Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1889, Page 6

6 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., chimes’. AUGUST 22, FATAL SECRET MARRIAGE. A Forbidden Union That Ends in a Bridegroom’s Suicide. A Philadelphia special to the Baltimore American says that at 7 o'clock Tuesday morn- ing John Seitz, No. 1001 Wood street, took « dose of rough on rets and at 10:45 o’clock that night he died. About 9 o'clock in the evening Dr. Chas. Bauer was summoned. He saw the patient and administered a strong antidote for arsenical poison, but it had no effect. The dying man told him that he had swallowed a big spoonful of the fatal mixture in the morn- ing and that he had suffered the greatest agony since. He appealed to the doctor to keep the fact that he had swallowed the poison with sui- cidal intent a secret from the other members of the family. For some time previous to his death he was unconscious. Seitz was thirty years of age and had been but recently married. Taken altogether, the recent years of his life seem to furnish no cause for his final aesperation. although a very romantic thread runs through his story. 2 For the last seven years he had been a victim of continual melancholy. His moodiness is attributed to difficulties thrown in the way of his marrying his cousin, Lena oan 6 ‘oul je seven years ago became very Zaucl etteched to each other aud their fondness alarmed Seitz’s parents, who were bitterly op- posed to such a marriage. Means were taken to keep the two apartand thenthe man’s dis- consolate spells began. At times he was be- lieved to Le actually out of his mind and a strict | watch was almost steadily kept upon his move- | ments. ; “] It is evident that, notwithstanding the vigi- lance of his parents, young Seitz and Miss Werner had frequent communication. She had, meanwhile, been employed in a store. Of late they had managed to be much together, and two weeks ago they succeeded in eluding the surveillance placed upon them and consum- mated the step they had so long been pre- vented from accomplishing. One evening Seitz left his home unperceived and, by appoimtment, met Miss Werner near Market-street ferry. They went over to Cam- den aud were married, and nobody but them- selves and the minister knew of it. Seitz re- turned to his home and the young lady to her home, and up to yesterday afternoon mo one was any the wiser. It is difficult to see why, Seitz having made Miss Werner his wife, his melancholy should immediately thereafter become greater, but that it did is evident from the testimony of those with whom he came in contact. It is, suggested that the secrecy of his marriage and | the danger of making it known may have | preyed upon him. Tuesday morning a younger brother started for a holiday in the country, and the father sent | word up to John’s room that he would be re- quired at the store. He sent reply that he would go. and not long afterward he was heard walking about the room. As some time elapsed and he did not come down stairs, some one wont up and found him very sick and suffering from cramps. Information was immediately sent to Mr. Seitz at the store and he hastened to the house. The young man was by this time much worse, but he did not say and neither did any one suspect that anything serious was the mat- | ter. As time progressed, however, his suffer- | ings became intensified, and it was then that | Dr. Bauer was sent for. | To the doctor young Seitz confessed what he | did, and told of his marriage, and expressed | an earnest wish that he might see his wife be- fore he died. He wanted the fact that he had taken poison kept a secret, however, but the doctor deemed it bis duty to tell the sad facts to his parents. The young wife was sent for and admitted to the room in which Seitz lay end she remained with him until he died. AT BAYREUTH. A Wonderful Production of Wagner’s Last Opera at the Festival. Bayreuth Letter in Boston Traveller. The Wagner theater and ita location have been often described. It was a lovely after- noon and I joined the throng, in carriages and afoot, moving along the avenue toward an emi- nence back of the towu whereon is the ideal structure of its kind of the world. The site, commanding a wide view of a charming valley, is most picturesque. At 40’clock I was to hear “Parsifal” for the firsttime. The theater which is without adornmeht. seating 1.400 people in tiers rising one above the other, so that an un- obstructed view of the stage is to be had by all, filled gradually, until at 4 there were no vacant seats. The summons to enter for the beginning of a perfurmance or after the long entre’ acts are ended is given by & posse of trumpeters at fifteen and again at | five minutes before the hour, whosound from two sides of the front porch of the building a theme from the ensuing actof the drama. Be- fore a note is beard from the invisible orches- tra the house is darkened, so that reading the score is impossible. The bustle of the audi- ence, which the circumstances of its gathering together make unusually interested in each other, bas ceased and utter silence awaits the entrance of the first motif of the prelude to “Parsifal”—a silence, it may be remarked, which remains unbroken during any portion of performance in the theater. “Parsifal,” on August 4, was given, as usual. under the direction of Conductor Levi of Munich, with an orchestra of 108 players—the elite of German instrumental artists—and with the following leading singers: Van Dyck, Par- sifal; Materna, Keendry; Blauwaert, Qurne- manz; Reichmann, Arfortas; Klingsor; Hobbing. Titurel. ‘The orchestra and stage setting answered all my expectations. The ensemble of voices and orchestra is remarkable. There is no prepon- derance of instrumental tone; there 18 no cov- ering of voices, but everywhere a beautiful blending of both pervading but not over- whelming the theater, the like of which I had not uagined in music. The degrees of tone which the conductor brought from his band ‘were simply astonishing, yet there was never a fortissimo. The quality of the band is ex- quisite. The stage effects introduced in “Parsifal” are as unique as they are wonderful. As Gurne- manz first leads Parsifal to the hall of the Grail the appearance of the country changes; the lovely meadow scene yields to cavernous rocks, mountains are traversed ere the eye Fests on the doomed hall of the Knights of the Grail. The effect is possible because of the immense revolving stage: a similar illusion is produced in act three, only the stage revolves in the opposite direction, revealing an entirely different perspective. ‘Aguin, in the second act, where Klingsor’s castie is suddenly trans- formed into a garden of flowers, the stage sinks rapidly out of sight, bringing into view an en- tirely new scene, fully set. Formerly, I be- lieve, the flower maidens were concealed be- hind their counterfeit presentments, but the better practice prevails now of having them enter from the sides. The overthrow of Kiing- sor’s castle is an expression of stage mechanics thoroughly real and startling. One can never overestimate the genius of Wagner, who planned every detail of these wonderful trane- mogrifications, The painting of every portion of the setting, all the devices used, are the work of skilled artists. Here is, indeed, achieved that unity for which Wagner lived and waited The choral ensemble, particularly the ex- tremely difficult Grail ‘scene of act I, was superbly done; the elasticity of the voices, the sympathetic support given them by the orchestra and the intense effect of the latter being indelibly impressed on my mind. The flower girls’ music was simply exquisite; when it is remembered that the chorus at Beyreuth “PARSIFAL” Livermann, is composed of picked singers, artists, it may be ible for the reader to share some of my enthusiasm in describing their work. In the efforts of none of the solo singers did I detect a | but complete devotion to the work in hand. Ido not Bind it easy to talk of them individually; what they did was so admirable and Leap 3 I was impressed with the dramatic ability of Van Dyck, though disappointed in his voice. Materna did not make K so ferocious in the earlier scenes as I had drawn the character mentally, but in the opening of act IIL where, humbly, she bathes the feet of Parsifal, ber acting was perfect. Her voice has fallen off somewhat since she was in America, The part of Gurnemanz is most sympathetic and was beautifully sung. Reichmann is a fine actor. I shall hear him sing again before writing an opinion. ——ror—_____ Big Trotting by a Three-Year-Old. Pully 5,000 people witnessed the trotting at Washington park, Chicago, yesterday. The drawing card of the day was the appearance of Axtell, the phenomenal three-year-old, to beat his record of 214%. He covered the hiulf-mile in 1.05%, a 2.12 gait, and kept up this tremen- dous to the three-quarters, but from there on his scosned, to fail him. The mile was in 2.154, so the timers said, buts watches made the time 2.149 and others A Supgrion Tararx Sznvice.—The nia railroad lines to Atlantic City the advantages and all the facilities speed and ae = t on Saturday ne; al will enjoy these facili i4.— Aco, of 215 Doseee safety, to Atlan 4 o'clock Round trip, | _ for life in Minnesota for the Northfield WILL BURKE SQUEAL? His Attorneys Afraid He Will Try to Save His Own Neck by Confession. Early yesterday afternoon Attorney Forest called on Coughlin at the Chicago jail, one of the Cronin suspects, and from the ex-detective he went directly to the boys’ department, where he hada talk with Burke that lasted fully an hour andahalf. The subterfuge of acting as Mr. Kennedy's assistant was no longer | im point, for the Wisconsin senator is in town | and able to look after his client’s interest now if he ever will be. Senator Kennedy and Mr. Forest left the jail together and the latter was looking decidedly worried. As the coils tighten around Burke the danger of his turning back on his fellow conspirators to save his own neck becomes Stronger. Senator Kennedy, Burke’s lawyer, went from the jail to the state attorney’s office and had half an hour’s chat with Ju Longenecker. Mr. Kennedy became very indi, suggested to him that he ha: tion to have Burke turn state’ nt when it was sation and our only talk on the Cronin case was when I asked the judge how long he thought the case would last, how many weeks it would take to gets jary, &c.” The state will havea baker's dozen wiinesses at least to prove Burke's frequent presence in the Carlson cot! » A young brick layer who lives in the vicinity saw him there several times as he went home from work and identified him in the jail today. All the attorneys profess to be ri to goto trial next Mon AN ACTRESS’ NOVEL FAD. Lillian Lewis Boasts That She is an Oklahoma Boomer. From the New York Star, Some actresses take to horses, some to litera- ture, some to collecting bric-a-brac and a few to drink, but Lillian Lewis has the most novel fad of them all. She isan Oklahoma boomer. More than that, she has been down into Indian territory; penetrated the Oklahoma country on horseback, piloted by the late nortorious Belle Starr; staked her claim and planted a long- haired cowboy on it with a Winchester repeat- ing rifle and a bootleg full of bowie knives, Up toa couple of years ago she was pretty well known to New York theater-goers asa handsome, well-formed young woman, witha good voice and attractive stage presence and considerable ability. Then she dropped out of sight. She had taken to the road as the chief llarattraction in a play written for her by Lawrence Marston, “Yes, I suppose I’m a boomer,” she said with a little laugh that shook ber blonde bangs like western zephyr through thesage brush. Then she got serious. “It’s just the grandest coun- try in the world. I’m going to live there when I'm not on the road. It’s too lovely.” “How about Belle Starr?” “Oh, how did you hear about that?” This with a deprecatory giggle and shrug of the shoulders. ‘‘But she is really not so bad as she is painted. She cailed on me at FortSmith, I was at the hotel one day looking out of the window when up rode a woman at full speed. She slid down from her horse as easily as aman would, handed the bridle to a stable boy, and then stepping up to a bootblack put up her dainty boots and had them polished just like a man. She wanted to talk with me about the Younger brothers, the three brothers sent to uk robbery. I was a Minnesota woman and knew them through their friends. Belle Starr claimed to have been married to Cole Younger, the eldest brother. “Senator Washburn of Fort Smith, who rep- resents that district in the Arkansas legislature and is a full-blooded Cherokee Indian, had put the idea of pre-empting a claim in my head, and when I told Belle Starr about it she said she would be my guide. Without stopping to think it over much I took her at her word, and the next day, accompanied by my brother, we started for Oklahoma, It is the grandest coun- try in the world. We went 200 miies on horse- back and camped out every night, and had a right royal time. “Belle Starr wasa character, Sheswore and smoked and talked slang just hke a man. bur she was kind-hearted anda splendid guide, and she couldn’t have been kinder to me if I had been her sister. “I picked out a ‘claim,’ 160 acres, on the Red fork of the Arkansas river, between Oklanom. and Sapuipa, and then I put a man there to hold my claim when the country was opened up, which I knew wouldn't be long. it as cost me considerable money already, but I don’tcare. It is the most beautiful place in the world.” Here the recollections of wild and woody couatry overcame Mise Lillian, and she clasped her hands tragically and continued: “Ob, but there'll be blood there before it is settled. Iwas afraid of it, and it is bound to come.” The actress likes everything in the southwest that can be named except the cooking of the Indians in the territory. That she declares the worst on earth. Sbe would have starved on her booming Co aye if it hadn’t been for the cul skill of Belle Starr. As a memento of her trip Miss Lewis car- ries a pair of tame wolves—lean, ugly, sneak- ing fellows—who slink behind her chair and wateh the visitor with a hungry, green glint in their eyes. They have an’ aversion to poodle dogs and consider them joint prey, which makes it rather embarrassing for Miss Lewis when she leais them out to get a breathing spell. B. axp O. To Attatic Crry.—Another select excursion to Atlantic City via B. and O. Train will leave Washington next Saturday at 4:30 p- m., August 24, Leer ti ¢ fare only $3, iv- cluding transfer at Philadelpnia, Tickets good until Monday for return trip.—Adot. ———— Lobenstein’s Error of Judgment. From the Virginia City Enterprise. A few days ago a young man named Loben- enstein fitted himself out to goin the icecream business. He bought a wagon, freezers, &c., but needed a horse. John Connerton, who sells ice and ice cream occasionally, got wind of Lobenstein’s venture, went to him and of- fered hima horse. ‘You can have the horse at your own price,” said Mr. Connerton, “He is ge ntle and will do most anything.” hereby hangs atale. The horse could do most anything. It wasa trick auimal, trained by John Connerton, Lobenstein took ‘the horse, scorned to pay Jess than $10 for him, and started out peddling. His cheeks were aglow with business success, and he had a large barrel of cream in his wagon. Connerton followed bim around at a convenient distance and waited until the young man got opposite Connerton’s residence, on A street, on the lower side of which place there is an embankment of about fifty feet. Then John gave a peculiar whistle from B street opposite. The horse pricked up his ears, kicked off the dashboard, and started down the embankment, with driver, wagon, and all rolling after him, The cream was all spilled and opposition was swept from the face of the town. A crowd of children licked up the cream from the rocks, Later in the day Lobenstein, leading his horse, was hunting for Connerton, to whom he disposed of the animal for $5. e+ Getting at His Name. From the Chicago Tribuue. A Chicago man used the telegraph the other day in an odd way. A visitor whom he had met frequently in New York stepped into his ofice. It was business as well as inclination to be exceedingly cordial to the New Yorker, but for the life of him he could not recall his visit- ors’s name. In the midst of the conversation the Chicago man was reminded of a telegram he had forgotten to send. Pulling out a blank he sent the following to his New York house: “What's the name of Jenkins’ head man? Can't recall it, He is here.” They chatted along for half an hour, when the answer came. It read: “Simpkins. “And now, Mr. Simpkins, it is about time for lunch,” remarked the yom man, “We'll go over tothe club. I you to meet some friends of mine there. Profound Melancholy. From the Merchant Traveler. “It's nard to be left here alone,” said Simp- kins, whose wife had gone away for the sum- mer, “very hard.” “Seems kind o’ lonesome, does it?” “Yes; intensely lonesome, Everything sround me seems to wear an air of melan- shots * “Yes; I notice it. Even that bottle on the mantel piece seems low spirited.” Very Likely. From Ste Brown—“It's terrible the way these dealers cheat you. There's not more twelve hundred in that ton.” Little Johnnie—* dad, the coal man weighed it on the same as you weighed that 20-pound fish you caught.” The bald man's motio: “There ls room at the chine hair by using Halls helt Henewes Ra | é coal than THE GREAT PROBLEM. How All the Sciences are Fast Re-|A Cincinnati Precedent Which May Curpnzs. solving Themselves Into One. Father Barry in the Nineteenth Century. Tam convinced that society must undergo a transformation or perish. And it is on this ac- count that every thoughtful observer must wish religion would take up the far-reaching prob- lems of the distribution of wealth; the relation of physical science to the property of the masses; the rights and wrongs of prosperity; the claims of the individual to be trained for his place in life and recompensed by 8 se- cure old age for the toil of his years of strength; in ehort, the whole question of na- tional civilization on its human and social side. I cannot say too emphatically that it seems to me this thing has not been done; is yet without a place in our books of theology, to speak of,and requires doing in all manner of ways. If anybody thinks it an easy matter to be dealt with in a few of the treatise De Contractibus, or healed by general remarks, however excellent, on the of pores =st the of riches, I believe that man to be profoundly mistaken. To find the solution will task the energy and make severe demands on the good will of our best teachers; nor will they find it at all unless, while keeping one eye on the books they keep Lash ‘on things as they are outside the For all the sciences are now fast resolving themselves into one—the social science. And all the problems are resolving themselves even faster into one—the social problem, Do you tell me it is at the bottom religious? I say so, too. But the terms of its solution and the mat- ter about which it is concerned are piney not religious but of the present world and its welfare. When our Lord said, ‘Seek first the kingdom of God and His justice, and all these things shall be added to you,’ He certainly did not mean, ‘and all these things shall be denied to you, the workers that have produced them by your own hard labor.’” enim io SRE THE TWO REPUBLICS. Why the Trade with Mexico is Not Larger Than It Is. From the Alta Californian. “No, sir; the trade of the United States with Mexico is not what it should be by agreat deal, and the capital that has been poured into Mexico during the last few years ought to have had the effect of opening up the rich states of the southern republic through which the lines of railroad have been builtin a much larger degree than has proved to be the caso.” The gentleman who made the above answer to the question whether trade between the United States and Mexico was in a satisfactory state has just returned to this country after a prolonged residence in the northern states of the republic, “What is the reason that the commercial bond between the two countries is not being strengthened?” he was asked. “Well,” be replied, ‘as a matter of fact the fault, if fault there be, lies on the American side of the border line, and not with the Mexi- cans. Naturally enough, when the railroads were carried across into Mexico, the manufac- turers and the mercantile community genorally raised a shout, thinking that a market for American products was to be opened right at their doors, Instead of studying the require- ments of that market they appear to have in every couceivable way ignored the wishes of their customers, and supplied them with goods inferior to those supplied by the En- glish and German firms who have for years had so strong a foothold in Mexico, ‘ake, for instance. cotton goods of all kinds, It is noticeable that the English houses pay the closest attention to the pattern, colors, sizing and make-up required; whereas the American manufacturer fails in this respect. Then, again, the many curious laws of Mexico, the ob- structive character of the rules observed at the customs, &c., provoke from Americans eternal kicking, mstead of their simply adapt- ing themselves to the circumstances which they cannot alter. Too often, also, the man sent south to represent an American house is a man having little knowledge of the country he is sent to, and having but a superficial knowledge of the language. Such a man cannot eit down and discuss the technicalities of business with a Mexican merchant. “Such a state of things ought not to exist. Americans have been and are gladly received by Mexicans. All these drawbacks have to be considered and provided for beforehand, and only by so doing can a trade be built up that will prove beneticial to both countries, “For many years the largest amount of trade in the Mexican states bordering on the Atlan- tic was controlled by English firms, while that of the states on the Pacific was in the hands of German firms. sleepy way 60 dear to the soul of the average Mexican; but with the advent of the American railroads both English and Germans have be- stirred themselves, for they knew what those iron lines meant. They meant goods being poured upon the Mexican market, from a coun- try closely adjacent. which they had almost considered their own. and to supply which they brought goods thousands of miles over the sea. They bad the kuowledge of what goods were | required, and they set to work to cater more carefully than ever before to the wants of their customer operations by opening branch houses through- out the country and investing much capital to offset what was being done by Americans. Within the last five years several million pounds have been placed by English firms, and it will be well if Americans will once for all awaken to the fact that a magnificent country borders their own that will absorb an almost inconceivable amount of American manufac- tured goods if manufactured to suit the market. With the progress of the railroads new wants seem to be felt by the people, and to some ex- tent—in no very marked degree as yet, of course— the languid methods of the people are being put aside. “Traveling on the cars many curious sights may be seen. The train is made — English fashion, there being first, second and third- class cars, The men are for the most part gorgeous in their array, wearing natty little jackets and trousers, braided down the seams with coins or buttons of silver, every man with @ pistol strapped on his waist, and many of them carrying guns; a big-crowned, broad- brimmed hat, loaded with gold or silver bullion and ofttimes costing $150, completes a very picturesque costume. ‘The third-class cars con- tain four benches, running from end to end, and are given up entirely to the poorer classes, Mexican women with Indian blood coursing in their veins, in blue ribosas, surrounded by a brood of children, and men in dirty serapes and the never-failing big hut, pass away their time eating some oddly-flavored mesa. The train makes a long halt at each station, and then the cars are besieged by women and boys sellin; fruits, ices, drinks of various kinds, tamales an yuigne, ae the volume of trade, as shown by the cus- tom-house returns, is increasing, more espe- cially on the frontier line between the United States and Mexico; but there is a field open to the mercantile community here that is only waiting to be occupied. By the geographical position of the United States this country is the one fitted to control the trade of Mexico, and the day sooner or later will arrive when an immense trade will be carried on between the two pris My only desire is to see that state of affairs realized at an early date.” ————ree. THE LATE: DODGE YET. Riley Williams’ Novel Plan to Test the Chicago Police. Mail. caught Tascott, judge, eh? I like to see the law vindicated, Good thing. Yes, sir, vindicated,” said Riley Williams, a grizzled old toper, who leaned familiarly over the judicial bench at the armory this morning and endeavored to be “chummy” with his honor. What's that got to do with your being drun} ” sternly replied the justice. “In one wey it has nothing, but in another it has everything. At first I took no stock in the efficiency of the police, whether in Chi- cago or anywhere else. To test them as to their aforesaid efficiency I got drunk and wandered about looking for an officer, just to satiod, therohy beighteatar tay teavees fie ths ied, ther ning im: sleuth-like qualllies: of the “binenoaan 8o you see. “That will do, Riley. You seem inclined to be a bit funny morning. You have tested the efficiency of the police of this 80 of arresting “Well, well, but, your honor, how is it about ‘Tascott Don’t you think that Texas sheriff is little bit 7as in claiming to have Willie in the That $50,000 ‘re- «Ten dollars and costs. I ought to make it SSS He Sen e eer the court of ages Sawa stekee ie Wages dhe ing of the “Black Maria.” ————e-___ Dr, E. said to be ing Papigred ri State, home in Savannah, Ga., yesterday. iE Business was carried on in the | aud not only so, but extended their | A DELICATE LEGAL QUESTION. Throw Light on the Nagle Case. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. The legal question now pending before the circuit court of the United States, sitting in San Francisco, in the Field-Terry-Nagle matter, is one of grave proportions—so grave and 80 strange to the books that Judge Sawyer re- quested counsel to take a week for the prepara- tion of their arguments. Next Thursday was, however, fixed for the hearing. The case may besimply stated. It involves a serious conflict between state and federal juris- diction, The state authorities claim that the shooting of Terry by Nagle was an offense against the state laws and that only the gate courts cantry it. Under this impression he was arrested on s state warrant. The federal authorities hold that Justice Field was passing, in performance of his jucicial duty, from one federal court to another, accom; by Nagle as 8 federal officer (deputy United States mar- shal), and that the latter, in the performance of his duty, killed Terry—upon which basis they claim that he is subject to inquiry for this shooting only before a federal court. Hence he was taken from the state authorities on a writ of habeas corpus, and it is the legal riety of that writ which will be considered om has searched the adjudications ee next, e of this country without finding a case gare! in point; but there was a famous one whic! oce! in this very city just before the war which presents many analogous _ A female slave had escaped, with her little child, from Boone county, Ky., crossed the Ohio river on the ice and too! refuge ina house in what is now known as ‘Rat ro: Ina momentof frenzy, fearing recapture, she cut the throat of her child with # rusty iron h She was arrested next day by officers from federal fugitive-slave fe yutucky under the she was arrested by the Ohio state authorities for the murder of the child. The federal law was given prefer- ence and the woman was taken back to Ken- to New Or- try her for tucky and thence speedily shi, ee leans. Ohio was unable fohold and the murder, But, all the same, there is a pression throughout the land California aoe try a Poe tipet @ perfect confidence 1 Wo! ndle it f° yu wiftly and properly. VENGEANCE IN A PRISON. A Life Convict Tries to Kill a Man Who Testified Against Him. At Jackson, Mich., ten years ago Isaac Clark and Dan Graham were sent to prison for life for the murder of Anthony Miller, an old farmer, the principal witness against them be- ing Enos H. Girard, who turned state's evi- dence. A short time afterward Girard was sent to prison for fifteen years for a burglary com- mitted at Pontiac. Isaac Clark declared, as soon as he learned that Girard was in prison, that he should never leave it live, and Girard has been in constant dread, so much 80 that the men were kept apart. Several weeks ago Girard reported that Clark was watching him and asked for protection. Tuesday night as the men were marching to their cells Clark dropped out of the ranks and sprang upon Girard with a shoe knife. He cut Girard several times on the head and neck, making ugly but not fatal wounds, Tue men were dragged apart and Girard was sent to the hospital, chile Clark was placed in a solitary cell, where he will be kept until Gir- ard’s term expires, It is stated that Girard recently made an affi- davit that his evidence, upon which Clark was given a life sentence, was false from beginning to end. Clark says he is innocent and that Charies Platner and Girard plotted against him. He says he is sorry that he did not kill Girard, and Kopes to doso yet. Girard has fourteen months yet to serve. ——_———e0___ THE HAMERSLEY FORTUNE. The Sex of a Baby Born Yesterday Affects Millionsof Dollars. A New York special to the Philadelphia Press says that when Louis C, Hamersley died, leaving @ son and @ young widow, his for- tune of $6,000,000 was left to her for life, and if his son died without male issue the great fortune was to revert to specified charities. Ayear ago the beautiful widow, Mrs. Hamers- ley, married the duke of Marlborough. The charities named under the will were unaffected by her marriage, as any children born to her and the duke of Marlborough would not inherit the Hamersley fortune, But when J. Hooker Powe Gagner soon after his young step- mother, charities were interested, as one small baby of the masculine gender born to young Mr. Hamersiey would divert millions from New York charities. Yesterday afternoon the news was flashed over the wire to this cit; | from College point of Mrs, Hooker Hamersley’s | confinement and that the issue to this Hamere- ley line was a male. A second report brought a slight reepite to the New York charities, It was a girl and the millions of Louis Hamersley still hung in the air, Of course the prospect is | faint, but where 86,000,000 are in question the ‘ smailest shred of hope is worth nursing. It is barely possible that even in the event of a long line of children born to J. Hooker Hamersley they may all be girls. ~ce0——____ MONKEYING WITH A BABOON. The Bad Man of St. Louis Was Knocked Out in One Round. From the New York Sun. In the old St. Louis museum we had, among other attractions, a baboon called Dick. He was a solid chunk of a fellow, good-tempered and a great favorite. He had one peculiarity, though, which we had to cater to. He took short naps twice aday and if aroused before his time he was as ugly as sin all the rest of the day. We had him dressed up as a little boy, and when the time came to take his nap he crept into an old-fashioned cradle and the fat woman rocked him to sleep. That very thing was quite a draw and plenty of people came in solely to see the baboon rocked off to slumber, One day soon after Dick had closed his eyes a half-drunken chap entered the place and created considerable disturbance. He went by the name of Awful Pete and was « hard slugger. I tried to reason with him and get him out, but he unfortunately caught sight of the sleepin baboon and at once demanded that the ants be aroused and put throvgh his tricks, I sought to explain, but he wouldn’t have it, say- ing: “I paid to see the bab and I’m going to see him or bust the b’iler!” “But if you wake him up he'll fight.” “Then I'll wring his neck!” Before I could = him he dodged under the rope and lifted Dick out of the cradle. The animal woke up and took in the situation in about the tenth part of a second, and then he fastened his hands into Pete’s hair, got a grip with his teeth on the slugger’s nose, and we had a museum, menagerie, and circus com- bined for the next five minutes. Pete roared and whooped and pranced around in pain terror, and the ulled handfuls of hair from his head and bit and scratched like a wildcat. When we ee ot him off that slugger was a sight to behold and had to be taken to the hospital at once. Two hours after he had had his wounds dressed I went in to see him, and as soon as I spoke to him he be- gan crying and asked: “Was it a baboon which did this?” “Yes,” “Big as a lion?” “Oh, no, He ey about twenty-six pounds, Why do you weep?” “Hada't I orter weep?” he savagely de- manded as the tears came afresh. “I've had thirteen fights and knocked my man out ever: time, and now to be downed by a weazen-fe monkey in one round has broke me all up.” —_—— or turd: next. Tickets valid for return on say regular wain until Monday, 26th, inclusiye,— Ellensburg, W.T., yesterday on their way to the Puyallup hop field. While in the city they secured whisky and four began fi [eprom ga had ne streets, When two dep- im yo g pted to arrest them a fight took place, the deputies following them One In ie Se scceky, was wounded, but the deputies were The Indians have been ustrious, The i ‘ There have also been scores insti- tution whose system (they having been mostly with- out the benefits of parental care) were enervated by 18895. 530 porn. Lexington snd Local uray, $5:50 am, Tlu.sv am, TSU p.m, avenue and © and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited ex- Seana 8 cxprese 9 p.m canvas Limited ex siete i ps cuore ‘exprena daily exo Stations t10:30a m. . ? an. : ea 4:30, 0:90. #200, 730, 8:00, 1030 and was quick and permanent, for they have been well for vs u 8 between Washincton and Balti five years, and there bas been no return of the disease. pea “Sundays, Baw Vis sass: Tcould tell much more of the remarkable cures of | 0:0, 11730 p.m, : blood disease by 8. 8. 8., for Ihave seen it used and | , 1rains leave Baltimore for Wi week days, know its value, : eae aS Ge LB. PAYNE. uuter), 4:15 ‘Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease + mailed free, THE SPECIFI au6-0039t-4 AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYs. PARLOR SUITE IN .T! ‘D SILK epee oan IN SILE BROCADE AND PLU! M a AND CHAMBER AND DiNtNG LOOM PUNSTT URES RIGERATURBS, C, DBCS Halk MATINEE STOVES, EI: = Tr ‘AUC: ALSO AT TWELVE Ma isry Kops of Nain; Doyen Vise, ‘Prucks Shoes 4 Men 90 AT TWELVE M. SBope A 6:50D.m. On SATURDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-FOURTH, 1500, cotmeoig st the hours sbove mentioned, within my salesrooma, I will sell apove. ‘Terms cash. UNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, Qn MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST TWENTY- SIXTH, 1880, 0% FOUR OCLOCK, “2,7ill sell on the Horees, Wagon, Har- _RUESE CHAS. ©. DUNCANSON, Receiver. yyuousas DOWLING, » Auctioneer. VERY VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON THIRD STREET BETWEEN B AND 8 STREETS NORTHWEST AT AUCTION. On WEDNESDAY, AUGTST TWENTY-EIGHT, Ken wnt ace fog aa oral oe i Tsyin square 501, running buck 13034 feet to au alley 85" feet rms: 1,000 cash, balance in one and two years, with interest’ aud by» deed of trust on the property. oF all cash. | All conveyanctug and Fr cord- lux at purchaser's cost. A deposit of $100 will be quired ai tinte of sale. auzl dds THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. ALTER B, WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, HANDSOME PARLOR 5! RAW SILK, WALNUT AND OAK SUIT: EASY CHAIRS, BOOK LADIES’ WKITING DESK, WICKE! CES TERTAB! ES, ROCKEAS, W. TALK 5 " Te ELVES, BOARD, WALNUT DL BOR CAtR aD wasaa tan oe at Te RES eS BeDbE $G. CHINA, AND GLASSWARE, KITCH- On MONDAY, AUGUST TWENTY-SIXTH, at TEN O'CLOCK A.M, we sbail sell at residence, No. 190] N street vorthwest, a Ss assortuent of House- Articles, to wi we ask the attention of kee, ing buyers. Terme aull-4t WALTER B, WILLIAMS & OO., Aucts. JUNCANSON BKOS., Auctioneers, ‘A8USTEE'S SALE OF TWO-STORY AND BAS| MENT BRICK DWELLING NO. 612 PENNBY! VANIA AVENUE EAS By virtue of a deed of trast duly recorded in Liber bes . | rem: - > AIR ‘Sched Sleepers Mou je] mau Sleepers W Route. esa: tanooga. Mempi ——— 9:40 p. m—Western Ex; reas, Culveser, Orauxe, Charlottesville, Staunton, Louis: ‘Gincinuatl Pullman Vestivule train washiuston and Georgia Fucinc Rail ‘Traine on Waslinwton ington Guily; arrive Kound is way and 4 rts ia, Ne a Munday. % culled for an ulon, chet offices, 619 aud Depo! Chas. . ODELL, Generai 1:20 p.m. ‘imtermediate stations, 17:00 Pm, sas, * 2 t ing Ge oa te, N03 Se 340 D.m. train does not stop at 4:00 and 9:30 a.m. 10:08, 10:10 and ere 9:15, 10:20 rates), 2 -C tations t4:35 . p.m. intermediate points, *9:00a, : < 110; 15:30p.m. ive Chi rey Jeera at incaniratat 5S p.ia.; irom Pittsburg 7:10 am. AND PHILADELPHIA DIVISION, Teuton, ud x, Newark 2200 a.m, "2:30, *@:z0 and ou ell ay trae Pm. open at 9:00 pa Wilmington and Chester, am, 250, 4209700 noon. 4:00 a. m., aud 12:00 Grove T6800 a 14:00, . “Daily, §Sunday only. tExcept KOC, L Aboucay a checkea from hotels and left at Fransier Co. on orders 0. $01 Fennsylvapia avenue, aud SCULL, Gen. At Mauawer, 3 dyz7 LINE. lule in effect June 30, 1889. 8:30 m.—East Lenuessee Mail, daily for Warren- Gordonsvilie, Cuariuttesville, Lyichbure. and stations between xandria bristol, Knoxville, Chattapoogs and Memphia Pull: ‘connectii un to New wati ba mais aud Lynchburg, Koanoke, Mewphis, aud ‘Unio “Koute, Rocky mab Danville and Statious Danville, Greensboro’, tal te, Columbia, Auwrusta, Montgomery, New Orieaus, Pullman Sleeper Atlanta, parlor cars Atlauts to Monti tuomery to New Ories boro’ to Columbia and w dork to ery, Pullman Pull usta, Puil- inxton w Cineimnati via C. and QO, 4::5 p. m—Daily, except Sund: , for Mausssas Straabute aud intertnedacs “i a re —l ¥ Vis Lyncuvurg, Bristol and Chat- Pullman Vesticule siceperm Washington to ng thence tor all Arkansas pusute. stations, Urieans, daily for Manassas, i sleeper tor Lewsviie. for Lyucuvurg, reas dally Asheville, Cuarlotte, Colwuia, loutgomery, New Orleans, exas, Vestibule Car Washington to and Moutwomery. Pullman ta Sieeper Washington fo Birmingham, Ala., vis Atlan way aud Ohio division leave Wash- 9:00 am. daily except Sunday, and $:45 pan. faa TL: 0 ami. au A 12:20 y, arriving Wastiugton 5.50 os rval and information Lecked at office, 1300 Penn. var DY TARAS of a Coed of trast duly recorded tp Liber | Tecuruing leave Kound Hill 6:06 aim daily Biter of Gotumtiont sutseut sents say THE ane PS THL AX OF SEPTEMBER, AD. 18-¥, st HALE. | 817, 8nd D3 pm. FASE FIVE O'CLOCK ¥. Min front of the premises, | i PRul tral the following-desc: eetete, situated in the | Suc eid Lyuchbure arr city of Waaidngvour Drstrict of Columbia to wit: Lot F ria pumbered forty-one ’ Marcefuu’s subdivision Tot 7,10 Square uusnbered eles uundred aud weventy- | Ft) po Pang egg otter at thred (873), togetuer with all theiuprovewente, way | <n. P- = easement v ‘appr Beredietionte i tel eeue Gcloue cr dyany te | pursed Siechest Tt v ry & two-st y pnd Daseweut brick Dwelling: sud hese front op | Svauls vad, Sth and Batreets Se Avauls avenue aud # frout on C street south- “Terms: Oue-third cash; o ve secured by deed of ally irow ul souls Trust on presalees sot, or all cash at opticn of ya Gepost of $200 requited at wale Terms tobe cout jopoeit of S200 requited at sale Terms tobe come ed with tu Tu dave; ouerwiee, the Trustee Feeervos right to resell the property at the risk cust of the detaulting purchaser after’S duys' public, resale lu sume Dews| u ¢ of Col gue] fm aal. for Pa the Chiao, 2 ty the highest bidder, om SATURDAY _the : : < FIST DAY OF AUGUST, A.D. 1889, at FIVE | por Kak! Guemanne Gsasto in the city of Wantinton tnonalt Diehset aed ‘ion bade ‘mown as lot suubered thirty chet (38, of Abrain F eS ker a 7 suudivision . ; ‘of, ‘square. -wumbered four and | vor Williamsport boot i bine (409), said” subdivision recorded | FT daily, eacept Sunday No. tb pagees. The sald tot iSiinproved bye e nearly | FOR PHUAD 0. 1, fe BZ. Tx 3 hew three-story brick welling buss with the usu | 4a 2:90), 1100 and Mioders conveniences, mm. 2:50, 4:10, er ‘Lerms ot sale: On¢ two years after For Hitisvurg and the Wi ‘of Fulinsa Vectiisules H Ix EFFECI 9 TRAINS LEAVE WApHI COKNER OF SIXE With'Sleeping Cars ana H Wasuingtol Care aabaead for Lotti est, Cl Niagara duily,excevt Saturday, 20-00 p. lamusport, Lock Haven aud Eliuira at 9:50. PHIA, NEW YORK AND THE EAST, 11:40 am., 2.50, 4:10, WW%G0 ‘and Th) ym” Las Express of i uilman. Pari Pry (WEST, NID SCENERY. ICENT EQUIPMENT, ‘Hy 155s 9 AD —— Limited Express " ‘Cars at 9:50 au daily; fast Line, 9:50 Siu. dally to Cinclinati ud >t. Lous, irom Pittsburg to Oiucinuau, im. daily, with Sleepiug 1d Bt. Louis, con- my to jbicwaco au ‘at Harrisburg with throug Slee and Meuphis, Fucific xpress, igco0 purse and tl the, West, with Pittsburg, and Fitesbure to POTOMAC RAILROAD Kechester and Niagara Falls $:1Ua.m. and kochester daily; for But- ushinton to liochester. ii: lor Cars, 0:40 a.m daily, Ou except Sunday, and 3:45 p.m. daily, with FOR PHILADELPHIA ONLY. Fast Express 5:10 « m. week ie of at te rate of six per ceut per annum from said dat ys, aud '8-10 and sec: ‘a frst of trust on the propert day. Express 2:10 p.m aly. ‘accom 6 4 = sold, or all of the purchase money may be c dansy. within teu days’ atter the day of All conveyane- | Bur buston, without change, 2:50 p. m. every day. ing and recording at the purchaser's cost, A deposit | For Brovklyn, N. ¥., ail through traius couuest at of $100 will be required when the property is sold. Jersey af terms of sale are Dot complied wi ing r he Trustees je the right to resery. the property at the cost aud risk of the detsult- after £1 ys wdve! . BOARMAN, WILLIAM W, BOARMAN, "} Trastess, GEORGE W. STICKNEY, Auct. auz0-deds ATTORNEYS. BELL CARRINGTON, AT TORNEX-AT-LAW, Veluter Law Buliding, 908 Data ws D.C. Residence, 1415 oi st. n. w. ee LADIES’ GOODS. JRONTS! FRONTS!! FRONTS!!! sit t the thing for Summer, For Annapolis, 7:20 and 9:00 am. 12-0! AND FREDERICKSBURG KAIL- ALEXANDKIA AN. 6:00 p.m. daily, sw. 2:10pm ND WASHINGIUN fo EFFECT MAY Hoe he ee eee By 32:08 co a 2 1320 ¥ ot bw. Gitte finerts ea beab 10:57 aus, 2 r raining French Hair Goods, 7-1a® : Sham; 4 DYEING. SCOURING AMD. DRY CLEAN- Tho PstABLisuMens 1205 New York ave. fons ‘Plush Velvet aud kvecing Deestan® A3f AND CAROLINE “LERCH, formerly wits A. Macher and Mason ‘Sricee, Paris. ww FISCHER'S DRY ING ESTAB- AEE A Crear oy | Pascale PMS Ladies’ Evening Dresses ihoderate.” Goods Yor and delivered alt LL-WOOL GARMENTS MADE UF OR RIPPED Atari e0ed mourning < Cc TIRORER, LAKE G! lt 906 G st. nw. pouiud atten SUNDAY, Jane 23h uupress Sone on to'and from the Jersey City Bates of tie Peay Awazar with that degree of intensity which | "22%. x a Aye! verily, and MOUNTAL — keeps us always in the Clty Btation st 6:50am Acree Pisanae To gee LEAD. eg la go ie Bn: Hoes 2.18 Even the casual observer bas not failed to note the 3 Mouns House Station, 1:20 p.m; Paieu' act tank mounts i tom ad to Poa ee, St to ‘Grand haces dos Seiunser eee peAkaLog a, AND, CATSKILL Mr. EXPRESS,— SPECIAL PANTALOON Graud Hotel 4:5 p.m; Hotel Kautorsual,a: And thereafter the TRADE, with surpris- | p.m; Mt. House Sistiou, 4:15 ing unanimity, followed in our wake, indore armve And here are other nuts for them tocrack—if they can. MOHAIR COATS AND VESTS, SILK STRIPES, AT $1.97 FOR COAT AND VEST. A saving to the purchaser of $3.02 on each Coat and Vest. Handsome and Stylish Silk and Worsted Suits worth $18 now goat €10.75 A SUIT. Our $10.75, 811.50, $12.25 and $13.75 Cassimere Suits have been reduced to VICTOB E. ADLER'S PER CENT CLOTHING 927 and 929 7th st. a.w., Massachusetts Corner avenus STRICTLY ONE PRICK, Sexy ere THE EVENING STAR ts a PAPER OF TO-DAY, not of YESTERDAY nor of LAST WERK. It prints ALL THE NEWS, Local, Domestic and Foreign, LONG IN ADVANCE OF THE MORN- ING PAPERS. This is conspicuously true of all classes of news, but especially so in regard to Local News and District Affaire. THE STAR bas a very much LARGER and BETTER force of LOCAL RE- PORTERS and SPECIAL WRITERS than any other paper in Washington ever thought of employing, and ITS MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND PRINTING FACILITIES ARE MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS POWER- FUL AND RAPID AS THOSE OF ANY OTHER WASHINGTON PAPER. It is therefore able to print each day a full report of every transaction of public ine terest occurring in the District up to the very hour of going to press. —:0:—_ By the free use of the OCEAN CABLES: for REGULAR AND SPECIAL DIs- PATCHES, and with the difference of time in its favor, it is also able to give its readers every afternoon the news of the WHOLE EASTERN HEMISPHERE for the entire day, and up to 12 o’clock midnight, thus leaving literally nothing in the way of news from Europe, Asia, and Africa for the morning papers. Equally does THE STAR lead all its contemporaries in the publication of the NEWS OF OUR OWN COUNTRY. Receiving the regular dispatches of both News Associations; with alert and enterprising special telegraphic cor- respondents at all important points; and with wires leading directly from its own office to the (-neral network of telegraph system toucu.ug every city, town and hamlet in the United States and Terri- tories, it is enabled to receive and priat atonce a full report of every event of consequence occurring during the day anywhere between the AUsntic and Pa- citic Gceans. —0:——_ @ NOTE THE RESULT: 9 cemeiGpeaene THE STAR HAS MORE THAN THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR SUBSCRIGERS and MORK THAN HIVE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY PAPER IN WASHINGTON. It is de- livered regularly by careful carriers at the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, AFTER THE BUSTLE AND WORRY OF THE SAY ARE OVER, and it is thus read leisurely and thoroughly by EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. They know that it prints all the news, and has only the interests of the people of the District in view, with no partisan measures to advocate, and no private schemes to forward. They know it,in short, tobe THE PEOPLE’S PAPER, and nothingelse. Asan ADVERTISING MEDIUM it is, therefore, ABSO- LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. It is in fact worth more as a means of reach- ing the public THAN ALL THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN THE CITY TOGETHER, Furthermore, in proportion to the re- turns it gives its patrons, ITS ADVER- TISING RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST UN THE CITY. —0: —— In conclusion, the public should bear in mind this one significant fact: THE STAK does not rely upon empty boasts to impress the public. ITS CIRCULA- TION IS SWORN TO; its PRESS- ROOM IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC; and its BOOKS MAY BE INSPECTED by any one having an interest in their examination. These sre CRUCIAL TESTS, which few papers invite, and which those that boast most are least wble to stand. —_o—— = The esteem in which THE STAB is held by the reading and advertising public is conclusively shown by the fig- ures given below. In the first six months of each of the five years named the average daily cir- culation of the paper was: In 1885...