be- pend ee The Earl of Dunraven Makes a Speech Very Friendly to the United States. In the house of lords Saturday night the Earl of Dunraven, speaking on the Sackville incident, said: “I do not propose to go into de- tails, The sooner the episode is buried, to my mind, the better, but I must express our part and more worthy of our position to have taken no notice of matter, which, as the primé minister early remarked, is ter affecting the two nations. In the case of some foreign powers different considerations would affect us; but our relations with the United States are peculiar. We use the word foreign toward them because there is no other BOOKS AND STATIONERY. eevee, E ECEMBER 24, 1988. - BAKING POWDER Light Sweet Wholesome Bread Delicious Pastry ALLA AND J Toe SOR PRINTERS, TESTIMONY, iY AND ACCURATELY PRIVTED FINE WORK A SPECIALTY. a9 In presenting THE EVENING STAR in its new Gress and improved form, attention is called to itp suitable “B ghoge but Iam loath to use the term towar: great repyblic. 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Buildings rocked perceptibly and there was general alarm in this city. At 6 o’clock a solu- tion arrived in the shape of a rumor from Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, 12 miles distant, that the powder and dynamite magazine of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad company had exploded, doing a great amount of damage and killing a number of people. There is no telegraph sta- at Mt. Pleasant, and it is impossible to obtain articulars. ‘The explosion was felt as far as Washington, Pa. OO eee The Columbus, Ohio, jury in the trial of Allen 0. Myers, charged with the tally-sheet forgeries, Saturday night returned a verdict of not guilt} LADIES’ GOODS. ADY, FORMERLY CARRYING ON DRESS- aking ‘in New York, would like the Patronage of ton joderate prices and perfect ington Isdies. eral and ye Mss GAUTIER HAS RETURNED FROM N. 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An announce. ‘ment in its columns practically meets all eyes, and, in proportion to the service it gives, its advertising Fates rank with the lowest in the country. Being low, they are rigidly adhered to. There only re mains to be added on this bead, as an indication Of the esteem in which the paper is held by the business public, which best understands its own interests in this respect, that, both in the number Of subscribers and of new sdvertisements printed, each year in the history of the paper shows a large increase over its predecessor. For example, during the frst nine months of the present year the average daily circulation of the paper has been 26,681 copies, and the whole number of new advertisements printed 39,693, and Wi daily, 8:15, SO ta. Buifet Parlor Carson tee trains. Sleeping Car on tne between Ball guarantee CLEAN COAL ton. and 3 Hed for and’ sheckeu at tral ‘che . dences on orders left at ticket offices, G19 and 1381 ave, W. M. CLEMENTS, CHAS. O. SCULL, as Gen. 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